The portion of deer season for modern firearms starts tomorrow morning just before 6:00 AM. I will be carrying my Linebaugh Custom in .38-40 WCF and my .375 JDJ Contender. The revolver will be stoked with the 200 grain LFN from Montana Bullet Works and the .375 with the 220 Hornady Flat Point.

I plan to take my nine year old with me, so hopefully we will see some deer.

Good luck to you and your boy! Take pictures!

opener in ny today also i carried the srh 500 linebaugh and my trusty ithaca.We had a windy day that had gust up to 35 mph.My main ladderstand is 20 ft high to a cherry tree so my rearend was puckering all morning and in afternoon decided take a chair and hunt from ground with the handgun but didn't see nothing.
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Some of you might remember my friend jeff from hog hunt.I have him set up in a spot with short shots perfect for him to get his first handgun kill.he is using my old redhawk 44mag.and his son is in his first year deer hunting also but not with handgun yet but good news here is we let him shoot my 41 mag with ultradot about 40 yards his 2 shots were about 1-2 inch apart.he wouldn't try 44 i thing he things it will kick too much but he is ready he just don't know it yet.

good luck to everyone for the openers and season

Thanks, TBEAR!

I have an invite to hunt in MS this year and plan on going.

Are you from there?

I hunted yesterday in TN. I had the Model 57 in its shoulder holster and a .30-06 in my lap and was ready but no deer showed up on my side of the place. They did however where my guest was hunting and he got three..

All I saw were a couple hundred crows that chose to keep me company all morning. When I realized I would not be seeing any deer, I seriously considered trying to pick a crow off in the corn field at 300 yards with my rifle just to see if I could do it.

Shack, yes, I live near Jackson.

Things are going really well for the deer. So far I have not seen anything other a few squirrels. The season is new though.

Sorry the deer ain't co-operating Hitman,but squirrels are good eatin too!

The closest we got was this evening when my six year old and I were coming out of the woods. We jumped several that were at the edge of a field.

Oh well, that's hunting for you. Cottonstalk, I think the .375 JDJ is a bit much for squirrel; but you are correct, they are good eating.

MS, I was hunting down near Woodville/St Francisville area this weekend. Lotta deer moving Sat morning and Evening. Practically nothing this morning and I only heard 2 or 3 shots in the distance all morning so it wasn't just me not seeing anything .

My 14" 7-30 Waters Contender had to sit out this weekend because of some misfiring problems. Got a new hammer spring though which I'm pretty sure will fix it right up for next weekend otherwise it will be the 357 Max carbine again.

TC260,

I grew up in Natchez. Good luck with the hammer spring. Gotta watch kids for a couple of days, but the weather is crazy this week anyway. Not to mention that four letter word "work" that gets in the way of hunting.

All the best