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    wilkup reacted to HARPERC's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    I would like to revisit some less than ideal experiences with a .30-30, using the Lever Hammers. It would likely improve my opinion of...
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    wilkup reacted to Calvin45's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    Awesome. My dad has a marlin 336 from the 70s, my father in law has a Winchester 94 from the 50s in immaculate shape. Lord willing...
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    wilkup reacted to AussieWriter's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    There was a guy on the hunting channel a few short years back, who set a mission to hunt all the bigger animals in the US using only a...
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    wilkup reacted to RockyMtnMT's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    You are right on! I have to add. When I carried my 30-30 in Africa it was so much fun. Someday I can see myself hunting only with...
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    wilkup reacted to Calvin45's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    And I’d add that for every animal supposedly wounded and not recovered because of an “underpowered” cartridge there’s another one that’s...
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    wilkup reacted to APDDSN0864's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    Moose, Caribou, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Walrus, Seals, Sea Lions, and an unknown number of smaller species in Alaska and Canada! Ed
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    wilkup reacted to Straight Shooter's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    Think of the number of Alaskan moose that have been killed wit a 30-30.
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    wilkup reacted to Straight Shooter's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Haha Haha.
    Kevin Costner shot a charging bull buffalo with an 1860 Henry and I saw it with my own eyes . . . . . .on tv.
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    wilkup reacted to jbur13's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    The next day my Dad and I walked back to retrieve the gun and we couldn't find it! We circled and walked around for a while and gave...
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    wilkup replied to the thread Hammer HHT vs Absolute.
    Never been a better time to start 👌
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    wilkup reacted to Lee Deming's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    I've killed two bulls with my Model 94 .30-30. My first bull was a 5-point at 35 yards in Central MT. The second one in a late hunt down...
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    wilkup reacted to RockyMtnMT's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Like Like.
    I used the 143gr Lever in my 30-30 in Africa. I took zebra, wildebeest, and kudu with it. It worked very well. I ran mine pretty...
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    wilkup replied to the thread 30-30 for elk?.
    Did you keep the rifle? How’d it shoot?
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    wilkup reacted to N3116R's post in the thread Bear protection handguns? with Like Like.
    I carry a six inch barrel S&W 629 .44 magnum in a chest holster when I fish in big bear country. We keep a 45-70 for a camp gun and it's...
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    wilkup reacted to FireFlyFishing's post in the thread 30-30 for elk? with Haha Haha.
    Yes. Please post pics with your harvest! Then go post those pics in the Rokslide .223 kills everything thread…
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