I sometimes hunt with my Model 94 30-30 passed down from my dad. It was made during the war years WWII and has the flat band behind the sight. A good shooting gun and is great in thick brush.

I dont even know how to add pictures lol

Dang! I haven't taken my 336 out to shoot hogs in over a year. This thread is giving me a serious itch.

Browning BLR Lightweight Stainless with Pistol Grip 308 Win



-Mickey

PS This is my 100th post!

Long live the levergun! I have a mix of Marlin and Rossi rifles chambered in everything from 218 Bee through 45-70 Govt, all I have hunted with in the last 30 years. Well, wait a minute, I just killed a hog with a new SCJ44 Circuit Judge chambered in 44 Mag!

Out of a line of over 50 leverguns, my hands down favorite is my 1972 Marlin 444T. Because of the service it has delivered, it was give a face lift this year through Bose's Guns, in NE. The Marlin finish was giving way on the stock as well as the bluing. Robert Bose put a beautiful oil finish to the stocks and as well as two-tone bluing.



The rifle does sport a Bushnell scope and has taken everything Texas has to offer expect the Desert Bighorn, may be one day. Here is a South Texas nilgai that the 444 Marlin put to rest.



I live on a ranch in DeWitt County and my leverguns account for an average of one hog taken for every week of the year for the last seven years. Here is one with a future lever hunter, I took this hog with my Rossi R92 44 Mag Scout Rifle.



I see a lot of youth hunters cycle through my place, helping me with MLD permits. All most all of them use my levers for their first hunt. Here is the youngest fellow that has been through, an 8-year old. This young fellow was so taken with deer hunting that I wanted him to kill a buck as a first deer. Opening afternoon he shot this 4 1/2 old 8 point at 70-yards, through the heart with a cast bullet out of my 1894C (357 Mag). He came back and killed a spike and a doe. Not bad for a first year of hunting. This year he is returning with is own 336Y. I would like to see him find a mature buck in the 155 to 160 range.



Like I said, long live the Levergun!

whats the story on the Mule deer.... tell it!!!! very nice... I want to shoot a Mule deer sooo badly with my lever gun.. but I can never find anyone offering mule deer hunts at a realistic price... just an honest mulie....not a 170 class animal

I hunt on a large ranch between Alpine and Marathon, it is costly. That mule deer was shot with a Marlin 336ER chambered in 356 Win at 225 yards. I have shot them as close as 35 yards!

With the demands placed on them by hunters and the limited range of the Texas desert mule deer, it will always be an expensive hunt. With the new CWD problem, it will only get worse. Just always apply for the hunt at Elephant Mountain, that is the best chance for success once drawn.

Here is an antelope my dad killed with his Win 94.



The God of Hunting was with us that opening morning as my dad was recovering from hip surgery and I wasn't sure how this would work. We sat up on a mesa in the truck on opening morning, back from the rim waiting for the sun to rise. I heard a shot to the distant east signalling the start of the season and new it would be "shooting time" soon. I walked to the rim to start glassing, leaving my dad in the truck and was surprised by a buck following several does right up the rim. I turned and bolted to the truck, my dad knew something was up. The antelope crested the rim and just swung around the truck, I just softly said "shoot him" as the buck was too rut crazed to even the notice the truck let alone me. By then my dad was out of the truck and shot him with the 30-30 Win as he passed 35 yards abeam the truck. He fell over dead. Three minutes into the season my dad was done. I've hunted Texas antelope a bit, it can be kind of easy to very hard. This was unbelievable!

You notice he hit him a bit high, that is the exit side. I gave him a bit of a time about almost missing a easy shot. He feels the "almost" doesn't count as he didn't miss! Said it is hard to pick a spot when all you see is fur in the scope!

Here's mine. 45-70 guide gun. The only deer I've shot with it I blew out the entire opposite side leg...so I put it away til I can hunt griz.

No pics but we've got a Ted Williams Model 100. Dad's only killed a Corsican ram with it.

"The Big Stick" has become my go to Rifle for anyplace that I expect to not have a shot over 100 yards (which is most places I hunt). 45/70 puts them down quick, and I have found that the big, slow round actually does less meat damage than either my 243 or my 270.

model 94 and Marlin 336 in 30-30 aint got nothing left to prove. they done it all in the continental U.S.

I've got a 336 in 35 Rem with a Peep and a Rossi 92 in 45 LC with buckhorns. Had planned for them to be hog guns but you guys sure got me wanting to take that 35 deer hunting.

My 336 35Rem w/ 3X9 and using 200gr is "nasty" on WT! Certainly not what I consider a real long range gun - but try it, you'll like it!

(Haven't tried the Hornady stuff yet!)

Think I'm going to stay with the peep at least this year, my eyes seem to be the only thing not failing.

Buffalo with Marlin 1895 .45-70

Very cool Buff! Some nice guns fellows!

well, i dont have any photos of my kills with my leverguns, but here are my only two leverguns..And I love em. Henry 22lr and winchester 1886 in 45-70. Since purchasing these, i rarely ever even hunt with my bolt action scoped rifles anymore. Open sight is so much more fun to me.

Eland, where did you take that buffalo at? Thats something id like to do one day.

I took that buffalo (cow) near Waco on the "Texas Safari" Ranch.

The hunt was set up through my buddies at MMK Outfitters: http://www.mmkoutfitters.com/default.aspx

Was there a challenge to the hunt? I mean are they wild and skiddish of humans? Most of the buffalo I have seen are farily tame and would be like walking up to a cow and poping it. I dont want to do that. If I do it..i want the challenge of wild game.

I will have my 30-30 marlin with me on every trip this year. I'm excited about continuing to make great memories with my family and this lever action. Wish I could find a youth model marlin for my wife to shoot as well...

http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t421/Mn-cowboy/th_209b2b32.jpg hog took on public land, 30-30 win.94

All depends on the budget. Browning makes a very nice one in several chamberings with the BLR, and marlin is another good go-to brand. I also love lever guns, and believe it or not a .45-70 makes a nice deer gun with 325ish grain loads. If you hand load, you can power them down to really tailor suit your needs. other good and power chamberings are 444 marlin and .308 win (made by Browning), not to mention 450 marlin.

You might be surprised at how accurate you can be with a peep. For 100 yards, I see no reason to put a scope on when you have a peep. At least not yet. That may change if my eyesight starts to go.