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7 | 4.86% |
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20 | 13.89% |
| 30-30 |
  
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32 | 22.22% |
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24 | 16.67% |
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3 | 2.08% |
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2 | 1.39% |
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5 | 3.47% |
| 7mm |
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7 | 4.86% |
| 308 |
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0 | 0% |
| Other??? tell us what |
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44 | 30.56% |
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05-05-2003, 09:57 AM
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I use my 6.5 for everything bigger than a bird...just have to use the right load is all...and this year hope to get out for bow season...
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04-20-2003, 11:07 PM
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My grandpa's .30-30 for a doe and my first buck was shot with my uncles BSA .30-06. Have used 7mm Rem Mag since.
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#5
04-20-2003, 09:19 AM
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Winchester 94, was old in 1969, .32 special with buckhorn irons. Never could hit too good with it untill rear sight was replaced with a partridge type leaf. Think the too-tall buckhorn obscured my vision. Still great to take out even if the meat gun is a '59 760 in '06!
The 760 has tip-off Weaver mounts that still repeat sweet, haven't had to move '0' in years.
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04-29-2003, 06:57 PM
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Jabba
I was going to add muzzle loaders to the list, but the poll was limited to 10.
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#8
04-18-2003, 06:52 PM
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The Most Popular Is...
GD357 got me thinking about the gun choice, so I decided lets do a poll. Feel free to leave comments, but definately vote. I know this subject has been discussed many times, but lets see if we can get scientific.
So here is the poll: Which weapon was your first for deerhunting? Maybe we could start another one that is you favorite caliber too.
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#9
04-20-2003, 08:18 AM
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A little surprised that no one started with a bow. Even though I didn't, most younger hunters in Michigan probably start with one. They can bowhunt for deer at 12 yrs old, but not gun hunt till 14. That is an assinine law that needs to be changed.
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04-18-2003, 11:04 PM
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My first ever deer was taken with a Model '94 .30-30... My second was taken with a .303 british, and my third was a .30-06... the last 3 were all taken with a 6mm rem...
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#11
04-22-2003, 08:16 AM
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First deer I shot was with a 30-30 Marlin. Mostly use a 280 Rem or 30-06 since. I felt the 30-30 wasn't enough gun for deer so I got into the more power thing. Yaw I know. Sure wish I had kept that gun but didnt. I'm pretty happy with the 280's and 06's.
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05-09-2003, 03:24 PM
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My first was a H&R topper 20 guage. For deer it used remington hp slugs when they came out originally all we could get was peters solid slugs and yes I mean peters not remington peters. The stores in east Texas at that time had LOTS of old ammo. We used to buy ammo predominantly at The Brookshire brothers grocery store in Crockett, Texas. Or at the Fina gas station or Ag Coop in Grapeland Texas. Although I do seem to remember buying a few boxes at one of the gas stations that sold bait, ammo, and guns off the rack out close to houston county lake way back then. You could walk into the store and the guns were on a rack buy the ice machine. Rifles standing up and pistols hanging by the trigger guards on the walls above them. Man that was the day. Heck I can't count the number of times I coulda bought a garand or a 30 caliber carbine for less than $75 bucks back then. Course back then we thought they were nuts asking that much for them when you could get 303 brit rifles at the surplus store for $25 out of a barrel on the sidewalk.
What the heck every happened to those days you know now that I think about it we didn't have school shootings back then and I ain't all the freakin' old. GoodOlBoy
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#14
04-21-2003, 11:36 AM
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I started hunting late, and in Germany
 But I still get to hunt so it aint so bad. My first rifle was a sporterized Mauser 98 in 7x64, still got that puppy. Still trying to find a way to bring it back, when I do go back.I've shor European Roe Deer, Mufflon, Damm (Fallow)with fox and cats. Accurate, looks good too, it's in a Boyds JRS stock. It usually wore a Burris Fullfield, which now sits on my Marlin MR-7 (excellent rifle by the way). It's a true game thumper. But since I might not be able to bring it back, I am centering all hunting on the MR-7 in .30-06. I use a .308 and .243 (both excellent Savages!), and Savage 24 & 93  With the exception of the M98 and my Remington varmint, all my rifles have steel weaver type rails with standard and sure grip Weaver rings.
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