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Ghostwolf308

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Hello I grew up outdoors but due to parents divorce never got much hunting time. Been out fishing and small game hunting most of my life. Been trying to find good people close by that might be willing to teach an old guy (46) a thing or two about deer hunting. I saw this regional forum on the long range hunting forum and decided to join up.
 
Welcome from Central Iowa. I've never been much of a deer hunter, mostly birds, bunnies, and song dogs, so I can't help you much with the deer hunting. But it's good to have you with us, anyway!
 
Welcome from SW Iowa. Due to bad knees my walking to hunt are over. My hunting now is restricted to an elevated 7' enclosed blind. Going to try coyote hunting out of it this fall on moonlit evenings. Have a lot of yotes in this area as well as deer. Just sit in my office chair and wait for them to come to me. Will do the same with deer. possibly three seasons.
 
Ghostwolf308 said:
Hello I grew up outdoors but due to parents divorce never got much hunting time. Been out fishing and small game hunting most of my life. Been trying to find good people close by that might be willing to teach an old guy (46) a thing or two about deer hunting. I saw this regional forum on the long range hunting forum and decided to join up.
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Wow, to be only 46 again. That came and went 28 years ago!

First advice, get a rifle using approved straight walled cartridges, or a muzzle loader (mine are smokeless). Practice! Ditch any idea of shotgun deer hunting.
 
Ghostwolf308 said:
Thinking about a 350 Ledgend upper need to research straight wall cartridges more
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The 350 Legend is probably the best we have available to us at the moment. Nothing else has the same combination of low price, low recoil, accuracy, range, and power. You can get it in pretty much any kind of rifle you want, bolt action, semi auto, single shot. There are others - 44 Mag, the SOCOM, the Buckhammer, 450 Bushmaster and more. The Legend is the best of all of them...
 

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