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I'm always excited to see what guys bring to deer camp.
We have mostly guys who don't much care if they get a deer, but really like they're rifles.
First two days of PA Rifle season and so far we have kills with a Browning BLR in.300wm , a marlin 1894 in .357, a marlin 336 in .30-30 and a savage 110 .350 legend.
Still trying tomorrow are a couple marlin .45-70s, a 20ga Mossberg 500, a Ruger Blackhawk.44mag and a Remington 760 .300 Savage.
Hopefully we add a few more to the list!
-Jake
Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Bear, Elk....It's what's for dinner.
If you know how many guns you own... you don't own enough.
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Majority at ours is 30-06. Pump and Bolts.
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Two Ruger 77 280s, two Ruger 77 7RM, a 700 270, a M70 270, a Mannlicher 7x57mm, and a Ruger stainless Hawkeye UL 7mm-08.
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Getting into reloading to save money is like getting married for free sex.
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Sako 85 finnlight in 270 Winchester
Sako 85 stainless in 25-06
Sako 75 stainless in 7mm Remington magnum
Remington model 7 in 243
Remington 700 in 300 win mag
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I was the only one that killed deer at our camp this season. 1st was a 760 30-06. 2nd was a win m70 xtr in .243
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Rob hunts with a synthetic / stainless 7mm-08. Dwight prefers a Winchester 94 in either 30-30 or .44 Magnum. Frank & Ross both shoot .35 Whelen. I'm a Ruger #1 guy & I let whimsy or a coin flip decide what I'm going to hunt with. Last year I used my .303 British. This year I'm going to hunt with my 6.5x55 SE or my .275 Rigby RSI.
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Most of the hunters own but one hunting rifle and used for deer and bear. 30-06 slide action rifles are common but always a 30-30 or two. - Sherwood
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Kinda old school in our camp. One Remington mod 721 in 270, Marlin 336 in 35 rem. and Marlin 336 in 30 30.
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Kimber Montana - 7-08
Winchester .270 (push feed)
Henry 22lr lever action for giggles
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lots of 7-08,6.5 creeds, and 280's , guys are trending to smaller calibers. Used to be lots of 30-30's and 06's years ago. Guess they figured out that white tail aren't wearing the body armor anymore. 
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Just 2 of us in the F250 "camp" this fall.
Kimber Montana 22" 1:8 Lilja 270Win w/2.5-10x42 NXS
M70 SS Classic in McMillan Edge, 25" 1:10 Lilja, 257Wby w/3-10x42 SHV
Kimber Montana 22" 1:8 Bartlein 22-250 w/2.5-10x42 NXS
Barrett Fieldcraft 25-06 w/4.5-14x40 Leupold
Kimber Mt Ascent 280AI w/4.5-14x40 Leupold
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My Ruger American compact in .243Win. and my son has a Tikka .270 WIn.
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Don’t have a deer camp but pulled all the deer weapons out the safe.Son scored a doe youth weekend with mod 70 lightweight 243 laminate stock.I shot 2 target bucks with the encore muz ldr and wifey stole my 30-30 with her dinky 7 pt.
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A marlin .30-30 and a Ruger American in .243 got on the board today.
20 gauge slug missed a doe twice.
I came home until Saturday.
-Jake
Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Bear, Elk....It's what's for dinner.
If you know how many guns you own... you don't own enough.
In God We Trust.
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Hunted solo out of my house "camp" this year. I had three rifles ready to go. I harvested my buck with a Remington 760 Carbine in .30-06. Also hunted with a Remington 7600 Carbine in .30-06. Unfortunately, my Remington 7600 in .358 Winchester with 20" Krieger barrel did not make it out into the woods. All have lower power Leupold scopes.
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In Alabama I saw 7mm08s, 6.5 CMs, 25-06, 270, 7mm mag and a 308. Trend is smaller calibers in durable weather resistant rifles. I used a swaro Z3 on my rifle but most all other rifles I saw had a scopes with a gold ring on them. Newer rifles had 40ish objectives but over all equally distributed between those and 50ish objectives. Younger guys are interested in dials where as the old boys are sticking with point and shoot.
In Ohio where I am now there is a mixed bag of firearms. Newer rifles are definitely trending toward the 350 Legend in scoped bolt guns. Some 45-70s and even a sluggun holdout. I’m shooting a 350 legend in a Winchester XPR with a VX3i 2.5-8x36.
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Spent a week in MT chasing mulies, saw all bolt guns:
My Nosler M48 in .270Win with Leupold VX6HD 2-12
My friends Tikka Light in 7mm RM with Burris "something".
Rem 700 in 30-06 Leupold VX3 3-9
Tikka in 6.5C
Rem 700 in .308Win
Tomorrow is our opener and I'll be hunting my neighbors with a Rem M7 in .350 for the wooded and my Nolser M48 for the row crop fields. Next week a bunch of us are doing a couple drives on WIHAs, so I'll see some Marlin 336s in 30-30 and .35Rem. I'll be using my M7 in .350RM.
