Post by: TitusFord on November 22, 2024, 01:52:46 PM
After passing on some spikes and forkies throughout the general season I decided to go hunt some higher country and got turned around after hiking up to 2 feet of snow before reaching my spot. We went back down and found a new area I hadn't been before and decided to hunt it in the morning. After sleeping in we drove up to the spot and loaded our packs to go for the day. We rounded the first corner on the trail and this buck was standing 23 yards away quartering towards me. I very quickly took the rifle off my shoulder, flipped the safety off and shot him before I could even judge antler size but knew based on body size I wanted to tag him.
I shot him at 3200' right along the snow line at around 9:45 A.M.
He weighed 166 field dressed and I put 61 pounds of trimmed meat in the freezer.
Anyone else using old rifles out there?
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Post by: TitusFord on November 22, 2024, 03:45:34 PM
Congratulations. I harvested my largest blacktail with a model 99 300 savage my grandpa gave me. His brother Fred, bought four of them, one for him, his two brothers and their dad. I was given Fred's rifle. It was well worn as he lived in Alaska and used it a lot. I harvested that buck the year my grandfather passed, so it is a special hunt for me. I also harvested my largest black bear at 20 feet that year with the same rifle. Thanks for sharing.
That's awesome! I killed my bear this year with this same Remington at 35 yards!
I know a couple of people who still hunt with their model 99 in 300 savage!
I'll own a model 99 one of these days.
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Post by: pd on November 23, 2024, 06:43:37 PM
Nice big blacktail! I took my ol’ model 94 30-30 I inherited from my grandfather out for the late blacktail season. With a goal to harvest a blackie but I let my son harvest the only buck we seen. So have to try again next year! It’s awesome to see the guys and gals taking out guns that have been passed down and using them for the purpose they were intended for.
On the last day of the late rifle season I took out my 1952 JS stamped Marlin 336 short carbine in .30-30. I never saw anything that rainy day, but it sure was lightweight! She is back in the safe, oiled and waxed, and I will do this again next year.
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Post by: TitusFord on November 24, 2024, 09:04:03 AM
Not a Blacktail but grandpas passed down .300 savage. Decided a cow tag was the perfect time to use it.
Getting an elk with my .300 Savage is on my bucket list. I just can't bring myself to hunt rifle elk season over archery.
I never got to meet my grandpa but I grew up hunting with his rifle identical to the one I carry now. While mine wasn't grandpa's rifle it is still special to me for that reason and why I bought and hunt with it.
Congrats on the nice cow!
Post by: Westside88 on November 24, 2024, 10:09:50 AM
Post by: PNWheckle on November 25, 2024, 09:26:59 PM
Always had good luck with my 721, haven’t rifle hunted for a few years
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Post by: scotsman on November 26, 2024, 10:12:38 AM
Fast-forward about 60 years; I got a call from my granddaughter saying there was a coyote on their back deck, eyeing their chickens and it would not run away when she yelled at it: she asked me if I could bring some broadheads for her bow, but I said in a case like this it sounds like need for a firearm. I grabbed the trusty old 22 and half an hour later I with her walking their property on the Key Peninsula. She guided me on a couple of trails and as we walked a Ridge saw the coyote 50 yards away sitting in a clearing looking at us. I sat down, snugged the sling as dad taught me and touched the 2# trigger. End of coyote.
That was the perfect time for me to have a firearms talk with her which led to a plinking session. She thanked me and said she’d never forget this time together.
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 26, 2024, 03:42:52 PM
Not a deer, but good story. When I was a little kid my folks did not have any money so rented out a spare bedroom. It was rented to a fellow who was in the Navy, and when he got transferred out he could not take his rifle: a Winchester model model 69, .22 long rifle’semi - target’. He gave the rifle to my dad when I was just 4 or 5 years old, and when I was about 10 Dad started to teach me how to shoot it. At 13, Dad let me keep the rifle in my room as long as I took the bolt out and hid it from my friends… Dad was very safety conscious and told me in no uncertain terms if I ever did anything stupid he would take it away and never let me shoot with him again. That was a serious threat. We had great times plinking in the woods and later I did a little bit of rabbit and grouse hunting with it. It’s really accurate and can hold 3” groups at 100 yards.
Fast-forward about 60 years; I got a call from my granddaughter saying there was a coyote on their back deck, eyeing their chickens and it would not run away when she yelled at it: she asked me if I could bring some broadheads for her bow, but I said in a case like this it sounds like need for a firearm. I grabbed the trusty old 22 and half an hour later I with her walking their property on the Key Peninsula. She guided me on a couple of trails and as we walked a Ridge saw the coyote 50 yards away sitting in a clearing looking at us. I sat down, snugged the sling as dad taught me and touched the 2# trigger. End of coyote.
That was the perfect time for me to have a firearms talk with her which led to a plinking session. She thanked me and said she’d never forget this time together.
Cool story, she needs a pellet gun to practice with. My grandson is five now , probably getting him a pellet gun next year for his bday that we’ll use together.
From sixth grade on I had access to every gun my dad had after hunters safety course and my brother who was two year older as supervision.
That’s when I saved my money and got a marlin .22 semiautomatic I purchased from the Coast to Coast store in Colfax. Put thousands of rounds down that, it still shoot great today.
Post by: Buzzsaw461 on November 26, 2024, 04:08:58 PM
Post by: 2MANY on November 26, 2024, 07:34:09 PM
Rapidly figured out my eyes couldn't do the iron sight focus!!!
Post by: TitusFord on December 07, 2024, 08:28:19 PM