2019 Savage kill page is overdue for a sticky, with fall season getting into full swing. Post links to your previous 2019 successes

I guess Roy should go first. The rat.

Thanks Jeff, yes Roys in for Deer & Bear!

Roy done hunting.

Rest of us ain't even sighted in yet

Early bird gets the worm.

I still got another bear tag and I could go elk hunting if Oregon had one.

2019 blacktail, steep country, he slid a ways








2019 bear #1




Might be bear #2 if he doesn't stay out of my nightmares!

Practice for the November rifle season.

50 yard shot with my 99F, circa 1957 in 300 Savage. 180 grain silvertip factory ammo and Leupold M8-6x. It has been my go to rifle the last 6-7 years.

Grandson scored deer #2 this past Sunday during youth weekend with his 99F in .243 Win. His grammy gave him her rifle for Christmas 2 years ago. Scope is vintage Weaver K4. Way to go Michael!

Very nice! That's a happy kid!

That is so friggin cool. Thanks for sharing.

One happy hunter!!!!

grandma kaywoodie did a fine thing

Thanks Copeñeros! He’s a lucky kid!

with your input he will be a fine man

This is a good start for this year. It should start filling up real quick with Nov coming.

Yeah, they are starting to come in. My buddy got two nice fat doe in muzzle loader and my cousin got a nice 8 point with his bow. Not Savage, so no pics.

So, whats Roy use on the worms, the 38-55?

LeftyBob's Grandson, Elk x 99. See the thread, Justice Elk. Well done!!

Is it OK to post a scruffy coyote and a cheap Savage 340



Lee

Why not? Looks like the Savage did its job pretty well. What caliber? I had one in 222.

This one is 222 also.

Lee

One less Coyote in our state the better! Congrads!

One less Coyote in our state the better! Congrads!

Second season hunting this F in .300. It has become my favorite hunting rifle. The pigs hate it.

Cool!

Nice!

Lee

This just in! Grandson Michael nailed this hawg about 15 minutes ago with the .243 Win 99F his Grammy gave him! Nice shootin’ Tex!!!

Awesome. Congrats to him.

Now that's a Texan alright! Congrats!

Looks like a good chunk of pork there!

Great! Everything about this pic makes me smile and Grammy's rifle is classy! Thanks for the pic.

Lee

Good to start 'em young. Congratulations.
Only 20 % chance of snow here today but it's coming down pretty good. Maybe the elk will come down too.

Nice KW!

Nice!!!

Congratulations to the young man. he'll remember the day always.

Kaywoodie,

Congrats to the young man! I love that picture. Grammy fixed him up with a cool rifle and he has the cool hat working as well.

I was able to add another to the freezer this past weekend. The .300 is quickly becoming my favorite round.

now that's what I call some fine lipstick for a perfect pig photo!

Ol' Bushwacker fell to my tinkerbell deluxe 99 x 270 Redding 2 hours into hunting season Saturday morning.

Hey!!! Where is my 99?

Way to go Jeff, I want a 270, but I've been holding out for one marked by Titus himself. Only thing is, I don't know if he put his name on them?

Uno Mas

Big Pig. Very nice.

I killed one of my 3 antelope this season with my 99 in 300 Savage with a peep sight. Didn't have a camera on that hunt (like most times) so no pics.

I used a 140 Hornady Mono Flex and a charge of 41 grains of 4064. The kill was from about 160 years away. The bullet worked super well and the wound was straight and pretty wide.

But still I can't say the resulting hole was actually better then what I have got in the past with 150 grain Remington Core-Lokts. Might be a better bullet for elk or bear because of it's ability to retain it's weight, but for deer and antelope I can't see any real advantage.

I have tried 3 different powders H4064, H4895 and IMR4320. And 6 different bullets (150 grains with a Hornady interlock, the Remington Core Lokt and the Nosler Ballistic Tip Hunting. 180 grains in the Sierra Pro-Hunter and also the Remington Core-Lokt, and the bullet above, the 140 grain Mono Flex Hornady) In my 99, and the old Remington 150 grain has (so far) been the most accurate. Just barely over 1" groups at 100 yards, which for my old eyes shooting the peep sight is excellent. All the 150s and the 140 shot under 1-3/4". The 180s both shot to about 2.5" to 2-3/4"

I think I will just marry the M99 to the load with the 150 grain Remington CL.

