Shot my first whitetail in 1974 in Aroostook Cty., ME with a pre'64 Winchester M/88 .308, load was a 180gr. Hornady RN over 41.4gr. IMR 4895. Buck still holds the camp record of being the heaviest @ 254# field dressed, shot him 17mi. off the paved road. Closest I could get with 4WD was 2 1/2 miles, took a day and a half to get him out of the woods.

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