it is cheaper if you skin your pig first and quarter it,at most places, i allways just leave the skin on mine my processor only charges 20 dollars extra and the time is worth the money for me, if i shoot multiple hogs then i will skin them out

Mosin 7.62x54R is a great rifle caliber for almost all large game animanls.... I and my sons have hunted with and taken whitetail and Axis deer with Mosin 7.62x54R in 205grain soft point ammo.It does kick like a mule though...This is close to our American 30-06 cal.If you shoot iron sights....aim 5 to 6 inches below your point of aim.you should be dead on at 50 to 100 yards with this aim.Make sure you shoot it in at your local rifle range to know how it shoots and you know your gun you shoot..The safety or what there is of one...is not to be trusted..so do not place a round in the chamber until you are sure of your target and ready to fire..Also..make sure what you shoot at the rifle range is the same ammo as you use for hunting..different ammo brads will all shoot different..with iron sights and scopes..Very accurate rifle!!This is a great hunting rifle and can be for you too.Hope this helps..

good luck....

Tom:

I've owned my Marlin (Glenfield) Lever .30-30 new since 1978 and have just over 100 empty cases.  I still remember going to the range to sight it in the first time and burned through a whole box of 20 rounds for sighting it in and shoorting the remainder of the rounds to just shoot it.  So, over the 34 years I've owned it, I've averaged 3 rounds per year.

If you have a similar experience, it will be a long while before you have enough empty cases to reload.

During last year's deer season, I found the scope ring clamp screws had loosened (after 34 years) and I replaced it with a new Nikon Buckmaster Side focus Mildot 4.5-14 X 40 (Nikon Part# 6469) and bore sighted it by removing the bolt, steadying the rifle and looking through the barrel at a neighbor's mail box; then adjusting the scope reticles to coincide with the same place on the mailbox.  I believe my bore sighting is close enough to print fairly close to the bullseye, but even if the bullet just hits the target, I will use the vector from the bullet hole to the bullseye to adjust the scope for both windage and elevation.  I don't intend to use more than 3 rounds to finish sighting in the scope.  With the Mildot reticle, I can now accurately adjust for windage, elevation and bullet drop by knowing the ballistics of the round I am shooting (Hornady's LeverEvolution 160 grain polymer tip projectile).

David H:

My friend's place is right on US87 west of downtown Brady.  He's shot several axis deer on his property as well as white tails and I rarely visit him during deer season without leaving with a cooler full of venison.

He has a commercial grade meat grinder and vacuum sealer.  When I shoot one on his property, the meat is butchered into steaks, roasts, sausage and ground meat all vacuum packed and labeled inside a cooler.  He has a feeder set up about 100 yards from his porch and we sit in the kitchen, drink coffee and glass the feeder from his kitchen window.  When a suitable contender presents itself, it's a matter of getting out the kitchen door quietlyr, making a sneak a few feet from the porch so the "boom" doesn't disturb his wife, putting the cross hairs on the vitals and squeezing the trigger.  What a way to hunt deer!  Then, the work begins... LOL.

The cart will work, but it is something else to carry with you. Another way of taking a deer out, is to get a piece of very heavy canvas. Best place to find it would probably be a military surplus store. Cut it about 2' by 6'. Sew a strong grommet at each corner. Fold it as small as possible and place it in your pack. When you shoot a deer,tag it and field dress it. Then tie the deer on top of the canvas with the head forward. Use a short length of rope tied to the two front grommets and the head to pull it. You want to have the front slightly off of the ground so that it will slide over obstacles easier. Sounds harder than it is. I have used this successfully when I was hunting in areas without vehicular access.

Cull shoot w/a 22-250 w/Barnes X 55gr part no 222444 all copper bullets/or w/

308 w/130 TSX Barnes ...I have used my 338 Win and 300 Wthby Mag. but would

rather play w/less noise and distraction...All have good glass..Dirt

grass looks a bit sparce    nice drought

if ur in texas i think that u can shoot them all u want