Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors How common are 30-30s 99s?

I want a 30-30. I guess I back-slid tonight: 99F 243 got in the way. It just tripped me up.

Rick- my H in 30-30 is 2906XX

I have a T in 30-30; I would guess by the time of the T the 30-30 would not have been too popular.

A 99T 30-30 sounds like a neat deer chasing unit.

Sadly, my deer chasing days are gone. Buddy was up to the forty in the UP, and saw not a single deer, and heard very, very few shots. The area has turned into a deer desert.

Have anything to do with a growing wolf population?

According to a Michigan DNR publication a few years ago, the deer mortality rate in the UP is wolves, autos, and hunters, in that order, although I may have the first two reversed. I would like to see if my memory is correct; maybe one of the Michiganders on the forum recalls this. It was in the hunting or hunting and fishing guidebook.

Dave--

I believe you have the stats correct: Wolves first, then cars, and hunters get the leftovers.

Rod