30-30 Winchester does it again.

[win38-55]

Went out over the weekend in Northern Michigan for an early antlerless hunt.
Sunday morning I shot on a nice size doe. I was using a Marlin 336 ss in the grand ol 30-30win, with a leopold 3x9 scope.
Shot was taken at appx 50 yds in a hay field. I screwed up a bit because this gun is sighted in to shoot at 100 dead on.
So figuring that I dropped the cross hairs at the bottom of the deer just behind the front leg and let one fly. The shot ended
up hitting a tad bit lower that expected. So a very long tracking job was involved. IMHO this is not normal for a 30-30
just a bad hit in this case. We eventually tracked her down with the help of my Indian Tracking partner/hunting buddy.
We were both glad she expired just 5 feet from the road, thak god for that. All in all it was an awesome hunt.
Cannot wait for the real deer season to get here.

[kimwcook]

Congratulations! Any time you bring home the meat you've done good.

[RIHMFIRE]

Congratulations!

when should we be there for the BBQ?

[fordwannabe]

Silly man! Haven't you been reading your glossy gun rags, a 30-30 won't kill a deer anymore, the bullets bounce right off. GEEEZ some people trying to make us think he did that with a30-30.

OK I was the one who started it this year!
Good way to start the year congrats.

[pwl44m]

Good Job on tracking it down and not leaving it saying Oh Well musta missed. At least U didn't try it with a 25-20. We would not have believed U.

[1894c]

love the 30/30--nice doe--don't need a big boomer to get the job done...

[LeverBob]

Way to go Win!

Good meat for the winter...she's making my mouth water.

LB

[piller]

A hit with the .30-30 is better than a miss with anything bigger.

[missionary5155]

Good morning & thanks for the pictures. No reason the 30-30 will not keep on harvesting any critter out there... Only thing better is a .38 caliber rifle.
Mike in Peru

[Borregos]

Well done

[rjohns94]

well done. congrats.

[Dave]

Mighty tasty looking deer! Congrats!

[Nath]

Peach of a round, glad fer' ya'.

Nath.

[win38-55]

Thanks for all of the replys. I do love my 30-30 for deer hunting. I have lots of different calibers
I could use, but for some reason I grab the 30-30 every time. I dont know why it just seems like the right thing to shoot a deer with. Thanks again.

[O.S.O.K.]

Congrats! What was the load? It should've only been about an inch low at 50 IIRC.

[Steve Collins]

Good lookin' animal! Congrats!

[Booger Bill]

Why do people always view a body in a casket and say he looks good?

[Pitchy]

Nice lookin doe, grats.

[jlchucker]

Why do people always view a body in a casket and say he looks good?

It seems to be traditional. They also say "he was a hard worker" too. When my time comes I don't mind if they say I look good but at that point, d**mit I'm resting in peace. Don't be bringing up any of that hard work stuff!

[Griff]

Congrats! It seems the only folks that're surprised the .30-30 is still a game-getter, are those that believe everything they read!

And if anyone sez my corpse is good-lookin', either the motician better be fired, 'cause he brought the wrong one, or you should sober up, you're at the wrong funeral! When you find the right one, enjoy the wake my friends, hoist at least one cold one for me!

A Bottle And Friend

There's nane that's blest of human kind,
But the cheerful and the gay, man,
Fal, la, la, &c.

Here's a bottle and an honest friend!
What wad ye wish for mair, man?
Wha kens, before his life may end,
What his share may be o' care, man?

Then catch the moments as they fly,
And use them as ye ought, man:
Believe me, happiness is shy,
And comes not aye when sought, man.

[t.r.]

30-30 has always been a good choice. Years ago, I was stationed at Wurtsmuth AFB, Michigan and hunted every chance I got within Huron Nat'l Forest. My rifle was a used but not abused Remington pump in 35 with plain open sights. It always got the job done for me. My hunting partners favored scoped lever action 30-30's but my Boss hunted with a Remington auto-loader in 6mm. We enjoyed many successful hunts together.

Thanks for sharing your photo and story! Its always pleasant to hear from those of the far north.

TR

[Les Staley]

If'n I remember right, the good ole 30-30 has always worked pretty well up around East Jordan... congrats..Les

[win38-55]

If'n I remember right, the good ole 30-30 has always worked pretty well up around East Jordan... congrats..Les

That is almost a scarry statement on your part because that is exactly where I was at.

[win7094M1]

Again, proof that if you do your job, the 30/30 will do its job. Congrats!

[Les Staley]

Thought it looked like it... spent a few years there myself....Just kidding.. remember, we talked about who your relatives were up there via pm... I grew up there.. graduated from EJHS.. raised four kids about 6 miles north of town.. moved to Wyoming in 1990 and try to get back to muzzleloader season each Dec... I'll be back again Dec 9 or 10 for five days of hunting on the family farm.. Les

[pshort]

Why do people always view a body in a casket and say he looks good?

In some cases the person looks good because he/she is dead!!

Paul