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Wife and I were alone in camp this year. We took a Winlite FWT 270 (mine) and a 700 Classic 250 for her. Also toted along a Ruger M77 Ultralite 257 as a backup and a good 22LR. Actually not a bad battery all things considered.
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A weatherby mkv in 30-378 with leupold vx3hd 4.5-14×40, remington model seven 7mm/08 leupold vx3 2.5-8×38, and a remington 783 6.5 creedmoor burris ffIV 4.5-14x42. 2 kills with the 7mm08 and one with the creedmoor.
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In our camp:
Couple Browning BARs in .30-06
Remington 700 .30-06
Remington 700 7mm Mag
Mauser M12 .308
Savage 10 .308
Rossi 92 .44 Mag
This will change from year to year depending on what guys have a penchant to bring to camp. Scopes range from Leupold to Nikon to Zeiss. Most of the group shoots factory ammo while there is a handloader in there.
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we saw an:
X bolt in 6.5 gay
Remington 700 BDL in 7 Rem mag x2
Winchester Model 70 Fwt in .280 Rem
Marlin 336 30/30
Mauser m18 308
Remington 760 30-06
Savage 99 in 308
Custom 300 win mag on a 700 action
single shot Rossi 243
Savage axis in 7-08
Howa in 30-06
Christensen Ridgeline in 28 Nosler
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Remington 600 in 338 Federal
Savage 110 30-06
Ruger 77 30-06
Winchester 94 30-30
Howa 1500 243
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Having just put most of the camp's rifles back on the rack, here's the rundown Angus: Winchester 670 in 30-06 Moose: Winchester 570 in 30-06 SuperCore: Wetherby Vanguard 30-06 Mooselette: Marlin 336 30-30 Me: Savage 99 308 WIN -- never made it out Ruger Hawkeye 30-06 -- nailed a buck at 200 yards TC Compass 7mm-08 -- carried a bunch of times, but never took a shot Mauser KAR 98 8X57 -- Never made it out of the case Pics are here: The Shamanic Deer Battery
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Good mix of stuff being carried still.
I like it!
-Jake
Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Bear, Elk....It's what's for dinner.
If you know how many guns you own... you don't own enough.
In God We Trust.
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Not my rifles, or my fathers, but the others included:
700 ADL 6.5CM
Savage Axis 6.5CM
Savage .308 20" threaded
Savage 7mm-08 22"
700 ADL .308
700 ADL .30-06
700 ADL .270Win
700 SPS .260Rem
Unknown .270Win bolt action
I've hunted with a few so far myself:
CVA .35 Whelen
CVA 7mm-08
Sig Cross 6.5CM
Wby Vanguard SS .257Wby
Ruger M77 7mmRM
Remington M7 7mmSAUM
I imagine I'll hunt with 3-4 more rifles before the season is over. Need to tote a levergun, an AR, and a couple others.
Now with even more aplomb
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Don't have a "camp" anymore.
With that said, I'm using my Montana 7mm-08 and my brother is using a custom 700 in .260
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In the camper during my latest visit there was a Rem Model 700 in 243, a Rem Model 7 XCR in 243, another Model 7 in 7mm08, and a Browning Low Wall in 260 Remington.
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Last weekend was
Rem 700..30-06
Savage 99…284
Savage bolt….6.5 Crudmoor
Rem 700….270 Win
Sako…308
Remington 798… 7mag
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Just me, hunting from home. So far have killed deer with Marlin .45-70 and Ruger 1B .308. Now using Sako85 in 6.5X55 some days, or one of the .41 mag S&W’s.
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Rem M7 s/s syn .308 Win
Tikka T3x Veil Wideland bronze cerakote 6.5 PRC
Howa 1500 JES Rebore .358 Win(from.243)
Ruger 77 MK II s/s syn .280 Rem
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Ruger stainless Hawkeye 358 Winchester
Remington 742 308 Winchester
Sometimes Sako 25-06
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Two .30-30s, one Marlin and one Winchester. One Ruger in .280 Remington. The rest are an assortment of about 7 .30.06s.
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3x 7mm-08
3x 270
1x 308
1x 30.06
1x 7mm Mauser
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I hunted out of 2 camps this year.
Camp 1
Remington 7600- 270
Marlin 336- 30-30
Remington 760- 308
Ruger M77- 7x57
Sako AII- 308
Camp 2
Winchester M70- 30-06
Remington 7400- 30-06
Remington 760- 30-06
Sako AII- 308
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I used:
Christensen ridgeline in a 308
AR in 6.5 grendel
and a late 30's winchester 64 in 30-30
Wife used:
Browning ABolt in 243
Ruger american predator in 6.5 creed
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I'll be using an Arrowhead Rifles smokeless muzzle loader this year.
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(2)-243, Bergara and Remington 700
(1)-6mm, Remington Remington 700
(3)6.5 Creedmoors, 2 Christensen Arms and a Savage
(1)7-08, Remington 700
(1)35 Remington, Marlin 336
(1)45-70 Marlin 1895
(1).50 inline CVA Optima V2
(1).54 PRB TC Hawken kit with GM round ball barrel.
