MtMan-List: Deer hunting

[jbrandl@wyoming.com (Joe Brandl)]

Well.............. My first rifle was a Lyman Great Plains 54, Shot an elk,
moose, antelope, several deer with it. Stock cracked and had it replaced.
Have a Hatfield 36, shoots nice, killed many bunnies and squirrels with it.
Traded a buffalo robe for a Leman full stock 54, a very nice rifle, haven't
hunted a lot with it yet.
My 12 year old son, just shot his first deer with a 54, missed one at 45
yards and then...........dropped one in the liver at 110 yards. I don't
reccomend shooting a deer that far. But it was one hellava shot. I paced
off the distance just to be sure. Gee, I was proud of the boy. I had gotten
my first deer with a 50 many years ago and told him, he had to do the same.
Even if just for the memory.
As for types of guns per people, shoot what you can afford. I have more
admiration for a guy shooting a CVA very well, than a guy who stands around
with an oringinal and has never hunted with it and shoots poorly.
Personally, I like a hand built rifle, CVA's  and others modern looking
rifles, just don't look right nor feel right. But to each his own. I would
not turn down a hunting partner due the rifle his carries, but rather his
attitude carries more weight than the balls in his bag.
Good reading comments though there boys,
Joe

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