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I'm so sorry to hear about your dad, Dale. Good luck with that 99F.
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it will be great for you to get out and hunt with the 99, take a few moments, sit down and reflect all the memories that you have had, even if you don't get a deer, he will be with you.
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He hunted with it last year (at age 88!) but I don't recall when he checked the sights last. I always suggested it but how do you get an 89 year old to do something they don't want to?
RIP Dad,
Dale
Made it to the range this afternoon. I guess Dad knew his rifle. The first 2 shots were good for windage but about 2 inches low at 100 yds. That would have hit any deer that Dad would have shot at. 14 clicks of 'up' on the scope and the next two were 2.5 inches high. I'm good to go and still have 24 rounds (and a loading bench). It does seem a bit stiff to operate, I think a little TLC and a drop or two of gun oil are the next step. Dale
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Praying for a successful hunt for you.
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Good luck Dale! Make that Savage sing.
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Good luck, Dale. I hope that Savage barks and a deer drops. I'll hoist a glass in his honor the night before the opener.
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Jeff, thanks for posting the 2016 Savage Fest photo. http://www.savagefest.net/SavageFest_2016/Group_Photo.JPGDale, your dad makes four in that photo that have past. Time marches on. I'm sure your dad will hunt with you for years to come. Those memories tend to pop up at special times. Sorry for your lose.
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Dale , I hope you have the best hunting of your life with your dads rifle .best of luck
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Very best of luck.. Sorry about your father..
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No luck in the woods. I was only able to hunt until noon on Saturday, then went to the nursing home/rehab to see Mom in the afternoon. That's the second part of this whole crappy deal, Mom broke her hip and Dad spent a lot of time at the hospital with her and getting things arranged at the nursing home. Somewhere in all of that is probably when he got infected.
Anyhow, I saw one tail on Saturday morning and nothing during the 2 hrs I was out on Sunday afternoon. Not much shooting, just a lot of memories of Dad and the other guys I hunted with. I think I'm the last one that still hunts. Most have passed on, I think there is one other guy left but I haven't seen him in years.
I'll keep plugging away although there was this 30-06 Kimber Classic that followed me home this past February. Dad's rifle may get a day or two off. Just to keep the 'youngster' happy...
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Best of luck in your deer hunting. Condolences with the passing of your Dad. Know your situation, my Dad passed in 2012 and my Mom was having health problems (both in their mid 90's), she passed several years later.
I'm hunting mornings and evenings with a bow (firearm season in Iowa still a week away) after a big body minimum 10 pointer, long tined Iowa buck that I've seen alot, but not close enough for a shot. Several weeks ago the buck came down one of the trails at the choke point where I have a tree stand, three steps he'd been in one of my kill zones, but he lolly-gagged around grazing, then walked south away form me. Wind in my favor. Seen him a few times getting out of stand in evenings within 50 yards coming down one of the 5 trials that intersect by my stand. Several nights ago he was with several does in a grass clearing around 50 yards out, but it got dark early due to cloud cover and I had to quit 10 minutes before legal shooting hours were over. He's driving me nuts, have passed on five does and a small forker hoping to get that buck before gun season starts. Have a week to go.
God's Blessings of comfort for you and your family.
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I snuck within about 25 yds. of 3 does this morning but gave them a pass. I can't recall Dad ever shooting a doe. But sneaking in that close and then sneaking back out without being busted counts as a win in my book. Dad always preferred to hunt on the move rather than sitting still.
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For you to do that clearly tells me that your father raised his son properly.
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
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Condolences on your loss and best of luck with your dad’s rifle!
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Keep trying and good luck. Even if you don't get one it's a nice tribute to just get it out in the woods hunting. I finally blooded my late uncles Marlin 30-30 that I inherited and occasionally hunted with the last 15 years. He bought it circa 1991-92 when he was 72-73 years old just for grins but never got back into deer hunting like in his younger days. I always rotate between several guns during deer season and up until this year the Marlin never got carried on the right day. Sure was nice to take a picture of it on a deer.
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