No camps, just what everyone packs that would be in a "camp" of mine.
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The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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My brother belongs to one of the old hunting clubs in the Adirondacks (founded pre-1900) and in a couple of the turn of the (last) century pictures of the members and their rifles the overwhelming favorite rifle seems to be the Savage 99.
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I've carried a fieldcraft 6.5 CM and a montana 7-08 AI
Kiddo carried his montana 243
Pops had his model seven 308
Cousin, fieldcraft 6.5 cm.
Other cousin, A-bolt 7mm rem mag
Uncle, A-bolt 300 wsm
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Browning Bar 270 Win
Remington 700 Classic 7x57
Ruger 1B 3006
Winchester Featherweight 308 Win
Ruger 77 7mm08
Winchester Featherweight 257Roberts
Ruger American 243 Win
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I think I’m taking a 257 Bob and a 300 H&H when I go Sunday
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I brought a Winchester model 94AE in .30-30, and a Remington 700 in 350 Rem Mag.
Brushbuster: "Is this thread about the dear heard or there Jeans?"
Plugger: "If you cant be safe at strip club in Detroit at 2am is anywhere safe?"
Deer are somewhere all the time
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There was an older, grade 1, Browning BAR in 30-06, a Howa 1500 in 7mm-08 and I was using my 375/350. No animals were harmed during the hunt...
It isn't what happens to you that defines you, it's what you DO about what happens to you that defines you!
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(1) Rem 141 in 35 Rem
(1) Kimber M84 in .308 Win
(2) Ruger M77 MKII in .308 Win & .30-06
(1) Rem M7 in 7mm-08 Rem
(1) Rem 760 in .30-06
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I rotate rifles during deer season. Last week I brought my Marlin 30AS in .30-30 and my buddy brought his 300 PRC because he's never shot anything with it yet. Didn't get anything and this coming week I'll be using the Lee-Enfield #4 Mk 1 with some handloads with a Sierra 180 gr. Pro-Hunter fueled by RL-15. I really appreciate the rear aperture (peep) sights on those things and where I plan on sitting I would never get a shot past about 75-100 yards. IIRC my buddy is bringing his 6.5 Creedmoor next time around.
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My hunting pard brings a Ruger 77 tanger in 358Win. I use a FN-98 in 275Rigby.
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We don't have a "camp" per se, just a farm on the edge of a lot of national forest.
Not a whole lot of guns, but I tend to go overboard and bring three every season.
There's a Rem Sportsman 78 in .30-06, a Rem 700 BDL .30-06, a Savage 110 .270 Winchester, a couple Marlin 336s in .30-30, a couple AR15s, and my three rifles I brought this year were a X-bolt in 6.5 PRC, a Tikka T3X SuperLite .308 Winchester, and a Ruger 77 Mark II in .308 Winchester. I think there were five or six deer killed.
"Full time night woman? I never could find no tracks on a woman's heart. I packed me a squaw for ten year, Pilgrim. Cheyenne, she were, and the meanest bitch that ever balled for beads."
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Mule deer 700 ,300 win. It was its 50th year since I killed my first one with it.
.270 700 with a custom barrel for a spare
7mm RM custom for a spare
Whitetail the model 700 .270
700 6mm spare
My stepdaughter used the 7mm RM for her whitetail.
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Winchester 94 30-30
Marlin 336Y 30-30
Ruger American Predator 243
Savage 99 .300
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This weekend: Jonathan Browning Mtn Rifle .54 cal. Marlin Mountie .22 and a Glock 43x. I know , the Glock isn’t a rifle, it just has delusions of grandeur.
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Our micro-camp has seen only a Ruger 77 tang in 7x57 used by my son, a 7mm-08 Abolt Micro used by son n law and wife, and a pair of OptimaV2 CVAs used by my wife and me. So far 2 down by muzzleloader, 1 by 7-08, 3 by 7x57. 7-08 is yet to be locked away.
“When Tyranny becomes Law, Rebellion becomes Duty”
Colossians 3:17 (New King James Version)
"And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him."
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Me and son at ranch this year.
Son: 300 win mag Christensen Arms Mesa
I started out hunting with custom Win 70 6.8W and a 270 Win LAW prof ii, but took my buck with 700 BDL 30-06.
Lou
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Rem 700 ADL 270
Win M70 Classic 7 WSM
Custom built 700 260AI
Stainless Howa 6.5 CM in Alpine stock
Tikka T3 30-06
Defiance AnTi based custom 7-08
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My dad-
1. Browning A-Bolt .270, B&L 3200 3-9x40 120gr SST
Me-
1. Weatherby Accu-guard .257wby, Zeiss 4.5-14x42, 100gr TTSX
2. Seekins PH2 6.5prc, Night Force SHV 3-10x 42, 147gr ELDM
3. Marlin 1895 ABL .45/70, Nikon Monarch 2-8x36, 300gr Hammer Down
4. Ruger SBH Hunter .45 colt, Nikon 2x eer 90gr NAB
5. Winchester M70 Extreme Weather 7wsm, Steiner 3-15x50 150gr ETip
Easy to tell who the rifle nut is.
