What did you use to take your first animal of other species?

Blkram

Handloader
Nov 25, 2013
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In continuing the vein initiated by 358Goat; What rifle or weapon did you use to take your first animal of other species?

Me, I used the following on:
  • black bear: Winchester 94 in 30-30 (my Dad's rifle when I was 21)
  • moose: Parker Hale in 30-06 w/ open sights
  • buffalo: Sako Finnbear Deluxe in 300 Win Mag - first animal taken with a scoped rifle (a rifle gifted to me by my father)
  • mule deer: Browning A Bolt in 280 Rem - first animal taken with my own handload (Hdy 162 gr BTSP), in the first rifle I bought myself
  • stones sheep: Rem 700 Classic in 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser
  • elk: Winchester Model 70 in 270 Wby
  • grizzly bear: LH Rem 700 BDL in 338 Win Mag
  • mountain goat: Rem 700 in 7mm Rem Mag
  • caribou: Marlin 375S in 375 Win
  • rocky mountain bighorn: LH Sako AV in 7MM STW - first animal taken with a custom rifle
  • wolf: LH Rem 700 in 300 WSM
  • pronghorn: LH Sako AV in 7MM STW
  • red stag: LH Browning X Bolt All Weather in 6.5 Creedmoor - first animal on an international hunt and first guided hunt
  • fallow buck: LH Browning X Bolt All Weather in 6.5 Creedmoor
  • nyala: Ruger M77 Mk II in 300 Win Mag - first animal taken with a PH's suppressed rifle
  • impala: Ruger M77 Mk II in 300 Win Mag
  • bushbuck (cape): Ruger M77 Mk II in 300 Win Mag
  • kudu (cape): Ruger M77 Mk II in 300 Win Mag
  • warthog: Ruger M77 Mk II in 300 Win Mag
I can vividly recall the details of each of these hunts!
 
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