What are you going to deer hunt with?

jjh501 · Post by **jjh501** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:03 pm

Hunting season is just around the corner. Anybody going to use an old lever action this year, and, if so what are you going to shoot?
I'll be using an 86 winchester 45-90 (1892 vintage). If I get one with it I'll use a Winchester 71 I bought last year for the second.

348WCF · Post by **348WCF** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:08 pm

This year I will be using a Model 71 .348WCF . I can't wait for the November forearms season to open!
Jim

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:49 pm

It all depends on where and what the weather throws at me. Dirty wet,sneak in the swamps weather a circa 1942 mod 94 30 wcf, cold open hard woods cruising type day Savage mod 99 in 300 savage with a 1.5 x4.5 scope, not sure what it will do a mod 94 BB 356win with a Williams FP sight. If I'm in a black powder zone a Traditions inline 50 cal.

Kansas Ed · Post by **Kansas Ed** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:04 pm

Probably the first deer will get hammered by the 40-72..still not sure for the second...it could be an 1873 in 38-40 or the 1895 in .303 B. Although the 40-82 is crying in the safe cause it wants more time in the field......

Ed

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:30 pm

Old Thumper, the 1895GS, or a Marlin 1894 in .44mag.....for deer, prolly the .44mag and I'll stick the '06 in the back of the rig for a back up or clearcut use.......

cnjarvis · Post by **cnjarvis** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:46 pm

Muzzle loader: Cabela's 50 Cal. Sporterized Hawken

Rifle: '76 Mod. 94 Win. in 30-30

dr walker · Post by **dr walker** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:50 pm

Savage ML-II and Marlin 1894 44 mag. 2 months to go, 2 months to go.

HillbillyGadget · Post by **HillbillyGadget** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:27 pm

Marlin 336 30-30 scout, then probably '92 Rossi .357

stew71 · Post by **stew71** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:38 pm

Alas, it won't be with a lever gun, for various reasons. I'll be taking my new/used Ruger 77RSI .243 to the woods this season. Equipped with a 2x scope, it'll be perfect for those early morning and twilight hunts. I've been having problems lately seeing the iron sights on my Browning 95 and I loaned out my Marlin 336 to my dad. So it's a bolt gun this year.

Maybe when it cools off enough for the bucks to move around during the day, I might haul the ol' Browning back out...

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:42 pm

No center fire rifle hunting in IL. Were I to be someplace I could hunt deer with a real rifle I'd use either my 1950 Mdl 94 Carbine or my 1980 Mdl 94 Trapper, both in 30-30.
Except were I in IN I'd use my Marlin 1894 Cowboy in .45 Colt.

I have no desire to carry anything with a scope on it or anything heavier than the Mdl 94s.

Joe

cshold · Post by **cshold** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:44 pm

Anything other than a 30WCF. Like what's so great about it?

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:51 pm

Kind of depends on the weather for me too. If it's not raining or snowing I'm going to tote the 470NE

. Other than that it'll likely be the Marlin 1894 44 Mag. There is one stand that I may hunt some where a looooong shot would be very probable, in which case I'll have the 338 WM.

TNBigBore · Post by **TNBigBore** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:56 pm

I'll likely carry my Marlin Texan 30-30 with Williams FP receiver sight as my still hunting rifle and my Savage 99F 300 Sav topped with a Leupold 2-7X as my stand rifle. Those two should cover about anything I could encounter in TN or AL.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:57 pm

For me, first up is my state's black-powder-only season, where a .54 gets the nod.

After that, I'm off to Maine, where I'll use several guns as the days pass - This year I plan on using:
My .357 Rossi M92 "Monday" gun,
my .45 Rossi M92 "Tuesday" gun,
my .30-30 Win 94 Trapper "Wed" gun,
my 6.5x55 M70 FW "Thursday" gun,
my .-30-06 Ruger #1RSI "Friday" gun, and then finally
my .44 Marlin 1894P "Sat" gun.

Then, back to my state for the shotgun-only season, where I'll use my 20ga Ithaca Deerslayer.

.

Pathfinder09 · Post by **Pathfinder09** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:06 pm

I'll be packing my Mod 71 in .348 Win.

