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 Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
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12/23/14 03:02 PM
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oilfldtrash
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Coolest thing ive seen in a very long time! Put another notch in it my friend!
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
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12/23/14 03:20 PM
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tdecker22
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Very very...very...cool post! Thanks for sharing. Congrats she will eat well. 
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
[Re: mbavo]
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12/23/14 04:08 PM
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wild1tx
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
[Re: mbavo]
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12/23/14 09:09 PM
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Big_Ag
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That old photo is great! Hope you have it framed somewhere. Congrats on the deer. Very cool story.
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
[Re: mbavo]
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12/23/14 10:53 PM
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MikeC
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Total greatness! What an rare opportunity you have had. Congratulations on a doe that you'll never forget.
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
[Re: mbavo]
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12/23/14 11:38 PM
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colt45-90
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I posted a while back about my Great Grandpa's rifle. It was handed down to me this year from my Dad. The rifle is a Marlin 30-30 with octogan barrel. It has a four digit serial number and was made in 1893. My goal for the year was to harvest a deer with the rifle before the season was over.I have been hunting with it all year. It feels great to be carrying it and using it,knowing that it was once in the hands of my Great Grandpa, doing the same. Well this weekend I accomplished my goal. I took a nice fat doe that will feed me and my family many fine meals this year. I have never been as happy to harvest a doe in all my life. It was a great feeling.The shot was good,and the rifle did it's job after all these years.   This is a pic of my Great Grandpa, with what I believe is the same rifle. He is standing on drivers side of car with his buck. The rifles lever is hanging on the bucks antler.  that's the same era as my granddad...wooden spoke wheels
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
[Re: mbavo]
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12/23/14 11:47 PM
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Deerhunter61
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That's Awesome! Congrats!
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
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12/24/14 12:48 AM
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10pointers
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Signature images may not be larger than 600 pixels wide by 125 pixels tall. That smile says it all
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"Things may come to those who wait, but only those things left by those who hustle."
- Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
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12/24/14 04:48 AM
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Tres
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Awesome, has to be a great feeling!
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
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12/24/14 05:32 AM
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daniel1381
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Some very cool pics and some nice bucks
"From my cold dead hands"
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
Benjamin Franklin
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
[Re: mbavo]
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12/24/14 10:12 AM
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hunt4life
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
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12/24/14 10:24 PM
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mbavo
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Thanks everyone for all the nice comments.
It really means a lot to me.
Thanks again.
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
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12/25/14 12:44 AM
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Re: Great Grandpa's Rifle : venison on the ground !
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12/25/14 05:33 AM
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chital_shikari
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Very very...very...cool post! Thanks for sharing. Very cool story. Thanks for sharing. I'm speechless. Can't imagine how it felt to connect on that doe with his rifle. Absolutely awesome and what a tribute to him. X2s
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