Just got back from deer hunting (warning - dead deer pics)

[mike webb]

Nice buck, we grow them big here in N.B.. The guy who's cutting up my deer,(sorry, 3 point, 135 lbs. but good eating) gave me a list of the bucks he had hanging for people.
These are field dressed weights:
265 lbs.
232 lbs.
216 lbs.
202 lbs.
Several from 200 lbs. to 180 lbs.
Unfortunately the deer population is severely down in N.B. this year due to two severe winters in a row and the fact that whitetails can't winter in a clearcut.

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[dastier]

gunner,

I don't have a milsurp that I use right now (though one season I tried my Ljungman AG42B with its iron sights) but for the past two seasons I've been using a Savage 99F in .243Win with a low power Bushnell scope. I spot and stalk in heavy brush so its light and handy and being a lever action gives me quick follow up shots if I need it.

I don't want to ruin any of my milsurps by putting a scope on them so I'm thinking a repro Mosin Nagant with a PU scope. Or possibly scoping my Russian capture mixmaster K98. Its not worth much but I haven't fired it so I'm not sure if its a good shooter.

Its not a official milsurp, though it was entered in the US SCAR competition, but what I want to purchase is a RobArms XCR in 7.62x39mm and mount a EoTech 552. Add a G23 FTS 3x magnifier for the longer shots and that would be a slick rifle to spot and stalk with.

And legal! AR 15s are range guns only here.

[Dan Wilson]

Or possibly scoping my Russian capture mixmaster K98. Its not worth much but I haven't fired it so I'm not sure if its a good shooter.

You may find you like that K98k, I have three of the capture rifles and they are really really sweet shooters, they would hunt very nice!!

Dan