I haven' t shot a deer with a rifle in 16 yrs. (I have shot about a half dozen with a Flintlock muzzleloader)
But I broke down and finally bought a rifle this season (A nice stainless Ruger 77 .30-06 and topped it with a Nikon Monarch) and by god SHE' S GONNA ROAR!!!



I live for bowseason but the rifle is another chance for my band of friends to gather at our hunting camp for a few days.....I' m going to give it a whirl.
Sighted it in today and it' s ready to go.

Whole different feel sitting in a stand with a rifle huh?........no more. " HMmmmm is that 33 yards to that tree, or is it only 30?"
Nothing like increasing your personal space by about 300 yards.[:-]