what will you be using on opening day?

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Ruger #1 RSI .30-06.
Federal Premium High Energy w/ 180 gr Nosler Partition on Bullwinkle.
Federal Premium w/ 150 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip on Prancer. :D

Sleeping with a Marlin 1895 .45-70 Goobermint.
 
Probably a Rem Model 7 in 7mm-08. Otherwise a Sako 75 in .338 win mag if I can ever find a Sako extended base. :(
 
I will be using my PSE Fireflight 33 for bow season, and then I will switch to my Remington 870 with copper solids (maybe) for gun season. I might even buy a muzzleloader this year so that I can extend my season even more.
 
I'll be using my Martin Magnum at 60lbs. with Thunderhead 125GR broadheads. Opening day for me is October 15th!

If you're talking firearms - Whenever that starts, I'll probably be carrying my SRH in .44 Mag (when I'm actually walking around). If its a nice day I may pull the lounge chair out back of camp and sit there with a book and my Knight Disc Extreme in .50 Cal, sighted in at 150 yards, with the scope set at 9x. I'll take the first half way decent 4-legged brown thing that walks by if I don't fill my doe tags in archery.
 
Opening day will find me sitting in my favorite opening day blind on the Connecticut River, near Hanover, NH. I'll be caressing an Ansley H. Fox product, two barrels, side by side, of course, and I'll be launching either of 1 and 1/8th ounces of Hevi-shot or Bismuth, probably 2's.
 
Browning Citori.

Graham, TX on the 1st.
Monahans, TX on the 5th.
Pearsall, TX for whitewings on Oct 2nd.
Bosque County every chance in between.

Why would I want to shoot a deer?:D
 
JerryN, I envy you. I havent shot ducks in at least 20 years. Not alot of em down here in Tucson. But after I retire Im heading back east and you can bet your bottom dollar that It will be somewhere where I can shoot ducks.
 
Geez, Lenny. I didn't know a human could survive that long with shooting ducks! I know I couldn't!

Are you going to the mighty Chesapeak Bay area upon retirement? Thats the motherland of American waterfowling...
 
opening day

just found
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Anyone know where the sale is in 12 ga, 1-1/8 oz, no 8 ?
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these at Academy for 3.49 a box
set up - ready to go
come on 9/6
 
I'm going to use .45 Colt this year for deer. 260 grain Speer JHP over 22 grains of Winchester 296, in a Winchester Model 92 replica. Should be fun.
 
That CZ looks pretty.

Me? I'm taking a Savage 116 fsack weather warrior. She will be loaded up with reloads aproximating federal premium (Sierra165 game kings in once fired brass). She sports a GI leather sling, her bases are Burris and her scope is tasco. She's killed more game than any other rifle I own.

I usually take a back-up long gun with me, a Remington sportsman 12 pumpgun in 12 ga. with a deer barrel and rifled tube. I shoot Winchester 2&3/4 inch 1 oz. slugs at max dram. The 336 usually comes to camp too, but that's the "camp" gun. (and we've had to 'issue' it when somebody breaks a scope.)

Side arm is a 7.5 inch Vaquero .44 filled up with 240 Winchester soft points. Haven't killed anything with it, but don't doubt it can do the job.
 
October 23rd (although not opening day) Ruger Mini-14 in .223 hunting high speed beef (pronghorn) on the plains of Eastern Montana.

October 26th Opening day of Muley Season, same location, Browning A-bolt in .243

November 15th Opening day of Missouri whitetail season, Browning BAR in .270, lounging in my condo (deer stand).

I guess one of these days I should really start considering hunting in the state I live in a little bit more.
 
Which opening day?

1) 85/55 pound compound bow with razor insert broadheads.
2) 54 caliber hawkin shooting round balls.
3) 243 savage 110 shooting 85 gr Winchester super x.

It just depends on which day you are talking about.
 
I'm with Lennyjoe, too: 9-1-03 I'm in the field at sunrise with my Huglu S2 20 side by side. Behind the counter at Walmart they have Winchester Super-X's for 3.47 a box (if you can find them in stock). Their value packs of 100 rounds are 14.88 which works out to be 3.73 a box. I bet you can't tell I'm shopping.
 
For Whitetail I'll be shooting a Ruger Bisley 45 Colt load is a cast 255 SWCGC (Redding mould) infront of a healthy load of H-110.

If my Elk hunt works out ok I'll be carrying my CZ 550 FS 9.3x63mm for up to 300 yards. If I can get a shot under 150 yards I'll be also carrying a handgun Ruger Super RedHawk 454 Casull load is a cast 325 gr. LFNGC (Ballisti-cast mould) infront of a healthy load of H-110.

Have a good day and remember to pray for our troops.

Turk
 
1 SEP Hopkins County, mourning dove - - My old Rem 1100 with IC barrel and #8 shot.

Deer season: DEC in NE Georgia, Marlin 1895 GS .45-70 with 400 gr. SP handloads.

Back in Texas, Savage Scout .308, 165 Sierra GameKing handloads.

In case something wanders up close, .45 Colt Mountain Gun, 276 gr. handloads.

GOOD LUCK TO US ALL! - --
Johnny
 
Co deer.
Matthews Q-2, Carbon express 6575 tipped with a 125gr G-5 montech

Texas deer,
Styer Scout .308 150gr Rem corelokt.

Co Elk
Winchester mod 70 .375H&H using 270gr x bullets.

NM elk
Winchester Mod 70 .375 or maybe a mod70 in 300wsm shooting a 200gr accubond.

NM Bear
Guiding I use a SW29 4" .44mag or a blackhawk .45colt

NM Lion
Ditto

NM Barbary Sheep
Mod 70 .300WSM or Styer Scout .308

That outta just about get me to spring time for some African action:D

opening day is such a general term!!;)
 
Either Taurus Tracker 4" in 45 lc with a bunch of 2400 pushing a 255 LSWC.

or a S&W 586 4" with a lesser bunch of 2400 pushing a 158 grLSWC with a Marlin 1894c 18.5 with Marbles tang sight and same load.


If I am not woods walkin' I will carry my Win Mod70 Compact classic in 7mm-08

My Son and Daughter each have similar NEF superlight Handi Rifles in 243

My Mod 70 and 1894c
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