There are areas that are designated as CWD (Cronic Wasting Disease) but I'm nowhere near them. I have shot does in the CWD area's with no ill effects and fortunately haven't encountered Bovine TB. Where were you hunting that this was a problem?

I have always liked Sako rifles, I picked up a nifty model 85 last year in .204 it's a little rough on small rodents! Ruger #1 is tough to beat too.

Sako Finbear 30-06 for me.

I know it may be a bit much, but I have been using my 1949 model 70 in .375 H & H. I hunt out of a tower on my farm and have clear shots to about 300 yards on a big circle around me. When you hit them, it is like the were hit by the hand of God. No running, no tracking and no follow up needed. With the 6x Lyman All American, I have yet to miss a shot with it.

Bill I also have a 375 H&H in a pre 64 M70 but have yet to blood it:crying: I have shot deer with a 416 Taylor:eek:, built on an older tang safty Ruger M77. It will drop then no questions and doesn't tear one up as much as a 270.
I have thought of working up a load for the 375 but haven't gotten around to it.

I have included a couple of pics of the two custom guns I'll use this year. The first two are the 257AI the rest are the 7X57AI. This rifle has been to colorado for Mule Deer and to Africa where it took Impala, Bush Pig and of all things great and small a Giraffe. this animal had been caught in a snare and was cut just above the hoof. It was limping badly and you could see the infection with binoculars and the PH made the call to end its suffering. The only reason it wasn't brought down by Hyena or Lion was probably due to it's size.

Note the trap door in the but of the 7X57 the stock is drilled out to hold 3 additional cartridges.

beautiful rifles really like the wood on the 7x57.... charlie

Thanks Charlie, they are both nice guns and have put the meat on the ground. With my sickness they don't get out as much as they should thats why I use so many different ones during our short 15 day season. Last year I shot a nice buck with a Kimber Super America 280, it won't be out again for years. The rotation continues.

Deer Rifle
 

I sent an additional $12 along with my application to the NRA in 1955, and recieved an unfired 03A3 in cosmoline. I fit a Scotty Harris stock blank to it, and a Timney trigger a few years later. I passed it on to my son a year ago.

Best, Austin

DEER HUNTING WITH A PARKER
 

DEER SEASON OPENS IN A FEW SEAON IN FEW WEEKS. SO FAR IN MY
ARMORY IS 1.A 223 THOMPSON, 2. A 270 MODEL 70 ,3.A PARKER CHE
12 GA,THAT HAS ONE SET OF RIFLED BARRELS. WILL TEST THE WEATHER
LATER. I 'M A LITTLE RELUCKTANT TO TAKE CHE OUT IN BAD WEATHER
BECAUSE OF IT'S GREAT CONDITION .






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