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Manysodas hunt, 7mm-08 CVA Scout 145 grain Speer Hot-Cor and
H&R 30-30 Topper with Sierra 170 grain FN Guns scoped with 2-7 Redfield Revolution and Topper with Leupold 1.5-5.


Wisconsin hunt, NEF Tracker II 20 ga. with 1-3 Weaver using Winchester Partition Gold 3" sabots

Lots of nice shootin' irons here and rudy c and 300jimmy nice bucks!

This year's Michigan deer season had me toting (or lugging) an Encore 50cal ML w/ Cabelas AK Guide 4-14x50 on it.

Did the trick and dropped this ol girl at 246 yards late in the season.

Next year I'll be trying out my new TC Impact - definitely nicer to carry around.

Top one. Shot a dink with it.



.243WIN SS ADL with Talley's and a Leupold 3.5-10X40. Soon to be sitting in a McMillan stock.

.308 Winchester Model 70 Compact Short Action with a very cheap 3 x 9 scope. Reloads were Win brass, rem primer, Reloader 17 powder and Nosler 180 grain partition seconds.

Took two deer with it. One forkhorn buck and one doe, both from my stand on the Moosehorn River near the town of Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota. Both were one shot kills. Both have been very good eating.

I hunted in da UP this year and carried a Husqvarna fullstock in 7x57 and a Husqvarna Folke Dahlberg model in .30-06. Both have Leupold 2.5-8 scopes (a Varix-III and a VX-3). No shots fired.

There's one you don't see very often. It's just like my wife's. It may be the sweetest little M70 to ever leave New Haven. Very, very sweet little rifle.

Here's my main rifle from the 2011 season. Ruger M77R 7x57.

Weatherby Vangard 257 Roy

Didn't shoot anything w/ it though... got one early w/ 44 mag Redhawk,

and another late w/ .45 cal in-line (this isn't me in pic; its my buddy who sold me the rifle in the pic).



Wyoming PH this October oughta allow me to bloody her!!!

"It's just like my wife's. It may be the sweetest little M70 to ever leave New Haven. Very, very sweet little rifle."

To let the truth be known, even though I used it, the Rifle belongs to my wife, and I was fortunate that she allowed me to use it! It is a sweet little rifle. Weighs about the same as a model 94 winchester. Short barrel. Makes it very easy to carry because its so compact and so light in weight. Where I hunt the shots are never more than a couple hundred yards and the gun is very very capable at that range.

Marlin 336 .30-30, Winchester Model 70 .35 Whelen.

'52 Model 70 Featherweight. 30/06 with 180gr Hornady RN handloads.


I also like my Marlin .35 Rem, but apparently not enough to have taken a picture of it.

Jennifer be rockin' the "Miss WI Down N Dirty" Sash, flavored lowly '06, FrankenRuger General Utility.

Bish been around the block...

That M70 looks to be in "brand new" shape...nice.

I run a pair of '06s. One a Ruger #1RSI and the second being a Ruger M77Hawkeye stainless with a laminated stock. I've been using up the last of my 150 gr Barnes XLC's and heavy 220grainers. Both kill equally well at 0 to 250 yds. Now I'm torn between 165 deep curls or 200 Partitions.

I hunt in North Eastern tip of the Lower Pennisula of Michigan. My go to rifle is my 1955 Savage 99F in 300 Savage. It wears a Weaver 2.5 X scope which is plenty of magnification for deer in the woods. Typical shot is 80-120 yards. The 300 Savage has enough power for fast quick kills. I have many other rifles but that is by far my favorite and I have killed a lot of deer including a nice big 6 point last fall with that rifle.

.250 Savage in a Ruger M77 RSI, with NECG receiver sight.

Tabulated cartridges in this little survey.

30-06 - 10
30-30 - 6
308 - 5
270 - 5
300 Sav - 4
35 Rem - 4
243 - 4
7x57 - 3
7-08 - 3
250 Sav - 3
303 Sav - 2
358 WCF - 2
300 Win Mag - 2
257 Roy - 2
300 Rem Ultra Mag, 7WSM, 35 Whelen, 325WSM, 7 Rem Mag, 223, 257 Roberts, 7-30 Waters, 300 SAUM, 6.5x55, 45-70, 270 Roy, 25-06 - 1

44 Mag - 2
357 Mag, 41 Mag - 1

20 ga - 2
12 ga - 1

50 cal - 4
45 cal, 54 cal - 1

I got a small buck with the 243 before I had the chance to use my 44 mag,450 marlin, 223,50 cal,or the 244 ai.
only one deer allowed where I was hunting this year.

I worked at a gun shop during college ('95-2000) and our WI stores sold more BAR 338's that the rest of the company combined.

Sweet rifle.