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The firearms I will hunt deer with this Fall are
1. Tikka T3x Superlite .300 Win
2. Remington 700 XCR II .300 Win
3. Browning BLR .308 Win
4. Browning BLR .450 Marlin
5. Marlin 1895 45-70 Govt
And will spend a bunch of treestand time with an Excalibur Bulldog crossbow.....Hb

Whitworth full stock Mauser in 7x57, Bergera 6.5 Creedmoor, Ruger 77RSI .250-3000, and my dad’s old marlin 336 .30-30.

Hornady 154 RN over H4350 in the 7,
Nosler 120 Btip over H4350 in the Creedmoor,
Hornady 117 RN over H4831 in the 250,
Speer 150FN over LVR in the Marlin.

+ a bunch of others if I get the urge.

Old70

Savage 10T in 6.5 creedmoor w/ 140 gr VLD Bergers for me
Daughter will be packing a Savage Axis in .243 loaded up with 95 gr Nosler Ballistic Tips

Moose, I killed one several years ago with a Swift and 46 gr. Open Points.. I think WW. Did ok, nothing great.. Typical of .22 cal. Kills.

700 CDL in .30-06 shooting a handloaded 165 grain GameKing in Missouri
Older Savage 110 in 7 Rem Mag firing a handloaded 160 grain GameKing in Texas

It will be like the hand of God strikes them down.

Ruger #1 RSI .243 win w 4X Leupold.
My hunting buddy got another 760 Remington in .35 Rem (has two).
Might use one for antlerless if I don't have a doe down by recurve before gun season.
If nothing down at the end of firearms, then will go MZ season with a TC Hawken Silver Elite.

Heading out for an Arkansas doe hunt today, Colt SAA 45 on the belt, Shiloh 40-65 for the long shots, both loaded with Holy Black.

77 in 250 Savage.117 rn with 4064.
99 e .308Win..Norma 180 oryx.These two for Maine.
Win.12 in 16 ga slugs for Mass.

I've got a new LHR Redemption for next weekend's KY ML season.

For The Rifle Opener? The Savage 99 in 308 Win




For the longer venues? The Ruger Hawkeye in 30-06


I've also got The Mauser From Hell ( see the Gunwriters section for details). It needs to be blooded



The rest of the deer battery is here:

The Shamanic Deer Battery

Thanks.

That's certainly what he's expecting!

Awesome combo!

i just had rotator cuff surgery so i gotta play it by ear. archery and small game is out. may end up handgun hunting with my 44 mountain gun for deer. i have a month and a half so we'll see.

Heading to Wyoming for antelope next week with a Ruger M77MkII 257 Roberts, Hornady 100 Interlock.
For deer, who knows what whim will strike. About a dozen candidates from 308 down to 223.

I have this mental picture of some of y'all carrying a golf bag full of rifles when you go deer hunting. Reminds me of a deer hunter I happened upon many years ago. He was carrying a scoped 30-30 for "long range", a 12 gauge pump with slugs for "brush hunting", and a 44 Mag pistol for "close range." He happened to be bunting on a farm that he didn't have permission to be on, and I ran his ass off before he had a chance to shoot somebody.

Oh well, I confess that I sometimes use more than one rifle during the season myself. But, I only carry one at a time.

It SHOULD be up to the hunter to decide what is the most ethical shot, and what weapon to use. But here in Ohio, they allow only one weapon while deer hunting, even when bow hunting during deer gun, you can have no other weapon. The only exception as the law stands now, is a CCW. (I am trrying to get this stupid law repealed.)

I take a minimum of 3 to camp for the first 9 days. After I take a deer with one, I put it away. After I get home after the first week, I start swapping in and out to suit my tastes. All told, I've got a good dozen deer rifles, and it's all a matter of how I feel what I'm going to pack for the latter part of the season. I never have less than two so I at least have a primary and a backup. I've had to go to the backup rifle 3 times in 15 years. There's also the issue of inclement weather. There are rifles (like the Savage 99) that I just don't want out in the rain.

Had MZ, did belly crawl across big field.........Python acted as a plow.
No more deer sidearm.
Took rifle and shotgun on a long night hunt (several farms, walking loop in decent snow). No more rifle/shotgun ventures.
Backups? Sure. But not in the field at same time.
Too old and cranky for the hassle anymore.

Remington 700 classic in 8x57. Loaded with 180 gr. Nolser ballistic tips over Varget.
CZ-550 American in 6.5x55. Loaded with 140 gr speer hot cor over IMR 4831.
Commercial 98 Mauser in .257 Roberts. That one is Hornady superformance factory load

Hopefully I will get one with each.