Deer hunting rifles
 

Post your deer hunting rigs and where you hunt. I will start:

I hunt in central Wisconsin.

Primary rig:
Model: late 90's Winchester model 70 classic featherweight wood stock / blued steel
Caliber: 7mm-08
Scope: Leupold Vari-X II 2-7x

Backup:
Model: Thompson Center Encore pistol 15" barrel rubberized black grips / blued steel
Caliber: .45-70 Government
Scope: Sightron

Secondary rig:
Model: Browning A-Bolt II wood stock / blued steel
Caliber: .308
Scope: Leupold VX-I 3-9x

Reserve rig:
Model: Browning BAR wood stock / blued steel
Caliber: .30-06
Scope: none at the moment, will be getting a Leupold VX-I 3-9x

T/C Encore 30/06...nikon 2 to 7 power scope.
CVA inline muzzleloader 100 gr pyrodex 240 gr hornaday xtp bullet (deer killin machine).


hunt , Iowa,washington,waukesha and marquette county.

and have they sucked the last 3 years....thanks WI D.N.R

darn e.a.b crap.

hoyt

Remington model 700 30-06, leopold VXIII 4.5-14x50 boone and crocket reticle.

Animals killed with it:whitetail,missouri
lots of does and a real nice 8 point.
:antalope,wyoming
two antalope,1st one being 15"(pretty good for northern wyoming)
:black bear,wyoming
one 5' 10" cinnamon color (killed it about 3 weeks ago)
:hunts to come: elk,still waiting on drawing one,3 prefrence points so far, and a mule deer. Later on after them two, i would like to hunt big horn and moose, then move on to other big game. good luck this season everyone!! oh,and a coyote.

My primary deer rifle is a Kimber 84M Montana in .308 which is currently topped with a Leupold 3-9x33 VX-II Ultralight It's my primary rifle and I took nearly all my deer with it last year. Sweet, sweet rifle. I love it.

My heavy brush gun is a heavily modified Norinco MAK-90 topped with a forward mounted EO Tech 550 Holosight. Great brush gun that puts meat in the freezer every season.

If I'm hunting in a slug only state I use a Remington 11-87 with a fully rifled cantilevered scope mount barrel topped with a Leupold 3-9x40 Ultimate Slam slug scope.

My muzzleloader is a Savage Model 10MLSS-II topped with a Nikon 3-9x40 Omega Muzzleloader scope.

I have some changes on deck for next season.

I'm going to pull the Leupold from the my shotgun set-up since I rarely use it anymore and switch it over to the Savage Muzzleloader. I think I like the Leupold better than I do the Nikon. I want to try it on the Savage.

I have a itch for a 45/70 lever gun. I'm thinking of a marlin 1895G or maybe a 1895SBL. Something simple, probably no scope just ghost rings or tru glos or something. Something for heavy brush and maybe out to 300 but mostly under 150 yards or so.

I also keep telling myself to get a new primitive muzzleloader. I had a matched set of Austin & Halleck Select Mountain rifles one in flintlock and one in percussion but sold them. A&H went out of business and I have no clue who makes a good reproduction muzzleloader now.

I'm going to try to get a 30/06 or a .270 Savage put together for a loaner rifle for next year but I don't know if I'll get the job done or not. Too many other projects.

My primary rifle for Lg. game is a Ruger 300 Win. Mag.
Brush gun is a Marlin 1895 GS 45/70 Govt.
Pistol, Ruger Red hawk 44 mag.

Reminton 700 VTR, Nikkon BuckMaster 3-9x on Leupold Mounts, Harris Bipod, BlackHawk Sling & Cheek Rest (not pictured)

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Primary hunting gun: Ruger MKII stainless/synthetic chambered in 300 win mag with redington 3x9 scope. Love the way this rifle handles and shoots for me.

Backup to the primary: Browming BAR chambered in 300 win mag with Swavorski 3x9 scope. It was a gift and is too nice of a rifle/scope combo for me to drag around on the ATV.

Brush gun: Ithica 10ga pump shotgun with shortened barrel and extended mag. Nothing says stop go away like a 10ga slug!

If all else fails, Springfield Armory stainless steel 1911 Trophy Match chambered in 45acp

I almost always carry 2 of the 3 into the woods with me and quite often all 3. You just never know what you need. A Nimrod day pack with a rifle scabbard make it easy to carry one rife and the shotgun in the scabbard or switch. Pistil is in a tactical holster on my leg.

Primary rifles, (depending on location).

Browning BAR 300 Win Mag, Leupold VXIII.
Weatherby 30-378 Accumark, Leupold VXL.
Weatherby .257 Mag Vanguard, Leupold VXIII.

Short range areas.

Browning Gold 10.

Remington 673 "Guide Gun" chambered in .308 Winchester with a Nikon ProStaff 2-7X32 scope.

I hunt in central Wisconsin,

The 7mm with the Boss System and the Leupold Scope :)