If I can get my Remington M81 300 Savage to shoot 180s under 2" consistently I will probably marry it to that load. So after that if I want to use 180s I'll take the Remington 81 auto, and if I want to use 150s I'll use the Savage.

Savage 99 .375 Winchester. Ohio button buck.

200grain Winchester power points. Shot was at a hard angle. Entered right at the front of the hind quarters and recovered lodged in the brisket up front.



-Jake

Perfect performance from the 375. Not surprised here. Good eating there.

I think I may have finally gotten this picture posting nonsense down. Thanks for the help, Polecat!

99F 308Win with vintage K4 glass.

Here's another.

This doe never heard the, "spiteful crack", of the 99F 250 Sav.

Very nice!

2019 Deer:

From October Doe Hunt
99F in 300 Sav, circa 1957, 180 grain silvertips. 45 yard shot.


From November Rifle Hunt
99F in 300 Sav, circa 1957, 180 grain silvertips. 35 yard shot.


Not really sure why I have other rifles. I seem to grab this every time I go.

It's topped with an M8 6X Leupold. Weighs in at 7.6 lbs.
Good from 35 to 235 yards, for me at least.

Very nice!

I would love to observe the Chinese fire drill that ensues when you decide which weapon to use.

I have the same Stormy Kromer hat. Partridge. Very cool.

Well, 303 deer is in the books and the Slam is complete. Two years ago I got a doe with the 250 for the WV opener, then a spike with the 300 a couple days later. Got skunked in MD. Last year I got the pretty 8 point WV mountain deer with the 22HP. I got on stand at 2 oclock today for the last day of MD fire arm season. I'd like to tell you how I shot him in the neck at 300 yards with the 303 F, Lightfoot mount, and Weaver K4, but the truth is a much better story. Sunset was 4:46 and last legal shooting light was 5:16. About 4:26 a string of deer came out at the far side of the field, right at 300 yards. Counted 10 of them, and the biggest stayed back, under the trees, where I couldn't see his head. Then I saw little white sticks moving in the tree branches, but the wind wasn't blowing, it was a buck. They were just grazing and milling around. He finally walked out and I could see he was more than a spike. He turned broadside and I figured this might be my only shot, so I benched the rifle on the arm rest, and tried to put the cross hairs on his shoulder. The cross hairs were so big they covered the front half of his body, but I squeezed. The whole herd busted and ran, of all things, right straight at me. They stopped at about 250 and started grazing again. He turned broadside again and I could see a little of his body in the scope, so I squeezed again. The whole herd busted and ran right straight at me again, stopped and went back to grazing, that was bout 200 yards. He stood broadside again and I shot the third time, and they ran straight at me, and stopped at about 80-100 yards, and went back to grazing. He was looking in my direction, straight on. He'd get a mouth full of grass and look up chewing. By then I had the shakes so bad I could hardly see through the scope. But, now I had a perfect sight picture, put the cross hairs on his neck, bang, he ran to the right, the doe to the left. Trying to give him some time to pile up, and let myself calm down, I sent a few texts. It seemed like I was shooting at him for an hour, but from 4:26 till my first text was 4:44. I got out of my tree stand and went looking for blood, it was getting dark, and it had been raining most of the day, and I saw no blood. Still trying to calm down I stopped took a breath and looked over the stone wall, and there he was. Might have run 10 yards. Didn't see a drop of blood on the trail. Sorry for the long story. But, I kind of feel sorry for him, It's like I've known him since he was just a tiny deer at the far side of a field, till he was a nice deer in the middle of the field with a bunch of doe, till he was a nice mature buck. Kind of like I shot an old pet.

Oh, the other thing, with my glasses on I could see the deer, but they were hard to identify, and looking through the scope they were a little fuzzy. If I took my glasses off they were crystal clear through the scope. So, I took my glasses off. Every time I shot I had to sweep the field with the scope trying to find the buck again, without my glasses all I could see were blobs running around. It's 6:58 and I'm just calming down. I"ll get a better pic tomorrow before I butcher him.