My dad is a bird hunting shotgun lover. He owns exactly one centerfire rifle. He's that guy who shoots 3 shots to confirm his 1 inch high at 100 yds each year in October then shoots 1 or 2 deer at 77 yards each deer season. Recently had shoulder surgery so he asked me for a lighter recoiling 270 load. Hit the easy button and got some Hornady Lite loads. 120gr SST at 2675. Hardly any recoil in his ABolt. Dead deer.
DON’T BE TOO PROUD OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR YOU’VE CONSTRUCTED. THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE.
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Browning 1885 7mag, ruger #1 7 mag , blr 7mag rem 700 7mag ,Bar 7 mag, m&p sport .223
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This year in camp, 9 guys
Weatherby Mark V Carbine 7-08
Kimber Montana 308
Kimber Montana 7mm-08
Marlin XS7 308
Weatherby Vanguard 308
Savage 110 308
Ruger 77 270
Remington 760 270
Winchester 70 7 rem mag
Couple of backups Marlin 30-30 and a 45-70
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Most of our guys hunt with some kind of bolt action. Remington 700 30-06, 270 and 280, Savage 110 30-06, Ruger 77 280, Savage 340 30-30, Remington 722 257 Roberts, Remington 760 30-06 and one family all uses Remington 742 30-06. So far, I've carried my Kimber Hunter 308, Browning X-Bolt 30-06 and Marlin 336 30-30. I'm really liking the Kimber. I have a few more in the safe to take out for a walk soon.
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
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We used to have 1 12 gauge smoothbore 870 with Remington Sluggers, a Mossberg 695 rifles 12 gauge with sabots, and my H&R 12 gauge Trophy Slugster loaded with Federal Premium Barnes expanders. Now, the same 3 men carry 2 Ruger American Ranch Rifles in 350 Legend, and my left hand Savage Axis in 350 Legend. More accurate, less recoil, and still deadly on Whitetails.
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Orwell
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Let’s see
Me
Rifles Inc Strata .223
NULA .223
NULA .22-250
Youngest son
Ruger American .223
Oldest son
Remington 700 .223 AI
NULA .243
Daughter in law
Remington.243
Will Munny: It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.
The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, I guess they had it coming.
Will Munny: We all got it coming, kid.
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Nine in camp this year
Sako Baverian 6.5 Swede
Rem 700 Mountain 30-06
Savage 30-06
Another Savage 30-06
Rem 760 30-06
M70 Featherweight 30-06
Montana 7-08
Ruger 77 Ultra Lite 260 Rem
Rem 700 BDL 30-06
Back ups
Dad's 5 diamond 760 35 Rem
Gramp's 5 diamond 760 300 Sav
Savage 99F 300 Sav
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My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here.
My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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No camp this year. Too much going on but so far I've carried a 700 ADL in 30-06 , 700 Mountain rifle in 06 and a 7600 carbine in 06. The carbine has accounted for the only kills , 2 does and a decent 8 point. Still have a little over a month of gun season and 3 tags. Hope to get something else on the board
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For me: Stag 6.8 spc, Remington BDL SS DM 25-06, and Remington 7 SS 7-08. I tagged out with the 6.8.
Niece: Remington 7 SS 223
Daughter: Savage Storm LH 243
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Back ups
Dad's 5 diamond 760 35 Rem
Gramp's 5 diamond 760 300 Sav
Savage 99F 300 Sav You guys have some pretty cool Back-ups.
Wag more, bark less.
The freedoms we surrender today will be the freedoms our grandchildren will never know existed.
The men who wrote the Second Amendment didn't just finish a hunting trip, they just finished liberating a nation.
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7mm Rem Mag (2)
6.5-300 Wby
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.257 Roberts
.270 WSM
.300 WSM
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Life Member NRA, RMEF, American Legion, MAGA. Not necessarily in that order.
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Back ups
Dad's 5 diamond 760 35 Rem
Gramp's 5 diamond 760 300 Sav
Savage 99F 300 Sav You guys have some pretty cool Back-ups. Well, the 760s each go for a couple of walks every year to honor dad and gramps. The 99F actually splits primary duty with the 7-08 Montana
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My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here.
My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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We have to hunt straight wall ammo in Iowa. 350 Legend has become the go to round to hunt with. Going second firearm season this weekend.
Primary rifle is Ruger American Predator in 350 Legend.
Backup's are Rossi Puma 92 in .454 Casull
& "Black Beauty" Remington Super Magnum Express with a rifled slug barrel. Shoot 2 3/4 sabots through that one. She has killed a pile of deer over the years but is semi-retired now.
