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    Calling in mountain/timber bucks

    To successfully call in mature bucks, it’s all about how you’re setup. You need to utilize the topography and/or foliage to your advantage. Think of it like turkey hunting for sight and also consider your wind direction. A mature buck will try to swing in down wind of you, so be looking down...
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    Single Shot Mountain Rifle Build: CVA Scout

    “Lightweight” is a relative term. For me personally, a 6-7# weight range rifle is “lightweight” and anything sub 6# is “Ultra Lightweight” in my opinion. - That’s hunt ready weight, not factory weight. I personally see no need for 4-5# hunting rifles, they don’t shoot as good in actual field...
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    Most accurate best value 6.5 Creedmoor

    Agreed. I’d put a CVA Scout up against any NEF/H&R rifle though. I’m unsure why the prices for the aforementioned brands seem to keep going up. For $500 I’d rather have a Sauer or save up for a Tikka/Rem700 action build The only single shot rifles I’d pay over $500 for would be Ruger #1’s or...
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    6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

    1/10 twist in the .243 is depressing to find out, but the 6.5 is still an “easy” shooter that’s accurate. I haven’t been in the market for another CVA Scout, so I’m not sure if the 6.5’s are still made in SS version or not. CVA used to make a .223 Scout in the “hunter” model… I’ve been...
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    Most accurate best value 6.5 Creedmoor

    CVA Scout 6.5CM I paid $315 for this gun and it shoots at/under 1” with my 140 BT hand loads. Trigger is great, super compact and relatively lightweight. My full setup weights around 7.5# with a pocket knife, 7 bullets and a flashlight in the stock pouch. Another nod for the Ruger American if...
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    Build components for lightweight rifle

    Get you a CVA Scout with an SWFA 3-9, or Trijicon Credo/Huron and go kill some stuff. Keep it simple. There’s a knife, 7 shells & flashlight in that stock pouch. Still a sub 8# setup. For an east coast whitetail hunter, I haven’t found anything more efficient.
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    6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

    They’re phenomenal little guns, especially for the price. I’d seriously consider the .243 CVA Scout or the 6.5 This gun has killed a truck load of deer and I haven’t owned it for very long.
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    6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

    6.5CM 140 Nosler BT handloads with Viht N555 & Lapua Brass & CCI 400’s Shot distance approximately 51 yards Travel distance approximately 33 yards Average deer distance traveled after the shot ; 33 yards with Nosler BT’s & Hornady ELDX’s All blood trails have been able to be trailed...
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    Realistic Shooting Distances

    Are you shooting freehand or braced off a bar, tree, sling etc?
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    Realistic Shooting Distances

    Thanks for the responses folks, keep them coming. To emphasize, I believe we all are trying to setup for that “perfect” 20-75 yard broadside shot right in front of us… Reality is we’re hunting wild animals that do wild things. Where I hunt in the Southeast, we’re either hunting thick woods...
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    Realistic Shooting Distances

    Thanks for the input guys. I’ve been a lifetime bow hunter, but more recently just due to interests and time constraints… have been getting into rifle hunting. I’ve been hunting more properties with cutovers, power-lines and gas-lines where the opportunity for a 300+ yard shot is a reality...
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    Realistic Shooting Distances

    As the title states, what is your self imposed shooting distance from a tree stand *with a rifle* Personally I prefer keeping shots inside of 150 yards, ideally sub 100 yards if I’m shooting “free hand” If I have a shooting bar, rest etc I’d feel comfortable out to 200-250 yards. That being...
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    "Anchoring" Shots

    No. I’ve taken 6 bucks over the last 3 seasons and the average distance they’ve ran was something like 33 yards. All shot with 6.5 CM, 5 with 140 Nosler BT’s, 1 Hornady ELD. Aiming just above the elbow, where the Heart & Lungs should meet. I’ve tracked deer shot “high shoulder” and typically...
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    Saddle versus Millenium M7

    No platform for the saddle? No matter how you look at it, most of the lighter weight “mobile” saddle/stand hunting setups will cost you some big $$$ new. Now used you can find some decent deals, but nothing like we had 5-10 years ago.. I wish I bought 5 sets of the LW climbing sticks when...
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    Saddle versus Millenium M7

    What’s the average saddle, platform, ropes, ascenders & carabiners cost? Don’t cherry pick some BS mass produced budget setups, either. Take out a loan… We work hard and invest in quality equipment that will last a long time.
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    Single Shot Break Action Rifle and Vertical Stringing

    Very interesting. I have a CVA Scout in 6.5, but have not shot it suppressed. With hand loads, I average around 1” at 100 with 5 shot groups. That being said, I’m curious if the barrel harmonics change with the suppressor & supers as the barrel begins to heat up? I did have an instance one...
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    New Deer Rifle- Need Opinions

    Sorry I thought I responded to you previously. That’s encouraging to hear. I was just plugging in some numbers into online calculators, I’ll have to see what this barrel produces MV wise.
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    New Deer Rifle- Need Opinions

    That’s what I’ll end up doing I believe. After the suppressor & large objective scope, I anticipate this rifle weighting over 11# but for my style of hunting… it’s a non-issue. I have a 7# rifle for when I’ll be more mobile anyways. “Mobile” for an average southern hunter might mean walking...
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    Optic Help

    The CVA Scout reigns king for a mobile style deer hunter, in my opinion. Most of my shots on deer are inside of 100 yards, I believe my average shot distance with a rifle on a whitetail over the last 4 seasons has been 33-35 yards, if memory serves me right. I also hunt with an 18” AR15 with...
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    Sold SWFA 3-9 SS LNIB

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