Joe I got your text whilst I was out bear hunting. No photo tho. That's good eating right there.You need a good spotter. I know just the guy from Florida!

That's a great story Joe. I think I would have left the part about the first 3 shots out though.

The last time I saw you, you were down to 4 bullets for that thing. You must be out now!



That will give us something to do this winter. Dig through all the old boxes of stuff at gun shows.

I need some ammo too.

I've got an eager 250 EG that shoots 87 grain hot cores minute of antelope

I'm getting the itch to go antelope hunting again.

This ain't helping

Not sure how you could improve that rig or the results it provides.

Joe, nice deer and good story

[quote=99guy]That's a great story Joe. I think I would have left the part about the first 3 shots out though.

The last time I saw you, you were down to 4 bullets for that thing. You must be out now!



Yeah but can you believe that being able to run 360 degrees they kept trotting 50 yard closer and going back to munching grass? After thinking about it I was aiming dead on like I would do with my 250. The 303 was sighted in dead on at 100 yards with 190 Silvertips. They were probably tilling furrows 50-100 yards short. At 100 it was dead on.

Great story Joe! It made me smile while I read it. Gotta love it when things just work out! Congrats on the Savage slam.


Lee

Congrads Joe on your slam! Nice last min. Buck!

Thanks John, Thanks Lee. I put my cousin on that stand last year and late in the day he got a nice 6 pointer. He fired the first shot at about 200 and both deer ran straight toward him. He dropped the buck at about 150. Must be something in the way the shots echo off the big rocks at the other end of the field?

Here's another pic with the 303 F in it. Couldn't get anyone to snap one with me in it. He scaled in at 125.

Nice! I'm gonna swipe a copy of that one.

That's beauty Joe! That Lightfoot mount seems to really work, but You might need to upgrade the scope to one that focuses for you!

Thanks Jeff, my eyes are just getting to the point I have to take my glasses off to see through a scope. The scope is crystal clear with my naked eye, but then I can't see ten yards.I asked my eye doctor if there was anything to do, and he said take your glasses off to shoot. I do have progressive lenses. I was thinking of having the next pair made like old bifocals with the bottom half clear. Shooting off the bench with clear glasses works perfect.

FINALLY! After 35 to 40 days of getting up at 4 AM and pursuing the wily wapiti I finally lucked out this morning. The weapon of choice was a 99EG 308 with a Weaver KV, 150 grain Hornady SST. She was angling slightly away from me at about 150 yards. I shot from a kneeling position. The bullet entered the ribs, angled forward and destroyed the lungs. She went about 150 feet and croaked. This by far the latest I've killed one. The weather was all wrong earlier. Too nice. It has to snow to push them down where we old guys can get to them. The temperature was minus 8.
ancient Savage and dead wapiti. She's big and about 3 to 5 years old. Lots of good meat.

ancient Savage, dead wapiti and decrepit hunter.

Tom Watt pine cone handled knife and dead wapiti. I told him the knife was too special to take hunting. He said he made them to hunt with so here it is. It's really sharp and made the gutting much easier than usual.

My hunting buddy John got one too. He and Bret who got an elk ten days ago are using the patent pending Harper-Royal elk hoist to get John's elk in the back of the battered ram. You can see my elk's hind feet sticking over the side of the bed and tied to the running board mount. The running board fell off a few months ago. It got bottomed out too many times.

Good job David!

Congrats! That's some delicious steaks right there.

Boy you are one determined guy, I'll give you that. I don't think I could leave the cabin in those temps to get my hands all bloody. Too much a creature of comfort.

It was minus 27 on Monday. I saw a few that day but they disappeared before I could get up to them. Sometimes you just have to keep on til you get one. This is to compensate for last year. I got an elk the first day I hunted this property.

Congrats David. Very cool.......or should I say cold?

Anyway, I do like the knife too.

Congrats. If that's the gut pile in the back ground, I think it's bigger than my deer!

