The 30-30 does it again

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:44 pm

Smacked this 216lb 8 pointer this morning. Shot it with my old Trapper Marlin. Last deer I shot with it was in 1994. I did mount a 2.5x Leupold on it a couple years ago. Helps with "old eye syndrome".

wolfdog · Post by **wolfdog** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:46 pm

Nice!

harry · Post by **harry** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:01 pm

Congrats, looks tasty

rossim92 · Post by **rossim92** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:14 pm

i have a marlin 336w. Its not as smooth as my winchester 44-40 but love it just the same

Post by **Old Savage** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:17 pm

Nice rig, nice buck!

Old No7 · Post by **Old No7** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:21 pm

OldWin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:44 pm Smacked this 216lb 8 pointer this morning.

Nice one! I'll get out again tomorrow to see if I can score...

Old No7

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:39 pm

Hey hey alright Jay! Good looking buck! Ya cant ask for a better cartridge to put meat in the freezer!

FLINT · Post by **FLINT** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:17 pm

congrats, that's an awesome buck!

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:24 pm

Thanks guys!
I don't know why I grabbed the old Marlin this morning. I usually prefer Winchesters.
This particular Marlin is a first year 336. I cut it to 16" and installed a Winchester 94 saddle ring many years ago. Built one for my dad from 1950 at the same time. They've been good shooters.

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:46 pm

That is a nice heavy buck for sure! have a 94 trapper & put a scope on it also, so far its plastered steel & paper

ollogger

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:05 pm

Works for me ! Congratulations !!!!!!

draperjojo · Post by **draperjojo** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:28 pm

Nice buck and hunting rig!

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:56 pm

Yummy....

piller · Post by **piller** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:47 am

When you get older and your eyes are not as sharp as they used to be, a scope is nothing to be ashamed of. Nice deer.

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:32 am

Good for you brother

Good old 30wcf

Which ammo/load?

N.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:19 am

Nice piece of meat you got there, congratulations.
I'd never sell the .30-30 short. Not long ago I watched a video done by Richard Mann. He was telling of his respect for te reduced power loads for the .308 Win. He feels like you can take anything in North America with it. To me a reduced .308 and a standard .30-30 are pretty much 2 peas from the same pod.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 6:50 am

Thanks again everyone.
Hadn't shot a deer in the morning since 1995. I've missed it. I hate dealing with getting them out in the dark. My stand is way in one corner of out lot. Wouldn't have been fun.
Out here with my dad this morning. It's a balmy 12 degrees.

Nath wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:32 am Good for you brother

Good old 30wcf

Which ammo/load?

N.

I have never shot a deer in my life with a factory loaded round. I'm strangely proud of that.

I switched up stand by 30-30 load a couple years ago. Always used IMR3031. Now I use 34gr of W748 and a CCILR behind a Hornady 170gr FP.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:06 am

Congrats buddy, heck of a deer ya got there.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:35 am

Thank you old buddy.
Really hope my dad gets one. They all count for him now.

Nath · Post by **Nath** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:08 am

Same here, well, I did buy 20rds once but that was it.

N.

wm · Post by wm » Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:57 am

Very Nice!

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:59 am

That really is a fine buck. I am the same way -- never harvested anything with factory loads.
Killed my first buck with a 336 that Dad ordered for me through the mail from Herter's. Handload was 3031 under a Sierra 150 -- when Sierra was still in California.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:33 am

Nice, congrats on a great deer....

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:30 am

OldWin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:44 pm Smacked this 216lb 8 pointer this morning. Shot it with my old Trapper Marlin. Last deer I shot with it was in 1994

Looks like you need to take that rifle out a little more often...……

Congrats - nice buck, there.

.

Jay Bird · Post by **Jay Bird** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:42 pm

Jay....congratulations! Good good ole 30-30 will keep you eating good this winter.

Got an idea before you dispose of the hide.....make yourself a "deer coat" for summer use when it's hot and your looking for small pocket Colts. It'll help save wear on the pockets of the buffalo coat for when your down this way.---6

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:24 pm

Thanks fellas.

Nath,
Oh, I've bought lots of loaded ammo...... just never shot game with it.

Six,
No, no deer skin coat for me. I'm stickin with buffalo. It just seems to work for me.

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 5:08 pm

Nice shootin'!

-Stretch

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 6:29 pm

Great to see a fine deer taken with a good old 30/30 congratulations....

