I'm taking my .444 this year. I've never killed anything other than a rattlesnake with it, so I need to get it bloody

Winchester 94 my dad got me for Christmas the year before he passed.
I always use it to take the first deer of the year then swap for my m77 7mm08

WAKE UP YOU ARE TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP AGAIN.

I'm taking my Model 94 and my new AR10... dunno which will make the trip from the Jeep to the stand until I get up on Saturday morning.

Model 99, 250-3000 Savage, Killed my first deer with it back in 1976.

Henry 30-30

Got a new 45-70 this week and will be at my side guiding but if given time I want to shoot something with it this year.

I have my Dad's 1962 model 1894 Winchester in .32 Special. I shot my first deer with it in 1963.

There's good reason lever guns have been popular for so long. They have a balance and weight that makes them a natural to carry and shoot.

Texas Dan, I agree plus I just like the looks of the lever gun and not to mention the nostalgia of hunting with a lever action. After I take my first deer with my new to me 1894 cowboy limited, I may switch over to my marlin guide gun in 45-70. I haven't hunted with it last year so I may take it out of the case this year.

Last time I hunted with my Winchester 94 30-30 was about 20 years ago before I needed glasses, and I took a spike buck at around 40 yards with a neck shot and iron sights.
I might take it out and shoot a deer if I can get one close enough!

Dug it out of the safe and found a full box of Winchester 150 grain hollow points I don't remember buying. I hadn't had it out for a long time and I now marvel at the wood grain stock and beautiful lines of the rifle I just have always kind of took for granted. Oh yeah, they don't make them anymore, well except for the knock offs! .....It's going with me in the morning!

1946 Marlin 36 30-30 iron sights

Hunting the heavy woods on my property where the white oaks are dropping acorns, Marlin 45/70 as well. I have taken deer with it in Anderson county in years past. Dropped them on the spot, I like the quick kill.
Other good news is one the mature bucks that has been AWOL since May, well I got a photo of him two nights ago, on the camera I use to monitor my properties access road. That's why he is older, he remains elusive all year not just during hunting season. I can only hope he makes a mistake, he is not going to just walk up to a feeder or a blind, I will have to catch him moving through the hardwoods.

marlin 3030 open sights

My FIL strictly hunts with lever guns. He'll have his 308 Marlin on opening morning.

Unfortunately, I wont be out opening weekend, but the first weekend I do go, I will be carrying either a marlin 336, 1895G, or a Rossi 92. Not sure which one, but I'm leaning towards the Rossi. No blood on the rossi yet.

Not going this weekend, but next weekend I'll have my Marlin 308MX in the stand with me. This is an old photo from when I bought it, but it has a Nikon Monarch scope on it now.

Or my Savage 1899 A 30-30

dr_pepp and safdm44, those are some nice lever guns....So who all connected with a deer this morning with their lever actions? My morning went uneventful, didn't see a single deer nor did I hear any shots from the neighboring ranches.

I used mine this morning that I got for my 7 birthday in 1953.