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Posted By: Pofarmer10

Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:02 PM

How many of you guys are hunting this year? What caliber of gun you using? I'm using a 30-30 Win
Posted By: Kevin Colpetzer

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:04 PM

Fixing too. Gonna carry a Remington model 660 in 350 mag
Posted By: Wanna Be

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:15 PM

Normally it’s a bow…breaking down and got the .308 out now.
Posted By: ABeardedTrapper

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:15 PM

.270 here Read anything by Jack O’ Connor growing up. That’s why I’m a .270 guy. Eric
Posted By: Pofarmer10

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:15 PM

This is my first year huntin by myself smile
Posted By: Jurassic Park

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:21 PM

Started with my PSE Bow, now I’m using the muzzle loader, and if I’m still hunting mid-November I’ll be using my 25.06.
Posted By: Pofarmer10

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:23 PM

I got my Dad's faithful 30-30. Never let me down! (I have never shot a deer whistle)
Posted By: arcticotter

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:24 PM

Either 250 savage or 264 win mag. Maybe both got 2 tags
Posted By: Swamp Wolf

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:26 PM

I'm still holding my Mathews bow.

Will probably get the Rem 7mm-08 out in mid November after I return from my annual midwest whitetail bowhunt.
Posted By: DelawareRob

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:31 PM

Yes, I hunt deer as often as I can.

We are a pistol caliber/shotgun only state. I just use my 12 gauge 870 when I don’t use my muzzleloader or bow.

Really want to get a flintlock and a recurve.
Posted By: Pofarmer10

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:34 PM

Recurve takes a lot of practice I hear. Have you ever tried it?
Posted By: DelawareRob

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by Pofarmer10
Recurve takes a lot of practice I hear. Have you ever tried it?



Yes it does! I shoot my compound bow already three or five times a week. I also teach archery education and love shooting.

I just haven’t jumped into buying my own and hunting with a recurve or longbow.


But yes, lots of practice. I am up for the challenge of traditional archery.
Posted By: yotetrapper30

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:42 PM

20 gauge slug. We can use rifles here, but the shotgun is just what I am used to.
Posted By: yotetrapper30

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by DelawareRob
Originally Posted by Pofarmer10
Recurve takes a lot of practice I hear. Have you ever tried it?



Yes it does! I shoot my compound bow already three or five times a week. I also teach archery education and love shooting.

I just haven’t jumped into buying my own and hunting with a recurve or longbow.


But yes, lots of practice. I am up for the challenge of traditional archery.


I think this is in my plans for the next year.
Posted By: trappingthomas

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:45 PM

I hunt deer with bow, 12 gauge, muzzle loader, and bow again based on the season order.
Posted By: John C

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:49 PM

I’ll be hunting this year with one or more of the following: .223AR 15, 22-250, 264 win mag, 270win, 7STW, 8mm Rem Mag, 375win, 30-06, 6mm creedmore, 41 mag rifle oh and my new 6.5 Grendel.
Posted By: Pofarmer10

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/25/22 11:55 PM

I know a guy that said that he had not practiced for 2 weeks and his shoulder was already out of shape.
Posted By: TurkeyTime

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 12:36 AM

Recurve and a .50 cal air rifle. This evening from the house saw one doe followed 100 yards by a buck, then 5 more bucks in back of that along the same line of travel then two more slowly checking where other does had been.
Posted By: SundanceMtnMan

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 12:42 AM

270 WSM. My wife shoots a 257 Roberts my former deer gun. grin
Posted By: Yes sir

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 12:48 AM

Bow or crossbow depending on situation right now. If I haven't filled my tag by rifle season then either thev 243 or 270.
Posted By: HobbieTrapper

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 12:49 AM

I’m a recurve only and will be out there every chance I get. I prefer the morning hunt over the afternoon.
Posted By: HobbieTrapper

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by SundanceMtnMan
270 WSM. My wife shoots a 257 Roberts my former deer gun. grin


The .270 WSM will make jelly. Pick a good spot. lol
Posted By: 330-Trapper

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 12:54 AM

7mm Rem. Mag. 140 gr bonded bullets

Good for woods or 400 yds across a bean field.

Or my Rem 600 Mohawk in .243 win.
Posted By: D.T.

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 12:58 AM

.45 cal roundball and some self made doug fir arrows loosed from the longbow. Nocked a few down already
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 01:22 AM

Shot a doe w .270 already. Going to Illinois soon w crossbow. Each one shot at home from now on I will change guns diff caliber each one to mix it up. Good luck
Posted By: Posco

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by 330-Trapper
7mm Rem. Mag. 140 gr bonded bullets

Good for woods or 400 yds across a bean field.

Or my Rem 600 Mohawk in .243 win.

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Four hundred yards off the rail of my truck. Factory ammo. 7mm Mag, 140 gr. bullets.
Posted By: k snow

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by D.T.
.45 cal roundball and some self made doug fir arrows loosed from the longbow. Nocked a few down already


A man after my own heart.

