1970's Deer Camp...

[cshold]

Jack O must have made his impact.
Nothing but side levers

[RIHMFIRE]

great pic.....I need to get into another hunt club!

[plowboy 45]

Good picture
Lots of firewood there

[6pt-sika]

I think all the years I bear and deer hunted the Poconos I only saw one other person then myself with a lever action . The crowd I hunted with all for the most part used bolt actions .

The first year I hunted up there was the first year for the 450 Marlin cartridge and I bear hunted that year with a Marlin 1895M in 450 Marlin . A couple years later during deer season I killed a buck with my REM Model 7 300 SAUM and the rest of the week I carried a marlin 336D 35 REM looking for a bear . Dunno about now but back when I hunted there for a few years the Poconos area had an additional bear season during the first week of deer season . Seems the weekenders up there wanted some of the bear gone so the state added a few extra days .

On the other hand there was an overabundance of PA Shuckamatics up there . Always the same Remington 760 06 with a 3-9 in See Thru mounts . I met several guys up there that owned a pair of them just alike , one for deer and the other for bear the only difference was the weight Remington Core Lokt they shot in them . Typically the ones I talked to told me 150 or 165 grain for deer and 180 or 200 grain for bear .

[fordwannabe]

Six pt it is pretty much the same, I believe I am the only hunter in Pa that doesn't own a 760 in 06. I have an excuse though.....I ain't from here originally. Never understood the need to carry a gun that rattles like an old half track but that's huntin in Pa. I have been offered many a 760 but I haven't bitten yet. Leaving them for the next generation you know.

[Booger Bill]

I happen to like both. My first center fire was a Winchester 94. Got it in about 1956 and still have it. I have about six levers. I inherited dads 760. It sat in the back of the safe for 10 years before I tried it out.
I was impressed. It`s accurate, in 30-06, light and fast handling and probably even faster on repeat shots than levers. I do like the looks of my levers better.

[cshold]

Six pt it is pretty much the same, I believe I am the only hunter in Pa that doesn't own a 760 in 06. I have an excuse though.....I ain't from here originally. Never understood the need to carry a gun that rattles like an old half track but that's huntin in Pa. I have been offered many a 760 but I haven't bitten yet. Leaving them for the next generation you know.

You're not the only PA. hunter that doesn't own a 760 in 06.
Though I will one day inherit my Dad's vintage 1964 at some point.
I've been a PA. Savage 99C user since I started hunting in 73.

[walks with gun]

Cool, I didn't know they had camera's back then let alone cartridge guns. LOL I started deer hunting back in 74. Seen a lot of variety of guns back then from antiques to Mil. surplus to the latest mag bolt gun, one thing they had in common was blued steel and walnut stocks.

[cshold]

1964 advertisement.

[cshold]

Cool, I didn't know they had camera's back then let alone cartridge guns. LOL I started deer hunting back in 74. Seen a lot of variety of guns back then from antiques to Mil. surplus to the latest mag bolt gun, one thing they had in common was blued steel and walnut stocks.

The 1973 deer camp camera.

[walks with gun]

I wanted a traditional 30-30 back in 74, but dad bought me a Remington 600 in .243, don't remember when they introduced the 600 series but kinda wishes I still had it now.

[6pt-sika]

I'm thinking if I ever hunt NE PA again I'll carry one of my 444's and my 6.5-06 up there .

[cshold]

I wanted a traditional 30-30 back in 74, but dad bought me a Remington 600 in .243, don't remember when they introduced the 600 series but kinda wishes I still had it now.

A good friend of mine growing up had a Remington Model 600 Mohawk in 6mm he did very well with.

[tman]

Back in the 1970's PENNA deer camps, the campfire topic was which one was the better hard woods mountain deer rifle, between the 71 Winchester .348 carbine and the Remington 760 3006 carbine I got both

[jeepnik]

I have to admit, except for one uncle, we all used bolt actions. I started with a right handed Remington in .243. This was a "family" rifle that just about all of us for two generations used as a starter gun.

When it was time to move to a 30-06, which is the only cartridge all but the aforementioned uncle used, I again went to Remington, but this time a southpaw version.

[Old Time Hunter]

Great pic!

Add some snow and it could be any one of the hunting cabins around my neck of the woods last November...clothes and all.

Our camp might have had one or two non lever guns instead of the other way around. Our group last deer hunting consisted of twelve guys...all carried a lever but one.

[6pt-sika]

Something I always thought woulda been good up there was a Remington 700 or 760 in 35 Whelen if you were a deer and bear chaser . I used a 700 in 35 Whelen a couple years and of course it did fine on VA white tails .

[Old Ironsights]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb9yhhflmvY