Here's a little history I shared when I first joined HNI.

Over the years our shack gang has shot some monsters! We hunt 7 miles off the north shore of Lake Superior on the Split Rock River. Our shack was built in 1946 by my grandpa and his 3 best friends(they pooled there money and bought 40 acres for $45 bucks). We have had a scale, that I have tested, and is pretty accurate, since 1958! There have been many big deer shot out of our camp includung the 1976 state record(27 point typical that wieghed 309 pounds field dressed), but the biggest deer shot out of our camp was a doe. It was a whopping 328 pounds (field dressed) shot in 1961, by my gandpa! My biggest deer is a 10 point 248 pounder that I shot with my grandpas gun (the first day I carried it) in 1988.

My grandpa's gun.
Remington 30-06 model 740. When he passed he wanted his best friend to have it. Who shot a deer with it then passed it down to his son. He then shot a deer with it, and stored it away. It sat in his closet for 10 years, he then decided it meant more to my dad then it meant to his closet. He gave it to my dad. My dad decided to carry it that year, and shot 4 deer with it. When my older bro was old enough to carry it my dad let him and he shot his first deer(6pt 150#) with it,(the first day he carried it). Then me. Then my younger bro who also shot a nice buck(7pt 175#) the first day he carried it. So we started passing the the gun around the shack. In all9 people at the shack have shot a deer with the gun and only 1 guy has had to carry it twice(2 if you count my grandpa)! We are down to two 3rd generation hunter left to shot one with it and this year we will have our first 4th generation hunter coming to the shack!

Talk about a blessed gun!
Thanks Gramps!!