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Browning A-bolt .300 WM
Weatherby .300 Weatherby Mag
Christensen .300 WM
Rem 760 .30-06
Ruger 1-A 7x57
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Our group was small. I toted a Remington Mountain Stainless in .308. My nephews packed a Fierce 6.5 PRC and Weatherby Mark V in 270 Wby.
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So far this year I’ve hunted with a 336 in 35 rem and shot a pretty good 10point at about 85 yards through thick brush. Hunted my Rem 700 270 with lilja barrel. Rem 700 7 mag. Model 7 stainless in 7-08 and an old varmint special in 6mm. My buds have used kimber 84 in 308, my 270, a 6.5/06, rem 700 300 win mag, and a Rem 700 with a hart 280 AI barrel.
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Not a "camp", but six of us went this afternoon with the intention of killing a few does off my buddy's property. We had a pretty eclectic mix of rifles today:
7.5x55 Swiss - T/C Encore (me)
.308 Win - Whidden custom Remington 700
6.5 Man-Bun - Savage Axis (the rube of the bunch)
.350 Rem Mag - Remington Seven MS
.450 Marlin - E.R. Shaw custom
.280 Rem - Remington 700 SS
Unfortunately, only the .308 drew blood today...
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This weekend my bunch fielded a 260 Remington, two 243 Winchesters, a 7mm08 Remington and a 6.5 Creedmoor.
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3 Remington 700's in 308
Two Brownings in 7mm-08 an A-Bolt and an X-bolt
One Browning X-bolt in 270WSM
And the old M77 tanger in 25-06
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Not technically deer camp, but the rifles used at the family hunting property when we gathered over Thanksgiving up in the East Tennessee mountains included:
Ruger M77 MKII 7x57
Ruger M77 MKII stainless 308
Marlin Marauder 35 Remington
Marlin 94 Carbine 38-40
Howa Mini 6.5 Grendel
Winchester 100 284 Win
Howa 1500 243
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On the last weekend in PA I finally gave in and shot a doe with a marlin 45-70.
We had a nice 7 point taken on the last afternoon with a Remington 760 in 30-06 (best $200 he ever spent he says!)
And another doe with a marlin 30-30
Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Bear, Elk....It's what's for dinner.
If you know how many guns you own... you don't own enough.
In God We Trust.
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Limited here in Ohio as you know. Seems the days of slug guns are fading away.
Christensen Arms Mesa 450 Bushmaster
Ruger American 450 Bushmaster
TC Encore MGM 450 Bushmaster
Custom 450 Marlin
Winchester 94 45LC
Ruger American 350 Legend
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This year in NY we had-
3 - Rem 700 30-06
Browning BLR 308
Marlin 336 35 Rem
Tikka T3x 7mm-08
Ruger American 308
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Winchester M70 300 WSM
Kimber Montana 257 Roberts
Remington M7 243
Remington M700 300 WSM
Remington M700 25-06
Mini-14 223
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Springfield 1911A1 National Match in .45 ACP, 2 shots, 2 does.
Weatherby Weatherguard2 in 6.5 CM, 1 shot, 1 doe.
Kimber Hunter in 6.5 CM, 1 shot, 1 doe.
My oldest shot her Remington 700 parts gun in 260 REM, 3 shots, 1 3x5 buck and 2 coyotes.
My son shot MD's old Mexican Mauser in 257 Roberts, 3 shots, 1 4x4 buck.
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We had so far.....
Christianson Arms 6.5 Creedmoor
Remington 700 308
Ruger Compact 243
TC Venture 6.5 Creedmoor
Howa 308
Howa 243
AR-15 300 Blk
There will be several others taken to the stand before the season ends in Alabama.
Liberalism is a cancer
Support Christian Family values
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I hunt at home so my house is my camp. I got a popup I hunt out of that I can see from the house . About 120 yards out in front of the popup is a field road that currently has 8 scrapes on it . Have seen plenty of deer but haven't killed any yet as I have a huge for this area buck spotted and am waiting to get a good shot at him before I do my meat hunting. Right now I'm using a Remington model 14 in .35 Remington . If I get Big Boy I'll use my Winchester model 71 and another model 14 in .32 Remington for the rest of the season. All are peep sight guns. I passed on six does and a large four point yesterday waiting for Big Boy but he never showed. I've seen him twice , always between 9:00 and 9:30 but not had a good clear shot .
I got a bunch of deer rifles so I try to rotate through three every season.
Grumpy old man with a gun.....Do not touch .
Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
Don't bother my monument and I'll leave yours alone.
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Our guys are mostly older guys and retired. Used to see Winchesters and Remingtons in 30-06 and 270 and a few lever Marlins.
Nowadays those old long heavy guns with pretty walnut are gone. Synthetics with short barrels in milder calibers just rule. Tikka, Browning and a couple Weatherbys are all our gang brings. We must be way out of touch, not one Creedmore to be found. Hard to believe we fill our tags.
