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 Favorite Texas deer rifle
#1488
09/06/04 09:52 PM
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Bullard
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What caliber and make is your primary deer rifle? scope?
I use a .270 ruger m77 with a leupold VXII as my primary deer rifle.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1489
09/07/04 12:04 AM
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larrywoodson
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savage30-06 150 grain, bushnell banner scope
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1490
09/07/04 02:37 AM
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HunterTed
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Ruger model 77 in 300 win mag. Followed closely by my Savage Model 110 in 7mm/08.
Mathews Legacy
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Square Up Archery & Lightning Bowstrings Staff Shooter
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 Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1491
09/07/04 05:03 AM
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JBCooper
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I use a Marlin model 336 30-30 w/ a bushnell sportview scope.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
[Re: Bullard]
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09/07/04 06:02 AM
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AAJ
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Bird Dog
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I use a Beretta Mato in a .280 with a Simmons Aetec scope.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1493
09/07/04 06:42 AM
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bobaloo1
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Use both .308 and .243 - just depends on where, size deer and shooting distance.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1494
09/07/04 10:23 AM
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chuckwagon
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Winchester 30-30, open sights. Chuckwagon
If you give only what you can afford....you give nothing.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1495
09/07/04 01:47 PM
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Bradbury
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Remington 7 mag,,,,with Vari x 2 on it, 3 1/2 by 10 by 50.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1496
09/07/04 04:33 PM
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skeeteroneal
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Browning A-bolt 7mag with Tasco World Class 4x16x50.
Marlin 30/30 for close brushy quarters
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1497
09/07/04 04:54 PM
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Longtine
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Remington 700 BDL SS 7mm Mag w/ Leupold Var XIII 4.5x14x50mm. Puts their dobber in the dirt
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1498
09/07/04 05:11 PM
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TexasHeat
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Has to be Win Mod 70 in 257 Roberts!!
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1499
09/07/04 05:14 PM
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txsuperman
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If i'm shooting anything under 200yds I use my .243 with a Redfield 3x9 scope. If i'm shooting further than that I use a 7mag.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1500
09/07/04 05:44 PM
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bankrunner
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I tend to stay with 2 rifles... I use a Weatherby Mark V in 270 mag, with a 150 gr boat tail, great flat shooter  And I use a Ruger M77 in a 300 Win Mag, shooting a 165 gr boat tail. Have had great results with both rifles, and when I head to Wyoming or Montana the 300 gets the nod.
In Memory of my 36 yr old nephew Paul Dobbins that lost his fight to cancer... Never GIVE UP !!! He fought it hard and was determined all the way to the end to beat it.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1501
09/07/04 07:52 PM
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levergun
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Woodsman
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Marlin 1895 Cowboy 45/70, drops them in their tracks.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1502
09/08/04 03:03 AM
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TurkeySlayer
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Light Foot
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Remmington 700 ADL 270 with the walnut stock. Great gun.
" Proud parent of a US Soldier "
And a US Navy Sailor.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1503
09/08/04 04:44 AM
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Double_Drop_Tines
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My 1964 model 70 Winchester in 30-06, with a 3x9. I shot 4 deer and a turkey with it last year and used 4 shells. The turkey took two, he was a tough 'ol bird. All the deer were neck shot, 1 eight pt., and three does. Good 'nuff fer me. My brush gun is my 870 express magnum with buckshot and slugs. 
Hunting is more to me than Antlers on the wall. It's more about the memories you make, and sharing those memories with friends, and family.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1504
09/08/04 10:10 AM
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7mmSTW
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Woodsman
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Rem 7mm STW with Nikon scope.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1505
09/08/04 01:55 PM
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Gunslinger
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Can't go wrong with the Ruger Model 77 - Mark II. English Walnut stock in a 30-06 with a Sightron 3X9.
Gunslinger
"Since hunting is a sport, I guess that makes us athletes"
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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09/09/04 04:13 PM
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kyotee1
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I have 2 deer rifles, 30.06 w/6x24 Tasco and a 22-250 Varmit Special w/ 8x32. Haven't used my .06 in years and my 22-250 goes each year. Shots right below the base of the skull or in the ear, no running, no waste of meat and quick kill shot. Only one I use...oh, it'll reach out there and "touch" a coyote at 400 yards!
Chris
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1507
09/09/04 04:24 PM
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Bradbury
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Quote:
I have 2 deer rifles, 30.06 w/6x24 Tasco and a 22-250 Varmit Special w/ 8x32. Haven't used my .06 in years and my 22-250 goes each year. Shots right below the base of the skull or in the ear, no running, no waste of meat and quick kill shot. Only one I use...oh, it'll reach out there and "touch" a coyote at 400 yards!
Chris
Yes it will and it if fun to shoot them that far as well. I got two in the same afternoon, one at 248 and the other at 432.....love the range finder, but love the 22-250 more for coyotes....The longest shot I have made at a deers neck with it has been about 150 and she dropped like a stone......
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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09/10/04 12:54 PM
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I shoot a .270 Weatherby mag too....love that gun!!
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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#1509
09/11/04 10:40 PM
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NoHeart
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For me it has to be one of three..Ruger M77 in 280 Remington, Ruger # 1 in 25-06, or Marlin 444 for heavy brush.
Only two things in life worth waking up early for...hunting and fishing!!!
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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09/14/04 09:24 PM
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Born4Horns
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Mine is a Smith&Wesson 7mm mag topped with a Leopold Gold Ring. For does, I wait for a broadside, then shoot them in the neck, just below the spine. For bucks, I usually miss. I'm Born4Horns, just not Born2ShootHorns.
Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my guns!
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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09/15/04 07:07 AM
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Wayne
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.30-06 with a 150 Federal. Wouldnt be afraid to hunt anything in North America with it.
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Re: Favorite Texas deer rifle
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09/15/04 04:45 PM
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Hurricane
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Remington Model 700 25-06 or Sako 270.
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