We figure gut piles weigh about 150 pounds. The gutted animal probably 250-300 and the boneless meat about half that. The meat from the one I killed last year weighed a little over 160 lbs.

Way to go David.

You got to really want to shoot an elk to do what you did this year.

Determination and toughness are usually rewarded with success.

At least this time they were.

Very nice David! Hanging in there paid off.


Lee

The last time I failed to get an elk was 2006. I just wasn't willing to let it go. The way my health is going I may not be able to hunt many more years.

Your tenacity is amazing. Great job on a well earned elk. The good eating will last longer than the soreness, I hope.

Joe, nice way to finish off your slam. Very cool! Congratulations!

BTW, that spotter that Roy was referring to, probably, could have gotten you there in just two shots.

I'm going back to the same outfitter in Oct. for either goats, muleys or a combo. You're more than welcome to come along.

That is very generous of you and I'm sure we would have a great hunt, but looking at 21. Next year my Daughters last year as a collegiate athlete and we plan to travel across the country to see her play. Which is going to use up vacation time and any extra $

If it weren't for time and money think of all the fun we could have!

Sell a DL to fund the hunt! LOL

I only got one Roy and just bought that one.

I have 2 post mils now. An F and a DL. Jaysus, what is this world coming to?

If you would have told me 5 years ago that someday I would own 2 post mil rifles I would have told you that you had lost your Fn mind.

I love both of them though....

That's Randy's deer. I don't know what happened to him? He was right behind me, must have taken a left when I went right?

Well that is actually my deer that I killed this evening. Joe is smarter than me (probably actually not as lazy as me) when it comes to posting pics here. Since photobucket went away I haven't taken the time to figure the whole picture posting thing out.

It ain't much of a deer really and I would have much rather killed a big fat doe than that little buck, but I've been in a drought lately and I was in serious risk of going without venison for the next year which hasn't happened in a long, long time.

The gun is much more interesting than the deer. It is a pre war checkered F. I've been looking for this gun a long time and just recently found it this summer. Somebody else D&T'd it. Other than that it is a fine specimen and with the M8-6x I put on it a fine hunting rig and I am glad to have taken this deer with it. It is a 300 and deer was about 60 yards away looking directly at me. He was in the thick stuff and he wasn't going to present a broadside. Put a green box 150 right into his brisket and he travelled about 50 yards without any lungs. I love the 250, but that is not a shot I would have attempted with that rig.

For many years when I was working in the agricultural and fertile lands of SE Pa. I had the opportunity to hunt big deer. Now I hunt mountain bucks and we have some big deer down here because they have the benefit of being able to age without being run over by an 18 wheeler, but they are tough to find in these vast mountains of Va. They have so many places to hide. I've got 2 more buck tags left and our season runs to Jan 4th so there is still a chance.

Anyway, had to drag this beast a country mile (or 2) up and down those mountains to get him out. With my 57th birthday coming up, I am thankful to still be able to hunt solo and get my deer out of tough spots.

I love deer hunting.

Yay! You go!!

I sent my wife a text right after I got on stand. I'm 63 with two new knees. Said I may need my son and SIL to come help me get a deer in the truck if I got lucky. There are 2 real steep long down hill ridges to the left and behind me. A big flat field to the right and front. Luckily he came in from the field. When I shot he hopped the stone wall and made it about 10 yards. Literally 1 minute after I found the deer my cell rang. It was my SIL. I said, Simon, have Carolyn drop you by the pond to help me with this deer". He said, "that's not why I called. We're going to dinner, what do you want?".

Nicely done sir. Congrats!

Another killer walks amongst us.

YES and with a Leupold scope too

Good job and nice rifle. Someday I hope to find a checkered 99F, they're just classy.

Lee

What Polecat said. Love those checkered 99F's.
change of subject. Sometimes you can have too much gun. John (the guy who was hoisting his elk into my truck in the fourth pic above) was using a 300 Win. mag Thursday. The bullet went through the right shoulder, the bottom of the heart and destroyed the left shoulder. He lost the meat from that shoulder. He should have had a 308 99EG like me. My bullet went through the ribs, destroyed the lungs and stayed in the elk. Of course they were only 150 yds. away. If they'd been 400 I wouldn't have shot.