Sidexsides, box blinds, tree stands, pop-ups, have changed the hunting style. I’d like to think wisdom is a factor, but age probably ranks way ahead of that
Our boots,clothes, guns and gear are all lighter
Even our knives are smaller and lighter.
The best stories still center around those old guns, disfunctional clothes and cold wet feet
Glad I was part of all that though.
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Limited here in Ohio as you know. Seems the days of slug guns are fading away.
Christensen Arms Mesa 450 Bushmaster
Ruger American 450 Bushmaster
TC Encore MGM 450 Bushmaster
Custom 450 Marlin
Winchester 94 45LC
Ruger American 350 Legend I still have a Mossberg 695 12 gauge slug gun. And I'm casually looking for a smoothbore pump. Ithaca Deerslayer or something similar just because. But the slug guns are certainly fading. I keep my 695 because it was a graduation gift and I apply to some limited draw hunts that still require the use of a slug gun. It also is a great shooting slug gun. But the price to feed them and the shoulder beating just isn't worth it when I have a .44mag, .350 legend available.
Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Bear, Elk....It's what's for dinner.
If you know how many guns you own... you don't own enough.
In God We Trust.
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Hunted eastern Montana late November, six hunters:
6.5 Creedmore
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Among the group I hunt with.
Howa 1500/H.S. Precision 6.5 Creedmoor
Marlin 336 .30-30
Tikka 658 .270
Winchester 88 .308
Remington 742 .308
T/C Compass .243
Remington 700 BDL .243
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5 of us there this week
270 WSM
30-06
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300 ultra mag
32-40
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I'll play. Our group (loose) of hunters
30-30 Lever
325 WSM
257 Bob
6.5x55
30-06
44 mag Lever
7mmWSM X2
300 H&H
357 mag Revolver
41 Mag Revolver
7mmRem Mag
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"Aim right, squeeze light"
" Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not"
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25-06
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6.5 CM
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No camp.but if on our family ground,
Original Vanguard 7mag
Rem 660in a Brown Precision 308
Rem M7 243
T3 6.5 Swede
If the Future SIL is there, T3 300win
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Our motley crew
6.5x55
270
30-06
30-30
308
300wsm
257 Weatherby
350 legend
300 savage--old 99
300h&h
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If it’s the usual hunters……a .338 WM and a .375 AI. If the other two are with us a pair of .270 Win.’s! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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Just my brother and me. 7mm Weatherby and 338 Federal.
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If it’s the usual hunters……a .338 WM and a .375 AI. If the other two are with us a pair of .270 Win.’s! memtb 270’s? Ha! Stunt shooters!
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AR -10 clones
Rem 742s in 30-06 and .308
Marlin 336 in 30-30
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I'll turn the clock back to my first deer camp (as a teenager in the 1970's) in the NY Catskill Mountains (south side of the Pepacton Reservoir in Delaware County).
The guns I still recall vividly on the gun racks include:
multiple Remington 760, all in 30-06 . One had basketweave checking.
multiple Remington 740 and 742, all in 30-06
Savage 99 EG , 300 Savage
Marlin 336 Sporting Carbine, 30-30
Marlin 336A , 30-30
Marlin 336C, 30-30
DCM-purchased 1903-a3 Springfield, 30-06, original sights
Browning auto-5 Buck Special, 12 gauge
All had blued steel (or parkerized) with walnut stocks. The good old days.
Magical and memorable times way back when. Good people, safe hunters, a lot of laughter, good food and good story tellers. It doesn't get any better for a teenager.
"Behavior accepted is behavior repeated."
"Strive to be underestimated."
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I'll turn the clock back to my first deer camp (as a teenager in the 1970's) in the Catskill Mountains (south side of the Pepacton Reservoir in Delaware County).
The rifles I still see vividly on the gun racks were:
multiple Remington 760 all in 30-06 . One had basketweave checking.
multiple Remington 740 and 742 in 30-06
Savage 99 EG in 300 Savage
Marlin 336 Sporting Carbine 30-30
Marlin 336A , 30-30
Marlin 336C, 30-30
DCM-purchased 1903-a3 Springfield 30-06, original sights
Browning auto-5 Buck Special, 12 gauge
Magical and memorable times way back when. Good people, safe hunters, a lot of laughter, good food and good story tellers. Doesn't get any better for a teenager. I've hunted Delaware and Sullivan counties my whole life. My club/camp is south of Downsville. Back in the '70s, that would have been a pretty good representation of most of the camps in the area.
My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here.
My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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If it’s the usual hunters……a .338 WM and a .375 AI. If the other two are with us a pair of .270 Win.’s! memtb 270’s? Ha! Stunt shooters! Yep….a couple of girls that don’t shoot much and are a bit recoil sensitive! 😉 memtb
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You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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Deer hunting chamberings in the group are 6.5 PRC, 280ai, 300 WSM and a 7mag.
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Curiosity Killed the Cat & The Prairie Dog
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Deer camp of one.
