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I will be hunting the Catskills in NY State come November. My firearm of choice? My 99E carbine in 300 Savage, shooting handloads, most likely loaded with Sierra 180 grain round nose bullets. I might also hunt here at home in NJ with my Savage 20 gauge "rifle". Whereabouts in the Catskills? My camp/club is in East Branch, Delaware Co.
My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here.
My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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Im thinking my pre war R in 303 will get the nod for opening day. I will know for sure after the boys decide where they are sitting. If im hunting the point i will only have a 50-60 yard shot so i might take the 1899 250-3000 with a Lyman 301/2 peep. Decisions decisions. Lol
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I haven't harvested one with a .250-3000, so the 1943 EG with the Griffin & Howe/Unertl will be the go to this year.
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setting up an elk camp the 10 of Oct.
going to use the 1967 110 30-06 i got from Roy (1 of 2 bolt guns i still own) for Elk and will be using the 1951 300 savage EG for backup and Deer.
Roy i worked up a 165 sierra load for the 110 that is consistant 1" at 100. dead Elk walking!
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
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I hope you mean 1957 and not 67. Sounds like a good shooter!
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the date code is R. whatever it is i will take it to my happy hunting grounds.
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
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I wish I remembered the story on that one. That's what happens when we get preoccupied and get OLD!
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One week to deer season here so tomorrows bear hunt will be a scouting trip.
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Roy, Scout yerself up here and clear some bears out of my apples!
the 110 is the rechecker job that stayed here.
speaking of bears, someone bear hunting close here shot a Griz by mistake. costly cause he reported it.
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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If the rains not to bad today I may go hang a couple of trail cams! need to get a stand or 2 out. would have done that already but for my buddy Bear hunt! Happy Hunting All!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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My friend Liam passed on a spot and stalk bear today that was a real keeper. Glassed him u at about 1300 yards. He couldn't see it and didn't take his guides advice so we came home empty handed.  I had another bear tag to fill but this was Liams hunt so we walked away. Heartbreaker for me. It was a good bear albeit a very tough cross canyon hunt. I woulda done it in a flash.
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Should have passed him the 284.... 
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Or called in a time-on-target 105mm barrage.
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Should have passed him the 284.... The real slap in face was we were within 800 yards of that bear when we got back to the truck after a mile hike uphill. We could have side-hilled 400-500 yards in some steep shcit and called him the rest of the way across open hillside.
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I will be heading up to Curran Michigan for the Nov 15th opener. This year I am taking two Bolt Action Savages. One is a 1990 110 WLE in 250 Savage and the other one is a 1926 Model 20 also in 250 Savage. I have not killed a deer with the Model 20 that wears
the Lyman bolt peep. The model 110 has scored several nice bucks, it has Burris 3X9 glass and will shoot 1/2 inch groups at 100 yards if I do my part. Good Luck to all. I will update closer to the opener.
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