BlueStateSaint · Post by **BlueStateSaint** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:20 pm

In the early part of NY's NZ season, a 1950-vintage M94 in (what else?) .30-30.

In the late part (Thanksgiving on) of NY's NZ season, a Remington Model 7 in .308 Winchester. If, and that's a big if, I can get a Marlin 1895, that's what will be being used in the "second half."

tman · Post by **tman** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:21 pm

Pathfinder09 wrote:I'll be packing my Mod 71 in .348 Win.

me two

,or, maybe the 94 444, or the 94 .356, or the 86 45-70 src, or ????????????

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:22 pm

Muzzleloader season - Savage ML-10 (probably with SR 4759 & saboted 45 cal bullet).

Regular gun season - Normal days - 44 Magnum - Ruger 96/44, scoped.
Regular gun season - Rainy days - 44 Magnum - Ruger 77/44, NECG aperture sight.
After the first deer, may 'blood' the 44 Magnum - Marlin 1894-SS.

Bow season - a "44MagHunter"...

The nice thing about the Ruger levergun vs. the Marlin is it is easier to load and unload quickly if crossing the road (divides our hunting area) and upon coming inside. The 77/44 is so much easier to dry off after it gets soaked vs. having to take the forend off the 1894-SS, as well.

(...plus - I haven't gotten a deer with the 96/44 yet, and the other guns are making fun of it...

)

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:26 pm

Our deer season ended yesterday.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:30 pm

Marlin 1895 in 45-70 and Marlin 444

Boreman · Post by **Boreman** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:46 pm

My M-71(s) and I will take to the woods over Thanksgiving week. That rifle just naturally belongs in the woods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I am very blessed to have 4 of them to choose from.

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:21 pm

My dad's Model 94 (Win 30-30 of course) will get the sentimental pick at least for the first weekend --- if my model 94 Marlin ever gets out of the shop (Marlin Jam) -- it will get a turn on the playing field too --- with jacketed bullets , it is more accurate than the Winnie out to its "drop-off point"

horsesoldier03 · Post by **horsesoldier03** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:49 pm

I will be using my Lyman GPR .50 rifle with patched round ball and my Marlin 336 30-30. My daughter will be using a Marlin 1895 .44 mag with a handloaded reduced recoil load that pushes a 200 grn LSWC bullet at approx. 1700 fps.

Brian in FL · Post by **Brian in FL** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:02 pm

First choice would be my Marlin 336SC in .35 Remington, and, for backup, my 336C in .30-30.

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:03 pm

I use more than one gun during the season based on type of hunting and weather. But when I get a deer I retire that gun and get another.

Start the season with my new 338MX
Use my 32 special wrangler for still hunting
38-55 Win with my homecast bullets.
Marlin 32-20 if I can get a doe within 50 yards
Just put a scout mount on my 30-30 Win
Also got a redfield peep for the Krag carbine

It's nice to have options !

adirondakjack · Post by **adirondakjack** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:05 am

Gonna use the little 16" Marlin in Cowboy .45 Special. My 15 yr old wants to carry the 24" version of the same gun.

Brewed up a load at 1400 fps with Power Pistol and a 230 XTP.

Gotta get a deer with my own round, don't ya know

tdoor · Post by **tdoor** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:47 am

Pete44ru wrote: After that, I'm off to Maine, where I'll use several guns as the days pass - This year I plan on using:
My .357 Rossi M92 "Monday" gun,
my .45 Rossi M92 "Tuesday" gun,
my .30-30 Win 94 Trapper "Wed" gun,
my 6.5x55 M70 FW "Thursday" gun,
my .-30-06 Ruger #1RSI "Friday" gun, and then finally
my .44 Marlin 1894P "Sat" gun.

Then, back to my state for the shotgun-only season, where I'll use my 20ga Ithaca Deerslayer.

.

I always wondered if I was alone packing so much iron in the truck with me

I usually don't have one for any particular day, but tend to favor my lighter and sling equipped ones in the afternoon. What I'll be packing over a week or so this year :

1894 Marlin 44 Magnum Sporter (with sling, afternoon and rain gun)
1886 Win 33 Win
Savage 99 EG 300 Savage
1909 Mannlicher Schoenauer 375 Rimless NE (with sling, afternoon gun)
Rem M-8 32 Remington

I use cast bullets in all except the 1894 Marlin.

tdoor

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:49 am

adirondakjack wrote:Gonna use the little 16" Marlin in Cowboy .45 Special. My 15 yr old wants to carry the 24" version of the same gun.

