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2021 Hunting Pics
« on: November 14, 2021, 11:24:08 pm »
We can just make a collaboration if anyone wants to join in.


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Re: 2021 Hunting Pics
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2021, 11:29:49 pm »
Co. Elk
Me and my twoBrothers went out. We saw elk every day. My middle brother got one.








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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2021, 11:35:20 pm »
He is this years first batch of summer sausage.
I had my wife come out to take pictures. We set up for a wooded backdrop. I said we have to turn around and get the sunset. Then I had to have one with the bees in there too.








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Re: 2021 Hunting Pics
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2021, 07:52:13 am »
Very nice. I have never gone elk hunting but I have seen a lot of them in Yellowstone.
That is one big doe. You never see any that large around here.
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Re: 2021 Hunting Pics
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2021, 09:10:09 pm »
Nicey done gents!  I haven't been able to get into the bush this year due to lockdowns here in Oz.  Fingers crossed that changes soon!
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« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2021, 09:36:30 am »
Saw 10 deer by 0800 this morning. Temp went from 75F yesterday to 36-38F this morning. Tomorrow morning is supposed to be 25F. Good thing I don?t have to go tomorrow now.










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« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2021, 11:46:43 am »
Same buck a couple hours later. Fresh liver with onion gravy.










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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2021, 04:13:32 pm »
Some nice fall colors before it?s all gone. Next week or two, most of the trees will be bare here.




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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2021, 08:47:58 am »
I was up in Pennsylvania with my brother a week ago. While we were there the trees made a complete change of colors. It was really nice. We miss that down here in Florida.
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Re: 2021 Hunting Pics
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2021, 01:09:12 pm »
No luck for an evening hunt with the one munchkin.













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« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2021, 01:17:50 pm »
The next morning the other one brought better luck.
















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Re: 2021 Hunting Pics
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2021, 01:59:10 pm »
I'm laughing so hard about how they're playing with the legs in the back of the truck!  :cheesy: 
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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2021, 04:39:46 pm »
I'm laughing so hard about how they're playing with the legs in the back of the truck!  :cheesy:
That?s not the half of it. Lol. I was trying to be PC with what pic I posted of them playing.


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Re: 2021 Hunting Pics
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2021, 04:34:38 pm »
Very beautiful pictures 30WCF. Congratulations all around! Is that a Marlin 336?
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« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2021, 11:43:58 pm »
Very beautiful pictures 30WCF. Congratulations all around! Is that a Marlin 336?
It is. I like a Marlin. That one is a 1963 make I believe. It wears a leupold M8 4x gloss scope. I wish they still made a gloss scope for the wood guns.


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Re: 2021 Hunting Pics
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2021, 04:13:42 pm »
I'm smiling. I'm usually found behind a Bolt Gun or a single shot - I love the TC Contender and Encore. However, I'm a sucker for [beautiful] lever rifles. A few years ago - I was forced to admit that I "collect" lever actions - when I had to dedicate a safe to them ...

I've got the [prerequisite] model 71 (in 348 Win of course - 'cause that's all they were ever made in). And a BLR (circa 1988) in 358 Win. Both of these are primarily for timber-hunting elk - especially in big-bear country.

Also have a pre-64 Win in 30-30. A couple 44 mag Marlins of mid-70:s vintage. A 357 mag marlin ... etc, etc, ...

I like the 44 mag levers for bear hunting. It really knocks black bears down hard. I've taken deer with the 44, 357 and 30-30 thru the yrs also (not going to mention deer hunting with a 94-22 in my younger days  :cool:). I just love lever actions - there's always 1 ... or 2 ... in my hunting camp(s).

Anyways - a week ago I was at a show and ran into a beautiful near-mint original lever that I hadn't seen before. It turned out to be a Marlin 336 (circa 1948) in 32 Win Special. (I need another cartridge like I need a hole-in-my-head  :cheesy: :shocked: :grin:). I had to buy it - signed paperwork  (thank you kommiefornia) and will pick it up in a week or 2 - when I have time.

So ... I found the mechanism of the 336 to be very unique. I'll have a bit more learning to do with it. Of course, I'll have to order dies - it came with 4 boxes of casings. The owner recommended casting my own bullets for it. I haven't done that before, but I have a good lead pot, so with molds from lymans, that should work.

When I saw yours, i was like "I think I know what that is!!" ... I can't wait to play with mine.  :cool: :grin: :grin:
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Re: 2021 Hunting Pics
« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2021, 04:26:00 pm »
Very beautiful pictures 30WCF. Congratulations all around! Is that a Marlin 336?
.... I wish they still made a gloss scope for the wood guns.

Also, Yes - I concur. Although I don't have scopes on my levers - with the exception of the BLR - I agree that a wood gun needs a gloss scope. It brings out so much more beauty.
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2021 Hunting Pics
« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2021, 04:35:01 pm »
Stroll on over to MarlinOwners.com, we call your condition Marlinitis. However you have a variant that sounds like you are plagued by more than just Marlins.

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As far as the bolts go, my favorite is the Winchester M70 Featherweight Compact. It?s a 7mm-08 and it?s what I?ve been using on the elk hunts. It?s a sweet little packable gun.




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« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2021, 05:03:55 pm »
I'm smiling. I'm usually found behind a Bolt Gun or a single shot - I love the TC Contender and Encore. However, I'm a sucker for [beautiful] lever rifles. A few years ago - I was forced to admit that I "collect" lever actions - when I had to dedicate a safe to them ...

I've got the [prerequisite] model 71 (in 348 Win of course - 'cause that's all they were ever made in). And a BLR (circa 1988) in 358 Win. Both of these are primarily for timber-hunting elk - especially in big-bear country.

Also have a pre-64 Win in 30-30. A couple 44 mag Marlins of mid-70:s vintage. A 357 mag marlin ... etc, etc, ...

I like the 44 mag levers for bear hunting. It really knocks black bears down hard. I've taken deer with the 44, 357 and 30-30 thru the yrs also (not going to mention deer hunting with a 94-22 in my younger days  :cool:). I just love lever actions - there's always 1 ... or 2 ... in my hunting camp(s).

Anyways - a week ago I was at a show and ran into a beautiful near-mint original lever that I hadn't seen before. It turned out to be a Marlin 336 (circa 1948) in 32 Win Special. (I need another cartridge like I need a hole-in-my-head  :cheesy: :shocked: :grin:). I had to buy it - signed paperwork  (thank you kommiefornia) and will pick it up in a week or 2 - when I have time.

So ... I found the mechanism of the 336 to be very unique. I'll have a bit more learning to do with it. Of course, I'll have to order dies - it came with 4 boxes of casings. The owner recommended casting my own bullets for it. I haven't done that before, but I have a good lead pot, so with molds from lymans, that should work.

When I saw yours, i was like "I think I know what that is!!" ... I can't wait to play with mine.  :cool: :grin: :grin:
What you want for the .357? It would go nice beside my 1894 .44Mag


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