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i would strongly look at the 270wsm (what i use) and the 7RUM (what my dad uses) these guns seem to fit the deer and knock em dead! real dead!

who cares what the nay-sayers say? i know you killed a big buck and you know it! what you think and know is all that matters! that thing is awesome!

"It is a fine coues buck for being her first deer" thats a fince buck for your 100000th buck! that thing is awesome i would shoot him any day! congrats!

that would not work. varment hunting with a bow and a pistol? i wouldnt do it. id carry my side arm and tell them " im out here and i dont wanna get shot by illegals so im i am carrying my side arm to protect my life if need be" be truthfull and they probably wont mind, lie and they wont like that.

wow runnigbird that is bad! what an ... Bert, you are right and i totally understand about that part. no way in my mind do i think quads are bad for hunting unless they are hunted from all day long with out the person getting off of them to look over the next ridge, or the person drives off road and cross country to look at area. i am in my 20's (barely, 20 to be exact) and that is what i like to do, get out and hike. my old man has a bad hip so i usually stay with him, but sometimes i will get up and go and tell him to keep glassing and cll me on the radio if he sees anything. the best part of hunting is getting out there and having solitude. there is nothing worse then sitting there glassing and seeing someone walk right over the top of the ridge you are glassing, or walk right next to you. when i am hunting i am enjoying every minute that i am out there. i like to get out there and just listen to the nothingness, it is a good way to clear the mind, it is also a humbling experience knowing how much is out there and how little you are to it and how little you actually know (not talking about you, talking about you as in the hunter whos out there) if i shoot a buck, cool! if not well i had a good time anyways. hunting would be a much more pure sport/hobby/lifestyle if everyone was just more considerate to the other people who hunt it and to the land itself.

????? did i read this right? Lark with A. positive words on anything else than a .270? and B. recomending a different gun than a 270??? WEIRD!!!!

that buck is nice! he has some serious mass! and yes just the doll and the buck

HA HA MIKE!!!!! (actually im eating some right now man it is good!)

its the late in the evening, your driving home but it is still legal shooting hours so yu ae drving slowly. all of a sudden your 5x5 elk jumps off the road and stops at 100 yards, all of us being the great hunters we are, drop him with one shot. now what? do you walk over to him or do you drive? what i am asking is do you guys think it is ok to drive off a road to retrieve your animal weather it be a big mule deer or an elk? i have done this with 2 elk and have not seen the harm in it it did not ruin the land at all. whats the stance?

ernesto... i told you! yeah he sure does taste good.... had some filets the other night man were they tender! gave away a package of hamburger and a roast to my boss at work (any one got a napkin, i need to wipe the brown off my nose) but man he is yummy!

i feel ya about seeing bulls not cows, on my junior only hunt a few years back, i had a 360+ 2 days in a row 75 yards away and this year had a rag horn not 60 yards from me lookin at me good luck

redman, look at the remington model 7 stainless/synthetic in 7mm-08. this is the rifle my dad and i are looking at for my brother. its is 579 and a beautiful little gun. this way, if the decides he doesnt like it, you have a awesome little pee shooter! he can also use it on elk under 300 yards!

man that was fun! but boy did we hike our ASSES off!!!!! it was a good time and we got into some birds. like scott said those were some tired pups! towards the end of the day his awesome english pointer pup Virgil was worn out! when we would stop and get water he would actually lay down and catch a few winks lol! it was a good time! thanks for takin me Scott! hopefully we can get a day in before you head back to texas over my Christmas break!

i dont know, thats a weeks worth of pickin the ole' cotton. its a lil steep, tell him ill give him $50 and he covers shipping.

just got one of these from my grandpa, it fits my little brother but i dont know anything about the cartridge. is it enough for coues? i do not know if he is gonna end up shooting it or not but i am looking into it. what do yall think about it? thanks!

im telling yall, no one is going to shoot a buck smaller than mine. yes ernesto mine is smaller than yours. lets put it this way, when my buck jumped up i put my zeiss on him and could not see spikes. when the sun changed then i saw the spikes and got sat down to shoot.

that is a nice cat! hes a bigun also!

and like doug said, i will arm wrestle you.... but dont expect to win

ernesto, your buckis bigger than mine lol congrats!

the spike i killed this year had some red/orange around his tail but i think it was because he was a young deer and nothing other than that.

Scott, turn ur dang cell phone on!

that a boy! cant wait till next monday! IT IS ON!!!!!! and you cant even make fun of me anymore, i got a real quail vest AND A BAD butt OVER/UNDER!!!!!! that a boy! nicely done!

hes at least 108, probably bigger excellant mass on both of the bucks!

redman, i am in the same boat as you. my little brother is turning 10 in feburary and will be hopefully hunting with my dad and i next year. he is the same size as your son and we are having a hard time finding him a gun. i am thinking of a model 7 in 7mm08 but i sure would like to shoot one before i let him shoot one. i also have a 22-250 and 243 in the back of my head but am not 100% sure yet

0alright, my little brother is going to start hunting with my dad and i here next year (this means my dad and brother will hunt together and i can hike a lot!!! ) but we need to get him a gun. i have decided on the rifle, a remingtin model 7 stainless synthetic, but i have not decided on the caliber. i know you are going to say .243 but i do not like that idea and will not be going with that. i have been looking at a .260 or 7mm-08. i really do not know anything about these two calibers. i have been comparing velocities in both and they are very close. i do handload and i figure i should be able to get about 3000 fps with either one. i like the 7mm-08 because it shoots a bigger bullet ( say for elk) my brother is a very small kid compared to my dad and i. he is very skinny and i do not thinkhe will handle recoil well. i was started out wrong with a gun that didnt fit and it was a 308 with 165s and no recoil pad ( OUCH) so i want to get him started out right as far as recoil goes. whitetail will be the main thing for this gun, with a pig hunt here or there ont he side. for elk he will shoot the 270.. thanks! but please stay with in 260 or 7mm-08!!!