A Montana Rifle Company 308 with a NF 2.5-10x42 Barnes TTSX 130's will be in my hands opening morning as it just works so well and is so pleasant to shoot.

What are others using?

New 6.5 c I just built

6.8 spc.

Tikka T3 Lite Stainless .243
Vortex Razor HD LH 3-15x42
Hornady 100gr Interlocks
An XXL stock pack with 3 XL stock packs inside that, and 3 Med stock packs inside each one of those stock packs

Browning A-bot 7mm rem mag.

I’m leaning towards an open-sighted Winchester Model 94 that’s a good match for the wooded area I plan to hunt Saturday morning. Any shot taken will be no more than 50 or so yards.

I'll be holding a video camera, my sons will be packing a 6.5CM 143ELDX and .224 Valkyrie 73ELD. I'll have a .284 win for back up. The older one hunts by himself.

T3 Hunter 6.5x55 with VX-6HD 3-18. Not my typical hunting rifle I’m usually hard on hunting rifles so wood and blue are going to make me take a bit more care of it.

Ruger Stretch blackhawk in 357 Max with a 2X Swift handgun scope, that is if I even hunt with the eye surgeries

Hope you can make it out, even if it is just with video camera and a cup of coffee.

Good luck to you Kevin.

Browning A-bolt in .270

Tikka CTR, 6.5CM with Bushnell LRHSi 4.5-18 and custom reloads of Dallas specials. Will be moving to the 6.5 Speedmoor or HV soon though.

Would love to use my wife's grandfathers Winchester model 94 30-30 before he dies but my son will be with me and that gun warrants a closer hunt than a 7 yr old is capable of, well, my 7 yr old at least.

Savage 99 lever action 243 with a Weaver scope.

Sako 85 Hunter Walnut stock 270. Just dialed it in

APR .22 Creedmoor/ 80 gr. ELD-M.

not hunting opening day , i'll be out Sunday afternoon, Monday and Tuesday, back for election returns.

oh yeah, 6.5 creed , 143 ELDX, CORE Solutions rifle

hope you can get out Kevin

how you liking that VX-6?

I love it so far but I will know more next week after some low light hunting. Optically it’s the best scope I’ve owned. I’ve had it out in low light and was very impressed but sitting in the stand in less than perfect conditions will tell the story. Dialing seem to be spot on. The zero stop works well but seems to be of questionable strength. The built in anti cant seems gimmicky. We shall see.

I'll be after a doe or two, so either my APR 270 win with 130 gr Accubonds or maybe my Savage Predator 22-250 with 60 gr Partitions.

Tikka CTR in .308 with a Leupold VX-5HD, 3-15x 44, Hornady Superformance, SST 165 gr. Triad Tactical Cheek Rest,(no ammo pouch), Quake Claw sling. [img]https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/...6_4523952058289[/img]

Ruger Hawkeye 338 Federal, Trijicon AccuPower 3-9X40, 200 grain Speer Hot Cor.

I have the same scope.

In low light it will outperform your eyesight.

I can see to shoot with it long after I can see with my eyes or binoculars

Tikka 270 with Leupold VX-6 or Tikka CTR 260 with Burris scope.

I won't be out opening day, but on MY opening day I'll be carrying one of the three, depending on where I decide to hunt:

Bergara B-14 in 6.5 CM
Marlin 1895 guide gun 45/70 or Rossi '92 in .357 mag

Remington 700 300win mag

Thursday morning it will be this rifle (MLD, start of "trophy season" on our lease)

Tikka T3 Tac cut down to 16"
McMillan Carbon stock
Steiner Tactical 3-15
Crux Nemesis 30 can
178 ELDX Hornady ammo

McWhorter 7mm08, Leupold VX3 B&C reticle, 140 AB's.

You love you some Stock Packs..

Savage Axis, 6.5 Creedmoor, 143 Gr. Hornaday ELDX.

I haven't even decided where I'm gonna hunt this weekend, much less which rifle.

Savage .243, Nikon Monarch 3-12 scope, handloaded Hornady 100gr BTSP.

May try my Win 94, .30-30 later in the season. It hasn't been out hunting in over 30 years.

.257 Weatherby w/ Swarvo 3-18x44. 100gr SP

Marlin 336, 30-30, 3x9 Nikon, 150gr Winchester Super X. Wife shooting a Savage Axis youth, 7mm-08, 3x9 Bushnell, Hornady Lite 139gr. She will get the first shot.

'Might want to check - there's some kinda underwater camera thingy stuck to the top of your hunting rifle.

Opening day had come and gone for me. The STW got it done.

I'll have my Bergara B14 Ridge 6.5 Creedmoor with a Leupold VX3i 4.5-14x40 CDS, but I'll be bow hunting opening morning. I may switch over some time during the weekend, time will tell.

Remington 700 in 7mm Mag

Love it!

I'm a bit of a gun nut and have 36 different "deer" rifles. Like my five children, I love them all the same. I walk into my reloading room, and they all making a sales pitch! I'm thinking old school Savage this year. I have the 170 in both 30-30 Win and 35 Rem and the 99 in 300 Sav and 308 Win.

Not sure which will get opening day nor if I will even do an opening day. There is a crazy amount of acorns and pecans on the ground here and the frontal system that is passing through midweek is going to put a lot more on the ground. Visibility is poor in or near my oak motts or the riparian areas that hold the pecans. I tend to wait until later in the year, December, with our last rut period when the big guys are chasing the last few does to be bred. Better selection then.

Yes, know yourgear, yur place and hunt effectively. My little place a good percentage of the does will be bred by opening day every year. This week is usually when I see the most chasing, some years it is opening week of rifle season but usually the end of bow season

Savage 99 IN .300 Savage.......

Either my old Winchester M70 .25-06 shooting 120gr Sierra HPBT, or my not-as-old Winchester Featherweight .270 shooting 130gr Partitions. I'll probably carry along my 6.8 with a mag full of FMJ if I hunt by the creek on our place since that's where we normally see the turkeys.

I will probably take my sons .243. It is already in the truck from last weekend.

Encore pistol in 300 Win Mag.

My Mossberg 4x4 30-06 w Meopro 3.5-10x 44mm. If it is raining, my Marlin 336 30-30 w Vortex Viper 2-7x.

6.8 SPC and a M1 Garand for ATV riding.

30-06

Opening day I will have my custom built AR 15 in 300 BO since it will be a hog a thon based on cam pics.

wow!

Yeah, It's been raining in Del Rio......

.270 Sendero. It's heavy but I don't have to walk much

Sako 85 Black Bear 30-06 w/ Trijicon Accupoint 3-9X40 20.75 inch barrel
The gun is sighted in at 100 yards with Federal Premium Soft Point 150 Gr right now

Unfortunately I do not have a place to hunt on opening weekend so not sure if she will be used until my Mulie hunt the first week of December. I will re sight the gun in at 200 yards with 178Gr ELD-X for that hunt.

1953 Winchester Model 70 .270

6.5 creed

I’m hunting this year with my recently built 6.5 creedmoor by Tony. It’s a freaking tack driver!
Also plan on using my CZ 527 in 221 fireball to lay down some predators