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Deer Hunters....what are you pack'n for artillery?

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited December 2001 in General Discussion
Gun deer season is almost here, what's everyone pack'n for artillery?I'll be carrying a S&W 629 Performance Center .44 mag with comp and open sights, and a Knight MK85 50 cal, thumbhole stock, w/Swarovski....(gotta quit putting notches in my stocks everytime I get a deer, starting to look a little lumpy...heehee)
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  • OrphanedcowboyOrphanedcowboy Member Posts: 351 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Winchester Model 70 30'06, leupold M8 6x42mmBoyds Laminate stock, Warne rings, Hornady 150 SST Light Magnums
    Orphanedcowboy@msn.com
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ruger m77 25/06.Bell& Carlson stock,Timney trigger.Replced leuopold vari x III with Burris Fullfield,Best thing I ever did for this rifle.Winchester 120gr pep.Twenty eight clean kills on white tail,sikas,and very large hogs.
    A unarmed man is a subject.A armed man is a citizen.
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  • gunnutgunnut Member Posts: 724 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    44mag,6mm,308,30-30,12ga,25-06,,,, well I guess it depends on where im huntin that day
    ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    50cal Knight in-line "Bighorn" 45 cal 260 gr in 50 cal sabot, kicked by 150 grains of Pyrodex pellets, and lit by musket cap, Redfield tracker 3-9x40 eyes. More comfortable with it for clean kill than 12 ga in this shotgun only utopia.
    Nothing very, very good or very, very bad lasts for very, very long.
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  • SXSMANSXSMAN Member Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Frontstuffer.Austin Halleck 50 cal w/vari-x II 3x9x40Lyman Trade rifle in flint,54 cal.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If I have to work on Friday and Saturday, I'll be in town for a Sunday hunt in Nebraska and will be bearing my Winchester 70 in .270 topped with Leupold VariX-II 3-9X40. My S&W 686 will be on my hip as well. I probably won't use it but it will be loaded with something suitable.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    1. 99-Savage in 250-30002. Marlin-336-35 Rem. as a backup3. Model-12 16-Guage-full-choke,in case the crows come in. 4. one of my old .22 rifles....hey I`m goin` all the way to W.V.,I can`t be up there wishin` I hadn`t left somethin`!!Oh yeah..pistols..hmm...hhmm
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  • BullzeyeBullzeye Member Posts: 3,560
    edited November -1
    For Northern Zone Whitetails: Remington 700 ADL Synthetic .30-06 bolt-action with scope and hollowpoint roundsFor Southern Zone Whitetails: Remington 870 Magnum Express 12-gauge pump-action, with 1oz rifled slugsFor Duck and Quail (and skeet!): 16-gauge bolt-action Mossberg longbarrel, Model 190 (with poly adjustable choke)For squirrels and rabbits: Harrington and Richardson (H&R) Leatherneck model 150 .22LR autoloader, with scope and hollow-point subsonic rounds
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  • RedlegRedleg Member Posts: 417 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mathews SQ2 Solocam with 125gr Muzzy broadhead-tipped carbon arrows...oh, wait...you were asking about guns. To me, it just ain't hunting unless you can get close enough to see the fleas on the deer's back. [This message has been edited by Redleg (edited 11-21-2001).]
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  • boogerbooger Member Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Older Ruger .44 Magnum auto-carbine for most days. For the long shots a Ruger .300 Win.Mag.I enjoy the lightweight and fast handling carbine over anything else. It's perfect for my situation.
    Them ducks is wary.
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  • TeamblueTeamblue Member Posts: 782 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Already been and bagged two NE Missouri whitetails with my Ruger M77 All-weather .308 which performed beautifuly with Remington 150 grain PSP ammo. It wears a Nikon Monarch 3-9x40 matte finish. This was my first deer season hunting with a Nikon as before I've always had Tasco World Class glass on my rifles. I was super impressed with the Nikon and its low-light abilities at dawn and dusk. Going with the Nikon for the .308 was on of the best decisions I have ever made.
