First Deer!!!

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newfie bullet

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Hi Guys,
Had a chance to go to Maine this fall hunting with a friend of mine from down there , He got a cottage close to me here in the Corner Brook area. Never hunted them before , but know has one under my belt. thought
I was going to strike out , they wasn't moving well at all , but to no avail I got my first Buck , He field dressed at 197 lbs. on nov 19 2007, He had 8 points one brow tine broken off. his antlers wasn't very heavy , but boy did he have battle scares , some points broken ( pieces broken out) and his neck was full of cuts and bruises. had a lot of white on his face guess he was getting past his prime. Wish I new how to post pic's.

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here ya go newf
 
gun ,caliber ,glass?

ryanloco said:
Nice looking buck! Congratulations...

What kind of rifle/cal./glass?
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weatherby mark iv, 338 win mag, leupold vari x iii ,4.5x14 . This is not my own rifle ,my friend owns it. I thought it was a little heavy for deer , but it was the rifle I shot the best out of his rifles. The guy with the thumbs up is my guide from maine, he was the best.
 
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blargon said:
How'd that scope work out in the bush for you? Or were you hunting clear cuts?
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as I said that was not my own rifle, the scope had a heavy duplex as well , the guy used it for long range on deer, would not be my choice . My deer was taken at 150 yards , much farther than that the cross hairs would have covered up the vital zone.
When I go again I will use my own rifles, A Sako Classic in 30-06 , she wears a leopould 2.5x8 and shoots 165 grain partitions in 3/4 inch moa. for woods hunting I will use my marlin 1895 45-70 with my own cast ,from the RCBS mould 405, that marlin will make one big hole at 100 yards with 47 grains of reloader 7.
 
newfie bullet said:
for woods hunting I will use my marlin 1895 45-70 with my own cast ,from the RCBS mould 405, that marlin will make one big hole at 100 yards with 47 grains of reloader 7.
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I believe that! Nice deer and photo, although for my taste the guns you mentioned are bit on the heavy side. I like to hunt as light as possible means 7mm or 6.5. I simply do not like to carry these big irons:)
 
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