Blackfork
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Last day of doe tag shooting is tomorrow and I am already home. I shot eight deer with seven different rifles this year. Only one rifle was scoped.
I started with a Springfield M1 Garand, then used an Argentine 1909 Mauser Carbine in 7.65 for a doe and a hog. I shot a nice buck at my lakehouse with a scoped Ruger #1. Then I used a Swiss K31, a Arisaka Type 44 Japanese Carbine, two with a Swedish M38 in 6.5X55 and finished with a USGI CMP Standard Products M1 Carbine. Today I was hunting with a Eddystone P17 built in 1918. No deer with it.
Closest shots were about 60 and the farthest about 150. No problem with the open sights. Some of the hold-offs at 100 yard zero I taped on the side of the stock.
Certainly was a fun hunt. The only buck I shot was a 120 class ten point that I knew from my deercams behind my lakehouse. I used a Ruger #1 on him offhand with a Leupold scope at about 60 yards. Should have passed and left him for next year or the year after.
If I'm back next season, I'm going to start with my Eddystone, then 1903A3, K98, another Swiss K31 and maybe some of the other M1 carbines. I also have another Argentine 1891 Cavalry Carbine that hasn't killed a deer and a Chilean Mauser 7X57 carbine. Plenty of rifles to shoot. Who knows what I will buy this year?
Certainly was a fun hunt. No deer lost. Most down on the spot. I found homes for all of them, usually folks were on a list to pick them up at the processors. I kept about half of the buck and gave the rest away.
Took my nephew hunting and he shot four, three with my Ruger and one with a Soviet 7.62 autoloader, I guided my brother for a couple with the same Soviet gun. All together I think we killed 14 deer.
There is a certain expertise you get from shooting a lot of deer in one season. I got my field dressing down to a very clean and efficient 10 minutes or less. My butchering is coming along. Certainly can skin.
But enough is enough. Competitive shooting is cranking up and pointing to Camp Perry. Time to break out the ARs.
I started with a Springfield M1 Garand, then used an Argentine 1909 Mauser Carbine in 7.65 for a doe and a hog. I shot a nice buck at my lakehouse with a scoped Ruger #1. Then I used a Swiss K31, a Arisaka Type 44 Japanese Carbine, two with a Swedish M38 in 6.5X55 and finished with a USGI CMP Standard Products M1 Carbine. Today I was hunting with a Eddystone P17 built in 1918. No deer with it.
Closest shots were about 60 and the farthest about 150. No problem with the open sights. Some of the hold-offs at 100 yard zero I taped on the side of the stock.
Certainly was a fun hunt. The only buck I shot was a 120 class ten point that I knew from my deercams behind my lakehouse. I used a Ruger #1 on him offhand with a Leupold scope at about 60 yards. Should have passed and left him for next year or the year after.
If I'm back next season, I'm going to start with my Eddystone, then 1903A3, K98, another Swiss K31 and maybe some of the other M1 carbines. I also have another Argentine 1891 Cavalry Carbine that hasn't killed a deer and a Chilean Mauser 7X57 carbine. Plenty of rifles to shoot. Who knows what I will buy this year?
Certainly was a fun hunt. No deer lost. Most down on the spot. I found homes for all of them, usually folks were on a list to pick them up at the processors. I kept about half of the buck and gave the rest away.
Took my nephew hunting and he shot four, three with my Ruger and one with a Soviet 7.62 autoloader, I guided my brother for a couple with the same Soviet gun. All together I think we killed 14 deer.
There is a certain expertise you get from shooting a lot of deer in one season. I got my field dressing down to a very clean and efficient 10 minutes or less. My butchering is coming along. Certainly can skin.
But enough is enough. Competitive shooting is cranking up and pointing to Camp Perry. Time to break out the ARs.