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  • twinstwins Member Posts: 647 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lyman DeerStalker 54 cal BPS&W 686
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  • timberbeasttimberbeast Member Posts: 1,738 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mine's in the freezer, ate a goodly share this evening. Winchester 94 carbine in Win .32 Spl, with Silvertips. Ruger Super Blackhawk on the belt, with 240 gr. Starfires. Used the rifle on this one, too close and too calm out to draw without being heard.
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  • Matt45Matt45 Member Posts: 3,185
    edited November -1
    Washington State ML season finds me with a .54 Cal TC Renegade, 80Gr.'s of Goex FFF, topped off with a 430 Gr Maxi-Ball.Otherwise.....A Spanish manufacture "Mercury" 12ga Double gets me by for Rabbit, Pheasant, Chucker and Grouse.For Coyote I use either a .30 cal carbine or my Bushmaster 20" XM15-E2S. (But I REALLY want to find a .22-250 I can afford)
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  • legn4legn4 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    BLR .308 with a Simmon's 6X18 , son had the old 94'. Meat is in the freezer!
    Work'n like a dog all nite
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  • Norman DogNorman Dog Member Posts: 470 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I used to go with a custom Mauser 98 in 8x57 with a Lyman peep sight with the aperture removed for the "ghost ring" effect. I traded that to Saxon Pig, so this year I used a Winchester Model 94 Trapper in .44 Mag. The hunting on public land is so poor that it mostly turns into a walk in the woods, so I decided to go light.
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Remington 870, full rifled barrel during shotgun season....6" Colt Anaconda w/Tasco PPII for Handgun season....No rifle season here in Illinois...Thinking about a Black Powder Rifle for next year...
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  • ghotie_thumperghotie_thumper Member Posts: 1,561 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like my old 3006 but the last couple years I've carried a 2506 more and more. The 25 is out of commish for the time as the wife slipped and fell while hunting and landed (no don't say it), yes she landed on the rifle. Put a nice double ought size dent in the bell top dead center a half inch behind the glass. Since then it groups around 8 inches. I never really liked that Aetec anyway. It shot well but was only clear in the middle. Blurry out towards the edges. Our deer season was over about the 3rd sunday in October. Right about the time the weather changed for the better.
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  • WyomingSwedeWyomingSwede Member Posts: 402 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mines in the freezer too. .338-06 on a Mauser 98 action with a Simmons Aetec 2.5x10 scope. regards swede
    WyomingSwede
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  • Norman DogNorman Dog Member Posts: 470 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey Ghotie,If you don't mind me asking, do you hunt public land? If so, where?If you do mind me asking, no problem.Thanks!
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  • Ronald J. SnowRonald J. Snow Member Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Remington 722, 308 caliber with Leupold VXIII 3.5-10x40AO.
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  • ghotie_thumperghotie_thumper Member Posts: 1,561 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    NorDog Affirmative, I do hunt public lands. The B zones in Northern Kal are pretty open. I hunt in Siskiyou County, the western part of the county is nearly all US Forest Service, (klamath national forest). Some of the better hunting is done in or along the borders of the wilderness areas. (we have several). I like the Marble Mountain Wilderness and the Siskiyou Wilderness areas. If you can't hike a lot or don't have horses there are also a lot of places to camp along dirt roads or in a few of the campgrounds. Actually there is very little by way of private lands "relatively speaking", to get in the way of hunting in this area.
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Monday morning I will be taking my Remington 760 Gamemaster .270 for a walk/hobble. Should it be raining or snowing the Marlin .44 mag lever action and/or Ruger Super Blackhawk.
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  • beachmaster73beachmaster73 Member Posts: 3,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    1886 Winchester in .40-82 with open sights. For a 110 year old rifle it does itself proud in the accuracy department. Beach
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  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i used my winchester mod 70 topped with a nikon scope in 300 win mag. cowdoc
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  • s.guns.gun Member Posts: 3,245
    edited November -1
    N.E.F. fully rifled,scoped,12 Ga.. (groups 2 in. at 50 Yds.) Cant use my 270 except when I hunt Penn. or W.Va.
