I am going to be off for gun season oppening morning. Matt is taking his 1959 Flat top .44 mag. I am undecided between my birthday flat top and my Encore 30-06. reflex264

Ruger Bisley in .45 Colt or FA 83 in .454 -- still deciding.

T/C Contender Super 14 in 44 mag.

T/C Contender Super 14 in 44 mag.

Ruger SBHH, with a Burris FFiii, shootin Hornady 300gr xtp, in 44mag,of course! I got my first handgun deer last season, and am counting down to opening day! 18 days to go here in Ga!

T/C Contender 12" 7-30 waters.

Mark

Ruger Bisley 45 Colt, 250 XTP in front of 25.1 grains of H110.

Just in case a long shot presents, will have the 7-30 Waters close by.

Same here, I'm leaning towards my Bisley for opening day since I haven't used it for a couple of years.

I'll be carrying my 10" FA and my 4 3/4" 454.

For a 'change of pace', I'm going to carry my Ruger Bisley 'flattop' .44spec 5.5" charged with Unique and a 255gr cast LFN.

still have to sight it in but My FA 83 454, and it will be the first time afield carrying it in my Ringler custom Wyoming Combo holster...Getting excited!

First couple of days will be Muley's only, so my Colt 1911 in 45Super. Once my elk tag is good, well, not sure just yet.

Craig

breaking out the 6" FA 454 and the SRH 454.

breaking out the 6" FA 454 and the SRH 454.

My Bisley Blackhawk 45 colt and Glock 10mm with J Point sight and a large amount of anticipation / contentment! Old school, new school, and my 8 year old son. Mingokid.

7WSM striker most likely

S&W 460 xvr topped with Bushnell Elite scope. Glock 20SF 10mm iron sights as backup.

For the NC opener, still not sure...given my current stand selections, it'll probably be a combination of scoped and unscoped revolvers. I may end up leaving the decision up to coin flip or perhaps a poll here...

For my first trip into the SC woods, the decision is easy. Gotta hit 'em quiet-like with the Whisper. Stronger than average chance that the .475 Linebaugh or .500WE will be on the hip as well.

XP-100 .308.

Second week of the Pa firearms season will be the first time carrying the 7x.30 Waters afield

Ruger Blackhawk 41mag. I have to wait until Nov 17th for NY opener.

5.5 sbh 44mag. one ragged hole sight, pac. grips, 240 grn semi wad cuter @ 1200fps.

BFR 475 Linebaugh and my Ruger Bisley 45 colt, both with 7.5" barrels.

Pretty nice variety so far. If I take the Flat top it will be with the Keith Load. I have never used the Keith load on an animal. reflex264

Magnum Research 454.

6" FA .500WE.

For sure my new blackhawk hunter,and either my 12"PC 460, or my 7-30 waters.

Traded off my G2 41 Mag, and an Encore 45 LC to Ken Kelly for a FA 83 454 Predator package, I plan on mounting an Ultra Dot & shoot 45LC handloads. The Bisley 45LC with an Aimpoint micro is on stand-by.

Competitor single shot in 416 Barnes

Striker in 308win. in the morning and M.O.A. maximum 6.5 x 47 lapua in the afternoon

Well, this season's opening morning will be Saturday November 3rd in the state of Rhode Island for deer. This is the opening day of muzzleloading season. Sadly, RI doesn't seem to allow muzzleloading handguns for deer hunting. So I will be hunting with a carbine barrel mounted on my Armor Alloy TC Contender with a Choate folder mounted with an Aimpoint.

My load is a 100 grain charge of H777 3 F granulation under a 300 grain sabot which has cleared the screens at an average of 1725 fps.

That should cleanly take a whitetail, if I am lucky. I collected a trail camera on a good spot and I am impressed. I got about forty three images of deer over a 2 1/2 week period.

We have an early doe only season in Arkansas that opens on 10-13 and goes for 5 days. It is going to be a toss up between my contender 30TCU 15" Custom Shop barrel or my 9" Gary Reeder 41 GNR barrel... decisions ...decisions... Which ever one I choose I cant wait to bust a big fat nanny with it. I havent handgun hunted in 7 yrs and never have killed a deer with one...bunch of hogs and a coyote. Cant wait!!!

It all depends on wind direction. If its out of the north it will be the 375 JDJ with 2x7 burris on top. If more south it will be the 44 super redhawk with iron sights in the thickets. Saw a hog yesterday hunting with stick and string that will be close to 300 pounds. Could not get a shot with bow.

I have a new competitor I plan to take a couple with this year. Haven't decided wich barrel I will use yet. The 7mm-08 will probably start the season off since the 50 AE barrel was bloodied many times over before it came into my posession. The glock 20 will be riding on the hip as usual and may come into play should something decide to get close enough.

Series 70 in .460 Rowland.

I will be using my RAGING BULL 480 Ruger...8 3/8" bbl topped with a 2-6 Burris...shooting 325 gr XTP's

Well, muzzleloader opens first so it will be my 15" 209x50 then the regular firearms season and I'll be tote'n my SSK 35 Whelen..

Humphrey,

Hey bother, you are my kind of guy with that one.

Craig

Yep that has a cool factor to it......

Eric, give em hell man! That 50 AE will do a real number on a hog!