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My Dad hunted whitetails here in Maine up until two years ago.
He mostly used a Remington Model 81 in .300 Sav. In 1970, he bought a new Browning BAR in .308 and hunted with it quite a bit.
Toward the end, wanting a lighter rifle, he hunted with a Browning Model 81 (a bit ironic) Lever action in .308. I have the BAR.

My father had one of the most accurate 336's in 30-30 I have ever shot and it had beautiful tiger striping in the wood. Wish I still had that rifle.

There was no big game to hunt here while he was alive. He died in 1965. The only gun he owned was a single shot Remington .22. He had given up any form of hunting by the time I was old enough to hunt. He taught me gun safety and taught me how to shoot, but it was my uncles (mom's brothers) took me hunting with them.

My father used a Marlin 336 in 35 Remington most of his life. Later when he sat more, he used a Sako built on a Mauser action in 270 Win.

My dad was an 870 man, but it was because he was a bird hunter, not a big game hunter. I picked up big game hunting through some co-workers in high school.

He didnt, he used an A-5 full choked Browning 12 gauge loaded with #4 Buck, he shot deer outta there beds and in the creek bottom thickets.

That dude could hunt, not just shoot.

Gunner

Pre-64 Model 70 .264 Win. Mag.

Model 700 264 win mag 140 sierra game kings .. poor PA deer didnt stand a chance

oh and 2 custom made .50 flintlock rifles including an original Hawken's copy and a Kentucky Long rifle with curly maple wood

My Dad used a Winchester M 70 .270 Win with a Weaver 3x-9x scope,that he bought in 1971-72,my brother has it now.

My dad use a Savage 99, .300 with a Lyman Alakan 2 1/2 power scope. We lived in Northern Vt. near the Canadian border. Almost every year he hunted moose in Queebec, Ontario, or Newfoundland. The area he hunted in Ontario is now Alogonguin Park (sp?) Sometime deer in maine or New Brunswick. He later bought a M70 Winchester in ..300H&H but never seemed to use it much. It was later stolen when our house was broken into. By luck the 99 was in his truck and wasn't lost. I still have it today.

He shot a lot of deer and moose with the Savage using 180 corlockts or 180 silvertips.

lefty C

760 Gamemaster in .308, with Williams peep sight.

Winchester 1886 LW takedown, .33WCF bought new in 1936
Remington 141 Gamemaster .32 Rem bought new in 1938
Sako L61 Finnbear .270 WCF bought new in 1963
Browning BAR 30-06 bought new in 1969 or so

My old man had a Rem 700 in 25-06 that gave him nothing but problems. He had a lot of issues with it. He also used a Remington 721 .270 that my grandfather used all across the US. I have also used the rifle. Very important family heirloom.

Dad also hunted a lot of quail with an AH Fox 20.

My dad hunted for a few short years but when he did it was a Remington 1148 12 guage.

Nothing, 1st generation hunter.

Grandpa married Grandma back in the 1920's. For their first wedding anniversary, Grandma had saved up a boat load of "green stamps" and redeemed a Savage 99 Take Down in 300sav and 5 bullets.

As the story goes, grandpa sighed it in and they still dined on 3 deer that season even though he didn't buy any more bullets then. He hunted with that rifle pretty much his entire adult life then passed it on to my older brother (358WSM on here). I don't recall ever seeing a scope on it while in Grandpa's hands...

Dad's first dedicated deer rifle, I believe, was an old Winchester Lever gun in 32 special. Although, the first deer he ever took was with his 22LR. The deer walked up on him and stuck it's head through some thick brush only about 10 yards from Dad. He hit him in the white spot on the front of its neck...

he didn't

Never knew either one to be a liar, but you could be right as I could have the details off...

But for the sake of argument... who didn't what?