Brewed up a load at 1400 fps with Power Pistol and a 230 XTP.

Gotta get a deer with my own round, don't ya know

Of all the comments made on this thread, this makes the most sense to me.
A-jack, I wish you the best of luck and good hunting success with your round.

Joe

19112TAP · Post by **19112TAP** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:51 am

A Browning Mod. 71 .348, a 1907 Winchester 94 in 32spl, and a Marlin 336 (1956 era) 30-30.

ceb · Post by **ceb** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:51 am

I envy you guys with near unlimited choice. Here in Illinois, no centerfire rifles of any kind for deer. I'll use a 62# longbow for the most part, when it comes to firearm season, my choice will be either a .54cal muzzleloader or .44mag three screw Ruger Flattop.

86er · Post by **86er** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:53 am

CA Blacktail - 7mm Rem

TX WTD -over feeder - Sav 99 .308, bow, 45 Colt W94

NY WTD - .50 cal CVA ML

NC WTD - 45 Colt handgun (treestand)

O.S.O.K. · Post by **O.S.O.K.** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:02 am

Deer are going to get this:

Its a 356 Win chambered Marlin 336 - conversion from 35 Rem. I'm going to use a cast boolit load: 40 grains of W748 under a Saeco 250 gas check boolit going about 2000 fps.

I'm going to apply my Marlin 94 44mag to the hogs after deer season

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:58 am

Kentucky season--- I'll have the 308 me in the XLR and the 1895 winchester in 30-06 along with a remington 700 bolt in 308. I tend to use a different gun every day so they all are happy. thinking about taking the 50 alaskan too, even though its a bit hard on deer

fordwannabe · Post by **fordwannabe** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:34 am

1886(late 1902) 33wcf until it rains or is blooded then 336 in 35 remington. I have two doe tags in addition to the antlered tag.Tom

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:56 am

I know it's a major "sin", but when we go on our Northern CA trophy hunt in November I'm gonna be using this old Remington 700 BDL that I bought new in 1964. It now sports a camo stock and detachable box mag, but is still the same dependable .30-06. I'll take along the old '95 Winchester in the same caliber, just to have a lever with me. Most of the shots up in that country are long ones, so the bolt gun with the Swarovski 3X12 will see the brunt of the hoped for action.

rafter-7 · Post by **rafter-7** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:05 pm

I have no clue yet.. the safe is full of canidates thats the great thing about gun ownership!

calibers in the running

250-3000, 257 roberts, 270AI, 348, 25-35, 257Wby this is new and dont know if it will be ready in time.

I hunt in a region where its (go fast or go home!)

rafter-7

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:44 pm

fordwannabe wrote:1886(late 1902) 33wcf until it rains or is blooded then 336 in 35 remington. I have two doe tags in addition to the antlered tag.Tom

Until it rains? Weather has never bothered any of my 1886s. They most assuredly were not made for use only in sunny and mild weather. I have parked 'em against trees in freezing snow, dragged them through water and mud, and fried 'em in the sun, but they still look as good as the day they arrived here. A little apré-hunt care is all they need to keep on working.

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:24 pm

These two are just a couple of rifles that have "been there and done that". I took the 71 to CO for last years elk hunt and it got so cold that the leather sling froze and the action got stiff. I had to put 'er in the PU to warm up, both me and the gun. As you can see, she still looks nearly perfect.

oklahoma red · Post by **oklahoma red** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:43 pm

Good evening to ya all,
like many others here, just ended the CA coast season. The "inland" season begins this weekend.
The rifles of choice are/were the same for both:

This 'un (1895 Cowboy, 45-70)

and that 'n (Puma big loop carbine, 357)

Both have been plenty sucessfull.

Happy huntin' to ya all this year,
OkR

slimster · Post by **slimster** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:11 pm

Hello oklahoma red, and welcome to the forum. Nice pics! I believe on another thread you stated that that was a Ram Line stock on your .357 Rossi. Can you tell us about that? At least one forum member had difficulty installing the Ram Line for a Win. 94 onto his Rossi 92. He said it needed a lot of fitting mods. Are they making one for the 92 now? Thanks.