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30-40 krags for our family
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I take 3 with me when going to the woods, use is dependent on weather and preference day to day
1. Winchester mdl 70 LH Mcmillan fiberglass stock Leupold 2 X 12 VX6. 300 Win Mag. Go to gun
2. DPMS Hunter II AR-10 .308. Again Leupold VX6 2 X 12
3. TC encore 22” .308 stainless. Leupold VX-R 3X9
My son comes to camp
Kimber Montana 270 WSM. Swaro 4 X 12
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Locally I saw a fired 6.5 CM case carried by most likely a woman. I saw the foot print and there was a squat to pee spot. She was exceptionally deep in the woods. The I I bumped into two guys on road out when I was repacking. They were road hunters together. One had a beat up 336 JM in 30-30, the other a 700 bdl in 300wm.
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My group
Son sako A-7 270 Win 130NAB
Step son Kimber Hunter 7-08 120NBT
Great young friend Browning Abolt 25-06 100NBT
Me Kimber 84m select 257R 100NBT
They all worked
MOLON LABE
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We used to have 1 12 gauge smoothbore 870 with Remington Sluggers, a Mossberg 695 rifles 12 gauge with sabots, and my H&R 12 gauge Trophy Slugster loaded with Federal Premium Barnes expanders. Now, the same 3 men carry 2 Ruger American Ranch Rifles in 350 Legend, and my left hand Savage Axis in 350 Legend. More accurate, less recoil, and still deadly on Whitetails.
Ron 350s are catching on where I hunt in Ohio as well. By next year I figure just about everyone I hunt around up there will be using one. I only seen one slug gun left in the group.
Life can be rough on us dreamers.
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My group
Son sako A-7 270 Win 130NAB
Step son Kimber Hunter 7-08 120NBT
Great young friend Browning Abolt 25-06 100NBT
Me Kimber 84m select 257R 100NBT
They all worked My kinda place!
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In camp this year
Winchester 1894 .38-55
Winchester M70 .358
Winchester M70 7mm RM
Marlin 1895 Trapper .45-70
Savage 110 .30-06
Savage 170 Carbine .30-30
Savage 99 .300
Ruger MKII Compact 7-08
Ruger American .450 BM
Remington 760 .270
The .358, '06 and .270 were the only ones that drew blood
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Ancient order of the 1895 Winchester
"It's an insecure and petite man who demands all others like what he likes and dislike what he dislikes."
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2x Cooper 280 AI
Tikka Custom build 6.5 GAP Saum
S&W 629 44 mag
both 280 AI's drew blood. As did the 44 Mag.
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2 - Ruger #1 - 257 Weatherby mags. , Ruger # 1 -7 Rem. mag. , Ruger # 1 - 220 Swift , Browning BLR 30-06
LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman
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Solo hunter. Custom 25-06. 11 Pt. WT.
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My KS hunt with FIL, he used a Rem semi-auto 30-06, his grandson used grandfathers Marlin 30-30 (killed a doe), I used Defiance/Proof 308 (buck and doe), FIL didn't connect.
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I have a new to me 99 to take this year in 375 Winchester. Got supplies to load this next week.
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Me - .38-55 WIN, 257 WBY, 300 WBY
Son - 257 WBY
Buddy - 7mm REM mag
Other guy - .22-250 - shot at three deer. None found. Wounded Buck hooked tracking dog requiring stitches
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I used my Tikka T3X SS SUPERLITE IN 7mm-08
Buddies Custom 25-06 and custom 280ai
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I hope to have a 338 Federal by next season, be perfect for one of the place I hunt
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I use a 25-06 these days. Most everyone else uses a 30-06.
Texas bred and born
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Out of our group of 4;
Mark X .300 Win
Tikka T3 lite .300 Win
Remington 700 .300 RUM
Remington 700/HS Precision 7mm Rem Mag (Me)
The next weekend I brought my 6mm Creed. (Savage 10 in HS Stock) and I was the only one to kill a deer. 300 yards 1 and done 103 ELDX. Son used it a couple days later to take a doe. I killed a second buck with the 7mm two days later in a different unit.
Isaiah 6:8
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Out of our group of 4;
Mark X .300 Win
Tikka T3 lite .300 Win
Remington 700 .300 RUM
Remington 700/HS Precision 7mm Rem Mag (Me)
The next weekend I brought my 6mm Creed. (Savage 10 in HS Stock) and I was the only one to kill a deer. 300 yards 1 and done 103 ELDX. Son used it a couple days later to take a doe. I killed a second buck with the 7mm two days later in a different unit. You guys have 600 pound deer or something? 
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Out of our group of 4;
Mark X .300 Win
Tikka T3 lite .300 Win
Remington 700 .300 RUM
Remington 700/HS Precision 7mm Rem Mag (Me)
The next weekend I brought my 6mm Creed. (Savage 10 in HS Stock) and I was the only one to kill a deer. 300 yards 1 and done 103 ELDX. Son used it a couple days later to take a doe. I killed a second buck with the 7mm two days later in a different unit. You guys have 600 pound deer or something? Ha, no but they just use the .300 for everything Antelope to Elk. It is wide open out here and .300s, 7mm, .270, .25-06 seem to be the most popular. Many like my FIL have one gun they use (he has a .270 and .25-06 too) and it seems to be a .300.
