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Excellent. And another connection between your Son and his Great Grandpa.
Go tell the Spartans,Travelers passing by,That here,Obedient to their laws we lie.
I'm older now but I'm still runnin' against the wind
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Good Deer !...My Father passed away a little more than a year ago,and I've been using his old 99 in 250 for my deer rifle this year.I've shot two nice doe's,and a weird looking buck,and not one took a another step.In my opinion them 99s are the best feeling rifle that I've ever handled.
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Joe - down here (NW PA) the bucks must have 3 points on a side not counting the brow tines.
Quite honestly I wish they would do that up here where I hunt, they'd get a lot bigger.
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Great story and dandy whitetail. I gotta get my 250 out hunting someday.
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Great story and dandy whitetail. I gotta get my 250 out hunting someday. I have a problem, which 250 do I take  norm
There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle----Robert Alden .
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Keystone250.....congratulations to the both of you and thanks for sharing your story! Love the family guns (especially in my favorite caliber!) getting out there doing what they have done for all those years in our forefather's hands. What estate in Tionesta? I just moved here in 2012 but have been in the area all my life....love it here even with the PA Game Commission!
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Another great 99 huntin' story! Congrats!!!
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PennDog-
I don't know whose estate they were caretaking - just that it was in Trunkeyville ( I always say Tionesta because I don't think Trunkeyville still exists). Our family homestead - since 1838 - where I still hunt, is north of Corry.
Tom
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
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My Grandpa's rifle was a Win 94 .30-30 carbine he inherited when his youngest brother died in 1932. He gave it to my younger brother, and I used it to take a whitetail doe at 15 yards about 2007....Grandpa had been dead a good 20 years. There can't be any better feeling than taking a deer with a "generational" family gun. What a great story!
I'm going to British Columbia next fall to hunt elk with my nephew; it's my plan to give him a couple nice rifles, including an 1899 in .250, that have filled the freezer for his uncle Kev.
It's a great thing that such things still matter to young men like your son.
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The story exemplifies the essence of the hunting tradition and the deep family and cultural ties we have to the sport.
You are indeed blessed to have such a wonderful son who appreciates those things in life which really matter.
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