Diamond Jake Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I Just got on this forum today, so I don't know if people post this kind of thing here. But I'm trying to find who's interested in more than the matches. I started getting cowboy guns years before I decided to try Cowboy Action. Last season I decided to take my Uberti 1873 out for deer, hoping to get a fat doe for the freezer. Instead this big boy stepped out. One shot through the heart and he was mine. 45 Colt, 250 gr RNFP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Nicely done. I have not taken a deer with any of my match guns, but put a couple in the freezer with a muzzleloader (.54 Hawken). Feels good doesn’t it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 The lever action rifle was the primary tool for putting meat on the table for many decades. It remains a viable choice. If I were a hunter I would feel perfectly fine with my 1860 Henry or ‘94 Marlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I've taken my Cody Dixon rifles in 38-55 deer hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Congratulations DJ! First year I had it, I took a doe with my 1866 Uberti Yellow Boy in .45 Colt with a 250 grain bullet and Clays. A few years later I was successful with my 1885 High Wall .45-70 with a 350 lead bullet driven by Trail Boss, taking a buck who obliged me by hanging around an apple tree. Sadly, a lot smaller than the nice one you took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I have often thought of hunting with my Marlin 1894, but that time has passed. Figure it would be a fine tool for the local critters. Funny thing is I traveled many miles to hunt in my youth, but when I sold my home, I had a small herd in my yard feasting on my Shrubbery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Certainly a Marlin 1894 in .44 mag will do nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Jake Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 I almost bought a Rossi '92 in 454 Casull at a gun show a couple years ago, but I'm saving up for an 1885 Highwall in 45/70 or 45/90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Jake Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 BTW, that was in a very thick 100 acre woods in Davidson County TN, about 15 minutes from downtown Nashville. Perfect place for a lever gun. I hope next year to get one with my revolver. I often have deer come within 15 yards of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 My SxS Beretta GR-2, 12-gauge with 30-inch barrels that I bought in 1974 was a hunting bird gun long before it became my SASS main match shotgun. Beretta Model GR-2 in 12-gauge . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Took my 73 .45 Colt but never saw anything the days I went out with it. Took Great-Grandpa's original 1884 Trapdoor and got a nice Buck out around 105 yards through some very thick ground cover. I figured that 405 lead would go through anything and it did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramblin Gambler Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I took my 73 in 45 colt one year. But the leverlution ammo wouldn't cycle in it and I didn't think the cowboy loads were enough. So I set it aside and used my old faithful 30-06 bolt action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 8 hours ago, Diamond Jake said: I almost bought a Rossi '92 in 454 Casull at a gun show a couple years ago, but I'm saving up for an 1885 Highwall in 45/70 or 45/90. When you get around to buying that Highwall go with the 45-70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 A friend of mine (not a cowboy shooter) got a couple deer on his property with a Marlin .357 Cowboy rifle with an octagon barrel. He also has a Marlin 1895 Cowboy in .45-70 that he uses also with some success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 If I still hunted I would. No time to hunt anymore though and I really miss those days spent in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 My property is very heavily wooded as well, similar to Diamond Jake's land. Last year I bagged a spike in the 120 lb. range with a scoped .270 which isn't necessary in the short ranges of my woods. From now on I'll be hunting with my Uberti '66 carbine in .44WCF. Can't wait to bust one with BP rounds. BTW, nice orange cowboy hat, DJ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tascosa, SASS# 24838 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Way before SASS I hunted with my grandpas 92 , 44-40 and shot a few deer, an antelope, and one black bear. Haven't hunted in many many years since I lost the desire to kill an animal. No reflection on hunting or hunters. Both are needed to control the herds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Jake Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Marshal Hangtree said: My property is very heavily wooded as well, similar to Diamond Jake's land. Last year I bagged a spike in the 120 lb. range with a scoped .270 which isn't necessary in the short ranges of my woods. From now on I'll be hunting with my Uberti '66 carbine in .44WCF. Can't wait to bust one with BP rounds. BTW, nice orange cowboy hat, DJ! Thanks. This video explains the big orange hat band, plus shows some closeups of the gun and the recovery of the deer in the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashknife Cowboy Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I have taken mule deer with a Marlin CB 1894 and a OMV in .44 mag and elk with a .54 cal Hawkin and a Shiloh Sharps Business Rifle in 45-70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Only once with a rifle. Uberti 1873 with a 24" octagonal barrel in .44-40 that my wife gave me for Christmas in 1982. Took an eating size four point muley. Now, the shotgun is another matter. I came back from Japan in 1974 with an SKB 200E. I hunted pheasant, chukkars and huns, little top knotted Gambrel's quail, and other game birds, even a few ducks.....and the occasional rabbit....with it for twenty five tears, even after I disabled the ejectors. I had Johnny Meadows re-activate the ejectors for me a couple of years ago. I shot a bobcat with a SAA .45 once, but that wasn't hunting, that was reflex. Only took one shot and surprised the bejabbers out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Bye the way, Jake; WELCOME TO THE SALOON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Jake Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 I use my 12 ga SXS as my main small game gun (unless I'm turkey hunting). Mostly squirrel and rabbit hunting, but I might carry #6 shot in the left barrel and a slug in the right if deer season is still open. That's why I haven't deactivated the safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Bye the way, Jake; WELCOME TO THE SALOON. Yeah, Jake, welcome. Over 1110,000. Great googlie mooglies, that's a LOT of shooters. We could almost start our own political party......if we could only agree on something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Feral pigs are a problem down here. There is no season on them, it is open season year around. . I use my 1886 in 45-70. That may be overkill for fire ants, however. W.K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 My C. Sharps .50-140 has taken a bison. I have won and placed with it in some SASS "Long Range" competitions over the years. My .35 Remington Marlin is a non SASS lever gun that has collected countless deer since I purchased it from Wards as a teenager j1952. My .44 non SASS S&W in .44 Remington Magnum is my elk and deer gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 OOOPS!!! I forgot to mention that my AyA Matador 10 gauge magnum double has been my duck and goose gun for sixty years spelled occasionally by my Ithaca 10 gauge magnum semi automatic. I have used my 8 gauge double for non migratory birds and on varmints but it's a tad heavy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Waxahachie Kid #17017 L said: Feral pigs are a problem down here. There is no season on them, it is open season year around. . I use my 1886 in 45-70. That may be overkill for fire ants, however. W.K. I’ve mixed it up with fire ants before ain’t no such thing as overkill for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 When I started in SASS I didn’t need to buy a single gun they were already in my safe Many years ago I took a nice fat doe with the Model 92 in 38/40 that I inherited from my grandfather. I still hunt occasionally with a Rossi 45 colt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 My daughter and I use our lever guns in the woods every year. Sometimes I even get to shoot a deer. Kaya is still waiting on a nice one. She keeps getting the little ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I keep trying to but WalMart keeps throwing me out of their meat dept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highwall Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Back when I first got my 1885 I took it deer hunting but with no luck. I did find a bobcat however and nailed it at about 60 yards. Not enough left of it to harvest the fur though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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