RE: semi auto for deer
This year I bought a Browning Bar Safari 30.06 with open sights and I could not be happier. It is a quality gun that will last a lifetime. This paticular rifle is about 10 years old but in perfect shape. I also hunt in NY in the northern tier and the group I hunt with use the bar and a couple use the pump remingtons. These are seasoned vets that will break a rifle over their knee if they malfunction and they use bar's. I never used a rem auto so I can't say anything about them but the new rem auto in 35 whelen could also be a great woods gun.