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Yes, it's a button buck but I didn't know that at the time. This hunt is special because I've finally bloodied my late, great Uncle Mac Lloyd's rifle. He passed away in '93 or '94 and my mama's brother let me have my pick of the 20 or so guns he had.
This is the same rifle that Teach advised me on CeramaCoat. The "Toaster Oven" rifle.
The deer was 30, maybe 40 yards away. The shot was too far back, but it destroyed his liver. Also stomach. Bits of leaves everywhere. Of course, the bullet was a pass through, and the deer hopped away in a wide circle. What was odd was he seemed to have little to no control of his front legs so I initially thought I had blown his shoulders out. It's so cotton pickin thick that I was mostly hearing him hop around. He was moving slow enough, though, that you could have ran him down, or even fast walked him down. Strange that a liver shot did that. The lungs were intact and I didn't bother looking at the heart.
He's small, but only the second smallest I've ever shot. My first deer was a "suitcase" deer.... You could tote her with all four feet clenched in one hand.
I learned that in thick areas like I was hunting, with close shots, even the larger holed peep sight is too small. Next time, i'll just unscrew the aperture and use the thing as a ghost ring.
Oh, the left side of the deer is the impact side. (the side you see in the pic) The deer was quartering away, so the bullet exited just aft of the lungs, opposite side.
That's one reason the entry wound in the picture looks so far back. It still was lethal, but I'd like to have lunged him.
I'm just proud to have finally joined the ranks of those who have used the venerable .30-30 to put meat on the table.
I too have taken exactly one deer with the .30-30 Winchester in a Mdl 94. Grew up hunting with my dad's many a time. Ended up owning my uncle's 94. Took a doe with it years ago for nostalgia. Haven't hunted much with it since.
Oh wait, I did take a bobcat with it once as well.
Cool, handy, lightweight rifle.
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I too have taken exactly one deer with the .30-30 Winchester in a Mdl 94. Grew up hunting with my dad's many a time. Ended up owning my uncle's 94. Took a doe with it years ago for nostalgia. Haven't hunted much with it since.
Oh wait, I did take a bobcat with it once as well.
Cool, handy, lightweight rifle.
Cool, so have I!
No, the bobcat I took was with my dad's Marlin 336, 30-30. I'll continue to use it as long as I hunt in this area. There's no need for a scoped rifle. And it is nice to handle the shorter, lighter rifle.
The 'gut-shot' could happen to anyone on a quartering away shot, in thick brush. It's hard to imagine where the 'sweet spot' is, from the rear, and even harder to hit it with a peep sight and low-light conditions. It's meat in the freezer, though. and none wasted - good job. :applause:
Congrats and welcome to the ranks of 30-30 venison getters. I'm a model 94 fan with four of them. The inlays on your stock and forend look great. How about a close-up shot of that rifle?
There's no such thing as having too much ammo, unless you're on fire or trying to swim!
Congrat's Buff! Once you start beating the brush with a lever gun it will grow on you. I've shot more deer with my beat up marlin 30-30 than all my other rifles combined and I still hunt primarily with lever guns and open sighted revolvers.
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Awesome! Nice to see you got over your dry spell. Looks like a lot of people doing well this year, I hope I'm as lucky. We still have couple weeks to wait.
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Congrats Buffy for having the opportunity and coming through with it. And Zee I know what you mean. I have had this 30-30 for right at 30 years and don't use it near enough. It's a good killer for the hunting I do. Mine's an Angle Eject so I put my old Redfield 4x on it. It's perfect for me. I just never take it out except for a once a year trip to the range.
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Sweet deal Buffy! :cool2:
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How about some details!!!!!!!!
Yes, it's a button buck but I didn't know that at the time. This hunt is special because I've finally bloodied my late, great Uncle Mac Lloyd's rifle. He passed away in '93 or '94 and my mama's brother let me have my pick of the 20 or so guns he had.
This is the same rifle that Teach advised me on CeramaCoat. The "Toaster Oven" rifle.
The deer was 30, maybe 40 yards away. The shot was too far back, but it destroyed his liver. Also stomach. Bits of leaves everywhere. Of course, the bullet was a pass through, and the deer hopped away in a wide circle. What was odd was he seemed to have little to no control of his front legs so I initially thought I had blown his shoulders out. It's so cotton pickin thick that I was mostly hearing him hop around. He was moving slow enough, though, that you could have ran him down, or even fast walked him down. Strange that a liver shot did that. The lungs were intact and I didn't bother looking at the heart.
He's small, but only the second smallest I've ever shot. My first deer was a "suitcase" deer.... You could tote her with all four feet clenched in one hand.
I learned that in thick areas like I was hunting, with close shots, even the larger holed peep sight is too small. Next time, i'll just unscrew the aperture and use the thing as a ghost ring.
That's one reason the entry wound in the picture looks so far back. It still was lethal, but I'd like to have lunged him.
I'm just proud to have finally joined the ranks of those who have used the venerable .30-30 to put meat on the table.
Oh wait, I did take a bobcat with it once as well.
Cool, handy, lightweight rifle.
Cool, so have I!
No, the bobcat I took was with my dad's Marlin 336, 30-30. I'll continue to use it as long as I hunt in this area. There's no need for a scoped rifle. And it is nice to handle the shorter, lighter rifle.
Yep, I think so.
Thanks.
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She seemed excited that we were going to eat it.
If you need any recipes ( a deer that size is perfect for eating) I will hunt out some good kiwi ones.
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