The first "gun" that I received was also a Sears and Roebuck 20g single shot... I received it 12/24/1975. I will never forget it either. My father shot it first, then asked me to wait a minute. He went into the house, brought out his old Winchester model 12 and told me to shoot it...
I have several new (to me) levers to take deer with. I have an old Win 94 top eject with an old school 4x scope, a 336 in 35 rem and a Marlin 444 as well. Come on deer season!!!!
I killed this nice 8pt buck at 10:30am 1/15/2011. Gave me an easy 18ft shot that even I couldn't miss... Notice this old buck was missing his right eye!!!
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In the words of Hoyt, "not too good".... Went something like this...
Loaded the rifle and went to the stand Sat morning, saw two deer, both behind me and I couldn't get a shot. Went back to the stand Sat afternoon and took my limb trimmer with me and cut a few limbs. About 4:30, I had a...
I am all for maturing as a hunter... but somebody needs to kill some deer. My son just did another $1600 plus damage to his car last night... I watched two last weekend, they better not show up this weekend. I need to even up the score a little!!
I love the 30-30's... Have a Glenfield 30a, a 336c, several Win 94s, and my latest is a Springfield 840 bolt... Killed my first deer tho' with my 110E in 30 - .06, love that rifle...
I plan to try it with my Super Blackhawk.... Of course, the SS finish might be a little problem, so I will be looking for a cloudy day... turned down $200 profit to keep it just this weekend....