Mine went in the lower part of the neck and came out the off shoulder, turning it into a black mass of jello. He was slightly quartering toward me.That 190 Silvertip at 100 yards, out of the 303, might have been a tad much. I'll probably be back to my 250 next year.

2019 PA Buck. Model 14 Classic in 250 Savage


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I'd love to see it but can't open it in that format

I think that's the link. I don't know how to make the photo show here.

I click on the link it does not show me a picture. It shows you a picture because it is your account.

It says it is set to public and anyone can see it. GRRRRR

How about this

Nice buck and rifle. Congrats

I just consider it a success that after three days I finally figured out how to post a pic!

Very nice deer. So, what was harder, finding the deer, or posting the picture?

It did take a week to turn up the buck. It was about a tie.😂

That is a nice deer and a beautiful rifle.

Glad you got the picture thing figured out.

Maybe you can teach me.

I'll teach you next time we're at Joe's, Randy. (If The Sailor lets us... )

Is that what we were drinking?

Yes. He's a good pal O'mine!

Imgur for the win. Like third place I tried.

Thanks on the buck and the rifle. That’s my first deer with a 250 but I do have a new stainless 250 takeoff barrel waiting on a Left Hand rifle to screw it onto. I’d like to find a LH 14 or maybe a LH 16. I do like the cartridge.

Ohio buck. .375win model 99





-Jake

Nice Jake! Love a 375.

Wow! there's abunch of deer (and elk) falling at the end of savage rifles this season, fantastic pictures and rifles!

I have no deer story/picture. And even worse, I have no Savage! I had my Savage dream rifle about 10 years, it was a 1970's 99A Saddle Carbine in the mighty 250/3000 Savage, But like a bow legged, buck toothed idiot, with tendencies toward the behavior of an extreme imbecile, I sold it! (Stupid, stupid, stupid decision)
I scoped it with a VX2 2-7x Leupold. Very importantly to me, as a left-handed shooter, it was equipped with a tang safety. Some folks say it's a varmint bullet but I personally know of about 160 whitetail that would tell you a far different story. I'm talking about the Sierra 90gr HPBT Gameking. My little 250 would shoot them into 1-1/4" groups consistently. I only killed one buck with it He was broadside at roughly 75 yards and was a DRT bang-flop having broken both shoulders and exited the far side. I really liked it but it was so pretty I was scared to hunt with it for fear of "scratching" it. That rifle was pristine. I hope to get another one someday that has already been hunted with and has a few "scratches" on it.

Goat

Due to knee surgery, some tree rats with a .410 single is all I can contribute...

Stew!

good stories!

4 squirrels with a bad knee? That would have required a whole day of walking for me, Good Hunt!!

You need to make a trip down this way Jeff. Gary had to pick up a baseball bat sized stick to fight off the big red Fox Squirrels on his ground stand.If you're in a tree stand you have to make sure you're tied in, or they will gang up and toss you out!

Shot this bear two nights ago. Well over 300 pounds. 65 yards with my 1899H .303 Savage. Will make a nice rug.

Darryl

Very nice!

Better pic of bear with my .303. Darryl

The rifle and the bear are both beauties.

Great pictures. Beautiful bear, congratulations.

That's great! Wow. I'm envious!

not a savage but it is a J.Stevens. 22 short vs. man attacking rodent! 6 foot shot!

That counts! How are you going to cook him?

It's whistle pig time of year. This big old gal won't be getting into my garden.



Lee

Lee, you have some smallish bears back thataway.

Roy, it's the rare grass bear, they don't get as big as their omnivore cousins

Lee

Nice!

Had this guy show up by the woodpile today (you know how woodchucks like to chuck wood :D). Anyhow I reached right past my beloved 340 and grabbed the 22-250. It was a short shot plus I figured it had some good karma left in it (got it from Fireball2) so I wasn't too worried about missing with irons and my old eyes.



Lee

Helluva shot Lee!

2020 AZ Cow Elk with my .358.

Rex

Congrats, looks like nice hunting land.

Perfect gun.