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:25 pm

Bow season: Wes Wallace take down bamboo longbow, 64# at my draw length.
Early Muzzle loader doe: Brad Emig .54 Cal Virginia Rifle Flintlock, pushing a .530 patched ball over 100 gr of ffg.
General season, Buck/Doe: original 1886 in 45-70, NKJ '92 in .357 (rainy days), or Chapius 9.3x74R, and .475 linebaugh FA custom pistol.
Late Bow and Muzzle loader: same as above.

I have three tags for this season, and I hope to be more intentional in trying to fill those tags.

oklahoma red · Post by **oklahoma red** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:52 pm

Good evening to ya Slimster,
Thank you for the kind words, and the welcome.
The Ramline did take a little work to get it to fit:
the forend barrel channel had to be opened up to fit
and the stock was too tight on the rear of the action, top and bottom, took some releaving.

I still have a little gap at the top edges on each side of the stock, near the side of the action. I will fill that with some black plastic welding compond (I have used it before on another Ramline stock, it's used for repairing black plastic "Poop" tanks on RVs). This will wait till after season (nothin' I've shot with it has noticed the gap yet!).

It really did go together pretty well. Maybe the newer little carbines measure differently than the older, full size, Rossi's??

OkR

barbarossa · Post by **barbarossa** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:12 am

Shiloh Sharps 1874 military rifle 45/70
Pre War Mauser Sporter 8mm mauser
Uberti 73 1 of 1000 sporter 44/40
Remington model 81 35 remington

fordwannabe · Post by **fordwannabe** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:53 am

Mike D I know it doesn't make sense but I waited 28 years to get an original 1886 and I don't want to even think about messing it up where I hunt in the rain. I KNOW THIS GUN HAS BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT AND IT SHOWS, but I don't want to add to the character of it just yet, especially when I have 3 gun cabinets of stuff that can go out in the snot. I truly hope in the next couple of years to be able to trade this and some cash for the gun I really wanted a 86 in 45-70 with the octagon barrel but this came up and I took it. Tom

SmokeEater2 · Post by **SmokeEater2** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:59 am

Well since the massive ice storm we had last year my hunting grounds look like they've been carpet bombed.

There's a huge amount of downed timber and visibility is shot so I wanta' anchor them absolutely,positively where they stand. During ML season I'll use my .50 Lyman plains rifle (only ML I own) and during rifle season the new to me Marlin .45-70 with Hornaday 350 gr. HP's ought to be just the ticket.

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:36 am

Marlin 336C in 35 Remington will be my backup gun to my 1972 Ithaca Deerslayer Deluxe 12ga.

Bullard4075 · Post by **Bullard4075** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:52 pm

Once again no one mentioned the 40-65 so I will. This year in Montana one has the potential
to get (IIRC) 11 Deer tags only one of course being a buck tag. I will be starting with a Rugar M77 257 Roberts Ackley Improved and then the 40-65 will be taking up the slack.
Someone has to do it.
I cannot understand the Fish and Game Dept. in this state. Some places I hunt it is common to see hundreds, yes hundreds of shootable deer yet there will be restricted tags in that area with other near barren areas with multiple tags avaliable.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:03 pm

jjh501 wrote:Hunting season is just around the corner. Anybody going to use an old lever action this year, and, if so what are you going to shoot?

unfortunately, I won't. But... if I were, it'd be my handbuilt, custom Winchester 94 in .30-30.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:11 pm

Well I am done deer hunting this year but I did hunt with the pre-64 Model 70 30-06 shown here leaning on the iron horse.

I might be buried with this one! You didn't ask but I am taking a 300 Weatherby to hunt elk in two weeks.

deerwhacker444 · Post by **deerwhacker444** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:41 pm

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I'll be using my Mathews Drenalin from next week until Muzzleloading season.

Then I'm going to use my LH .40 flintlock for about 10 days.

Then when rifle season rolls I'm going switch between my 336 in .35 Remington

And my 1894 with the homemade large loop lever complete with trigger stop....