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  • buddybbuddyb Member Posts: 5,369 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    H&R Handi-Rifle .223 Redfeild 3x9. 5 in the freezer and leaving in the morning to go for a couple days.
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  • CAndres35CAndres35 Member Posts: 453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    well I am illinois also and my old model 12 with 32" barrel no rifeling full choke took #54 for me. not big enough too brag about but it did have antlers. I hunt Pope co. in southern IL. just off the Ohio river.
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    .308 for the fields.270 for the lanes.7mmrm For any of it.300wm for big holes and lots of gore.30-30 for brush.30-06 for stalking in the flarda jungles (got that one from Gruntled).45-70 for ?That's about it.
    When it absolutely, positively,has to be destroyed overnight.....U.S. MARINES. will270win@aol.com ~Secret Select Society Of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets~
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  • instrumentofwarinstrumentofwar Member Posts: 1,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    for the thick stuff in northern ny i'm in love with my 1895g 45-70. she's topped with a pro-point-not the prettiest combo but she sure is quick in a hurry. plus it's nice to be lobbin' 300 grain punkin's just in case a bear pops out, same season and all
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,334 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Remington .243
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  • federalifederali Member Posts: 5 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    For rifle country: A Remington Model 7, stainless synthetic in 7mm-08 Rem. with Leupold 1 1/2 to 5 X scope. For shotgun country: An Ithaca Deerslayer II, 12 gauge, rifled barrel with Pentax 2.4X scope and Winchester sabot slugs.If using a treestand in rifle country: my Ruger Deerstalker carbine in .44 mag.
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  • thebutcherthebutcher Member Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I use a Marlin 336 ADL .35 rem. Despite what you hear, it is a terrific brush gun. Ck my post on .35
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  • LightningLightning Member Posts: 945 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Brush gun.....Ruger M77/44...44 MAG. Open fields...Remington 700..243 WIN.
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  • PupPup Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Super Redhawk with a brand spankin' new Millett red dot....don't even have it sighted in yet. Hornady 240 XTP over 11 grns of Bullseye. Sweet combo.
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Enfield 30-06 bull bb (accurized) 75MM B&L sniper scope and an old Reminton marine 12gfor the close ups ,00 & slugs.for the Snakes a SW mod 41.
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  • edharoldedharold Member Posts: 465 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This year I've been using an well worn Rem 700 Classic in 338. So far this year I've taken two deer and a bull elk with it. If there is no chance of getting an elk I use a model 70, 30-06.
    "They that would give up liberty to obtain safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"Benj. Franklin, 1759
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  • anderskandersk Member Posts: 3,627 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My big buck will just get bigger for next year!I took along my son and we were both totin' our Winchester Model 94's. His was a 30-30 and mine was a .356 cal. Only problem was that we did not see a deer.This could be my last season hunting in New Brunswick for a while, since we are moving to the Boston area. (And no rifle season down there ... bummer)I saw more deer in the bean stubble in Illinois on a recent trip! Great to get to see some game. We did see a big doe beside the road in NB last night ... glad she stayed right there!Bonne Chasse!
    Ken
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  • wiredogwiredog Member Posts: 116 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    main rifle has been an old style ruger model 77 in 7mm rem mag with a leupold vari-x III in 3.5 x 10 But I just found and bought a Remington model 700 classic in .264 win mag and have bought a leupold vari-x II in 4 x 12 and will be hunting with it during our january bonus hunt here in missouri. depending on how it performs it may become my main rifle. I used to have a winchester model 70 pre-64 in .264 win mag and loved it. If this new rifle lives up to the other ones reputation I think I may have a keeper.
    I spent all my money on guns, women, and beer. The rest I just wasted.wiredog70@hotmail.com
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  • XracerXracer Member Posts: 1,990 ✭
    edited November -1
    An RPG.....spoils a lot of meat, but you don't have to track 'em very far.
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