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:13 am

Thanks Stretch and GK.
The old 30-30 is one of the most balanced rifle cartridges ever devised IMO.
He was quartering towards me about 30 degrees to his right. I was in a stand about 20ft up. I put the slug a little high and tight behind the left shoulder. It definitely pushed him back and right but didn't knock him down. He stumbled off about 60yds and went down. Not one drop of blood either. Never got this result with a 30-30.
All my others have been a solid DRT, but most old timers I talk to up here have most stumble about 50 yards or so.
I'm always fascinated by a deer's reaction to a hard hit.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:37 am

I'm always amazed at how an animal can take a hit. I've seen deer hit by cars that hit the ground running, sadly they die most of the time, others that take a hunk of lead and go go go. I remember shooting a buck many years ago , 12 ga slug broadside through the lungs and that deer went more than 200 yards! Others hit close with buckshot drop DRT. That's why if given the chance I take the head shot!

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 8:47 am

Way cool!

jb

HillbillyGadget · Post by **HillbillyGadget** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 3:03 pm

Nice job!

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:45 pm

Thanks JB and Hillbilly.

Scrumbag · Post by **Scrumbag** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:42 am

Well done!

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:38 am

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:08 pm

Thank you guys.
Think I am going to try a Euro mount with this one.

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:28 pm

Outstanding!

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:29 pm

Wait... wait... WAIT A SECOND here folks. Don't the rest of you see something wrong with this picture?
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What the heck does a guy with a Jeep need with a 4-wheeler? I've been told for years that a Jeep can go anywhere, except where a fellar can only walk...

Anyway, congrats on the fine buck... whatever mode of transportation you used!!

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:50 pm

Well Griff it's like this- ya take the jeep until ya cant go anymore THEN ya take the wheeler until ya cant go anymore THEN ya walk into your tree stand and shoot a big buck!

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:49 pm

Yup. I thrashed the wheeler pretty good getting in as far as I could so I didn't have to drag any more than necessary. I keep an axe on the wheeler and had to cut a little.
The Jeep will go more places than the Wheeler as long as it will fit. It weren't fitting where that buck was.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:53 pm

Yeah they never die in an accessible location !

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 11:54 pm

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:53 pm Yeah they never die in an accessible location !

Luckily, this one wasn't crazy bad. I got the wheeler hung up once on a stump coming out, but got it freed up after a minute or so.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:12 am

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:50 pmWell Griff it's like this- ya take the jeep until ya cant go anymore THEN ya take the wheeler until ya cant go anymore THEN ya walk into your tree stand and shoot a big buck!

Yep, when I was a newbie at huntin', and old feller told me that the successful hunter went further than any of the other hunters. As in, if they'd walk 500 yards from the road, and you were a mile from the road, they'd simply chase deer TO you!

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:28 am

That's one of our biggest challenges. We are the ONLY ones here. There are no others to push the deer around.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:56 am

OldWin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:28 am That's one of our biggest challenges. We are the ONLY ones here. There are no others to push the deer around.

Isn't that agin the law in Maine? However if it was pat'ridge season during deer season I could might be enticed to walk around for ya next year!

wvfarrier · Post by **wvfarrier** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:03 am

i loaded up some of the barnes 150 tsx for this rifle season. hoping to connect

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:07 am

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 9:56 am
OldWin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:28 am That's one of our biggest challenges. We are the ONLY ones here. There are no others to push the deer around.
Isn't that agin the law in Maine? However if it was pat'ridge season during deer season I could might be enticed to walk around for ya next year!

It is. However, a few individuals walking around that aren't in the same party, are not "driving". It does keep deer moving though.
Saw 5 birds yesterday afternoon out here.
Partridge runs till the end of December.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:08 am

wvfarrier wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:03 am i loaded up some of the barnes 150 tsx for this rifle season. hoping to connect

Those are supposed to be very good.
I load the Barnes 110gr Tac-TX in 300BO.

wvfarrier · Post by **wvfarrier** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:44 am

OldWin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:08 am
wvfarrier wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2019 10:03 am i loaded up some of the barnes 150 tsx for this rifle season. hoping to connect
Those are supposed to be very good.
I load the Barnes 110gr Tac-TX in 300BO.

I load the 110s as well for my BO, its an excellent bullet but believe it or not the Nosler 110 varmageddon at blackout velocities performs better for me.

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Fri Nov 15, 2019 11:47 am

I've heard they are good. Also the 125gr Hornady SST and the Speer 125gr TNT.
I have 18.3gr of H110 behind the TNT doing over 2300 and putting 5 in .75" at 100yds.