I'll be using my 54 caliber flint rifle and if I bowhunt it'll be homemade arrows from an Osage flatbow made by a friend.
Posted By: Jmack

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 02:08 AM

Done for the year , [Linked Image]
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Mine was a 7×57 Ackley Improved and daughter shoots a CZ 7.62×39.
Posted By: GREENCOUNTYPETE

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 02:29 AM

having just filled my freezers with a cow I had to put down a few weeks ago this is the first deer season I can remember where I am not really looking to fill the freezers.

my cousin and his 14 year old son are both coming to deer camp for the first time this year so I will likely be mentoring and not shooting too much. unless they taunt me then I will be giving it away or borrowing freezer space.

probably my 300blk pistol because it is so easy to carry.
Posted By: Pofarmer10

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 11:54 AM

What kind of stand? You guys got any heated, portable stands/blinds?
Posted By: 330-Trapper

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by Posco
Originally Posted by 330-Trapper
7mm Rem. Mag. 140 gr bonded bullets

Good for woods or 400 yds across a bean field.

Or my Rem 600 Mohawk in .243 win.

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Four hundred yards off the rail of my truck. Factory ammo. 7mm Mag, 140 gr. bullets.

That's Awesome Posco!!!
Posted By: sako22

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 12:03 PM

Just got a new winchester model 70 super grade in .264 winchester magnum. Going to be using it this year along with my 788 remington 6mm
Posted By: GREENCOUNTYPETE

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by Pofarmer10
What kind of stand? You guys got any heated, portable stands/blinds?


sometimes I bring a folding stool or my little web seat often just set on a blow down or on the ground on a hill

heat-a-seat https://www.farmandfleet.com/produc...Zo2Ah6f1HY8Po4ccu9sKPJi6LosaAiDDEALw_wcB

strut seat https://www.fntpost.com/Products/Hunter's+Specialties+Deluxe+Two-Way+Strut+Seat

there is a blow down in the edge of the swamp that is right off a few good trails , puts me in the shadow's of the cedars looking out got a couple deer sitting on that same blow down last year
Posted By: Wanna Be

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 01:42 PM

Climber and lock ons.
Posted By: MattLA

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 02:05 PM

Summit cobra climber from 1997 and a summit viper from 1997.
Posted By: Wanna Be

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by MattLA
Summit cobra climber from 1997 and a summit viper from 1997.

Haha, I honestly don’t remember how long I’ve had my Viper, but probably close to 20 years. Just replace the cables every couple of years. A lot of archery deer and quite a few rifle kills out of it. Now I’ll climb 25+ feet in it and not think twice. Climbing a ladder that high tends to give me a pucker factor, lol. Summit made a legend with that climber.
Posted By: Swamp Wolf

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Wanna Be
Originally Posted by MattLA
Summit cobra climber from 1997 and a summit viper from 1997.

Haha, I honestly don’t remember how long I’ve had my Viper, but probably close to 20 years. Just replace the cables every couple of years. A lot of archery deer and quite a few rifle kills out of it. Now I’ll climb 25+ feet in it and not think twice. Climbing a ladder that high tends to give me a pucker factor, lol. Summit made a legend with that climber.

Yes they did. I ha e a Viper and a Goliath. Been using them for about 6 or 7 years now. Should've bought a Summit 40 years ago
Posted By: patfundine

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 05:17 PM

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Remington 788. 6mm. This will be with me on opening day. I have some Barnes ttsx 80 grains to test out this weekend.
Posted By: coyotesoldier229

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 06:00 PM

Bow, inline, 7mag- I have two viper climbers. Ones over 25 years old, the other about 15. They’re comfortable to sit in and can adjust the seat height higher for when I’m bow hunting or lower with a firearm for a great rest. They dig into trees well, but always tie a string between top and bottom. I had a Myles Keller climber that gave me a few sudden drops. I believe it became a few beer cans in its second life.
Posted By: sako22

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by patfundine
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Remington 788. 6mm. This will be with me on opening day. I have some Barnes ttsx 80 grains to test out this weekend.

looks like glass bedding stuff in the background. did you bed that rifle? i am currently in the process of bedding my 788
Posted By: Whopper Stopper

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 07:41 PM

TC Contender 7-30 waters as always

WS
Posted By: patfundine

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by sako22
Originally Posted by patfundine
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Remington 788. 6mm. This will be with me on opening day. I have some Barnes ttsx 80 grains to test out this weekend.

looks like glass bedding stuff in the background. did you bed that rifle? i am currently in the process of bedding my 788



Complete tear down and redo. Stock, bluing, beded, floated, and a nikon scope. It shoots really nice.
Posted By: sako22

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 08:48 PM

Looks very nice pat
Posted By: Pofarmer10

Re: Deer Hunting - 10/26/22 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by patfundine
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Remington 788. 6mm. This will be with me on opening day. I have some Barnes ttsx 80 grains to test out this weekend.


Shining and cleaning up, Eh?
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