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In my 55+ years of deer hunting, I don't think more than 5 of them were from a camp with other hunters.
I shot my first deer in 1965 in a camp with one of my college roommated, his Dad and one of his friends.
I used a borrowed Winchester lever action in .32 Win, and can't remember what the others used.
A couple of years after that I bought my first centerfire rifle, a .30-06, and I used for about 10 years for all of my big game hunting.
My first wife hunted with me a few years and I bought her a Ruger M77 in .308 Win.
One year in the early '70s two friends and I went on a one day muzzleloader deer hunt in NW Colorado. I used a .45 cal percussion long rifle, and again I can't remember what the others used.
I built an Interarms Mauser in .257 Ackley in 1978 and it has been my primary deer rifle ever since, but I don't think that I have used it from a deer camp.
In 2019 I went on a Sitka Blacktail deer hunt on Kodiak Island and stayed in a camp with 4 hunters from New Hampshire. I used a Weatherby Vanguard chambered in .308 Win, and again I don't remember what rifles the others used.
Now if the question is expanded from deer camps to any hunting camps, I've hunted in many around the world where the variety of rifles in those camps varied from .22-250 to .375 H&H.
SAVE 200 ELK, KILL A WOLF
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The way life should be.
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243
6.5X55
6.5X257
7mm Mag
30-06 (2)
375 Ruger
45-70
Some spelling errors can be corrected by a vowel movement.
~ MOLON LABE ~
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Hunted mule deer with my son last fall. He used a Bergara in 7mm Rem Mag but didn't get a shot. I'd worked up some dandy loads for him to use, 150 grain ELD-X's moving quickly and accurately. Sure wish he'd got a shot.
I had a doe tag and filled it with a 30-30 Henry using a handloaded 160 grain Hornady FTX bullet.
Regards, Guy
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Kimber montana 7/08, Kimber .308, Ruger compact .270. and model 70 in .270.
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No deer camp up north this past season. Hunting out behind the barn in popup blinds.
BIL: Remington 870 12 ga with scope and rifled barrel. Hornady SST sabots. Two deer, a 7 pt buck and a winker.
Me: Scoped Encore .260 S&W magnum with Barnes 275 gr monoliths over CFW BLK. Skunked. Missed a head on 90 yard shot at a 6 pt....at least no blood, no hair, no carcass down the escape route.
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Ruger American predator 308.
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Grandson 8 years old shoots an AR in 6.5 Grendel. The rest are bolt guns. Granddaughter 10 years old 6.5 creed. Daughters 7mm 08 and 308, SIL 280, Nephew 270, Me 260, 270.
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This season it will be….
Me: 270 WSM Custom built by Robert Gradous/Carl Kampfeld, Glock 40 10mm, CVA Scout Marlin 444, Bergara Wilderness Ridge SP 308 Win and ULA Muzzleloader 50 cal.
Daughter (14): Bergara Wilderness Ridge SP 6.5 CM
Oldest son (10): Custom built LRI/Southern Precision 6.5 CM
Youngest son (7): Rock River Arms Predator Pursuit 223 put together just for kids.
You ain't about that life.
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You guys reminded me that I had not published my latest post on the weblog. It is on exactly this topic. What Deer Rifles this Year, Shaman?Bottom line: 25-06 7mm-08 35 Whelen . . . and the Savage 99 in 308 Mooselette will probably be sporting her Savage 340 in 30-30, but I'll write about that later.
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I’ve got to figure that out, have a new to me Kimber BGR in 280. I’ll use it some for sure. I have a new to me 99 in 375 Win to try out too. I’m gonna check the pair of 264 Sakos, use them some also
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when i was young, we'd go to camp to hunt deer and fish for trout. over the years, we quit going. we didn't have rifles like we do now.
there would be 6 or 7 Remington m760 in '06, 4 or 5 Winchester m94 in 30-30 and 32 Winchester Special, one or two Savage m99 in 300 Savage, a post 64 Winchester m70 in 270 Winchester, a Remington m788 in 243 Winchester, a Springfield Armory in 30-40 Krag, a small amount '98 Mauser in 8x57, a 6.5 Carcano and a Swedish 96 Mauser in 6.5x55.
time goes by, people die, new housing developments, hunters quit.....the list goes on.
"Russia sucks."
---- Me, US Army (retired) 12B & 51B
Russian Admiral said, after the Moskva sank, "we have the world's worst navy but we aren't as bad as our army".
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This year, for me, it's my factory laminate stocked T/C Hawken .50 percussion in the early muzzleloader antlerless/ bear season.
Buck and bear will be my Remington 760 in .35 Remington.
The after Christmas flintlock season is my .50 flintlock Renegade.
Keepin my back green and my powder dry.
The LORD bless and keep you
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