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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5389514
10/30/14 09:34 PM
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kyle1974
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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
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5389517
10/30/14 09:35 PM
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davvy
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Woodsman
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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
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: txshntr]
#5389521
10/30/14 09:36 PM
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stxranchman
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I love the lines on a lever action...I need to dig mine out. Ya'll might have convinced me to take a deer with it this year WAKE UP YOU ARE TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP AGAIN.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5390034
10/31/14 02:31 AM
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BrianMc
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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.
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5390135
10/31/14 03:33 AM
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Bar M Ranch
Light Foot
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Light Foot
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Model 99, 250-3000 Savage, Killed my first deer with it back in 1976.
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5390157
10/31/14 03:45 AM
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Cleric
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5390198
10/31/14 04:22 AM
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BBD84
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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.
Texas Elite Outfitters. 281-924-9720
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5390343
10/31/14 10:43 AM
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Twotoes
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Woodsman
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I have my Dad's 1962 model 1894 Winchester in .32 Special. I shot my first deer with it in 1963.
Past performance is the best predictor of future behavior.
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
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#5390349
10/31/14 10:55 AM
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Texas Dan
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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.
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5390861
10/31/14 03:46 PM
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destroyer4570
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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.
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5390970
10/31/14 04:59 PM
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Jimbo
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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!
Last edited by Jimbo; 10/31/14 07:43 PM.
Thursday at 12:45 PM #33 Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5390977
10/31/14 05:08 PM
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Roberteasttx
Green Horn
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Green Horn
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1946 Marlin 36 30-30 iron sights
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5391316
10/31/14 09:06 PM
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DHS274
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Woodsman
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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.
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5391377
10/31/14 09:54 PM
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bearkat11
Light Foot
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
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#5391404
10/31/14 10:19 PM
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TexFlip
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My FIL strictly hunts with lever guns. He'll have his 308 Marlin on opening morning.
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5391760
11/01/14 03:59 AM
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unclebubba
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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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.
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
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#5391955
11/01/14 11:39 AM
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dr_pepp
Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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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.
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5392025
11/01/14 12:48 PM
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safdm44
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Pro Tracker
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Or my Savage 1899 A 30-30
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: destroyer4570]
#5392779
11/02/14 12:31 AM
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destroyer4570
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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.
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Re: So who will be using a lever action on opening morning?
[Re: Bar M Ranch]
#5392828
11/02/14 01:03 AM
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tigger
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Model 99, 250-3000 Savage, Killed my first deer with it back in 1976. I used mine this morning that I got for my 7 birthday in 1953.
Tigger If it isn't white it is not a birddog.
KC Lying is lying. Don't bitch about one doing it and condone another. That's called hypocrisy. _________________
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