Christmas Eve Deer Hunt 2017... The 30-30 Speaks

Finally gave the old Marlin a chance to do its work and shot this young doe here at home just in time for Christmas.

[@bradlyhunt7240]

30-30, perfect woods gun especially in lever action and it hits like a brick within 200yrds. Good shot.

[@hunterhuntsbowhunting7850]

That's what I got I'm going in and hour with it

[@josephgalante935]

Absolutely agree some people rip on them cause their old and not the best ballistics but it’s proven and has taken the most white tail I love my marlin 30-30

[@jrdeckard3317]

Round nose 170-grain soft points, out of my Model 94, have never let me down.

[@docholliday4206]

30-30 one of the best deer rifles

[@kingstondouglas3488]

i guess Im pretty off topic but does anyone know a good website to watch new movies online ?

[@derrickkayson9467]

@Kingston Douglas lately I have been using FlixZone. You can find it by googling =)

[@koleemerson1859]

@Kingston Douglas i use FlixZone. Just search on google for it :)

[@rickyjohnny8452]

@Kingston Douglas try Flixzone. You can find it by googling :)

[@randallbilly1122]

@Kingston Douglas i would suggest flixzone. Just google for it =)

[@jim8433]

My first deer was with a 30 30 only gun I will use since then

[@WHOTEEWHO]

this season in TN has been slow for me as well. I have not had as much time to hunt, and we have had much warmer weather than normal

[@Prairie7777]

I'll tell you what. That doe gave a brand new meaning to word "CRASH"! She hit like a ton of bricks! The old 30-30 does it again. Been doing it for well over a hundred years and still doin' it now. Good job brother. Fresh backstrap. OH YEAH!!!

[@SilverFoxElements]

Hell yeah brother 30/30 family great video

[@fdmackey3666]

The .35 Remington, .32 Winchester special, and the good old .30-30 can bring home the venison today as in yesteryear as long as the hunter, in this case you, does his or her part....But that goes for ANY caliber I don't care how whiz bang modern it is....And you did it right! Congratulations!

[@paulmaclennan9063]

Your videos always make me feel like I am right beside you in the action. They are awesome! Merry Christmas! Keep the videos coming!

[@SHANEO1976]

30 30 never fails love mine!

[@averageordinaryguy312]

Man, just love all your videos. You're an ethical hunter and usually have some useful tips and suggestions. Lots of deer have been taken with those ol 30-30s but I really like your bowhunts the best. Best of with the remainder of your season.

[@noahbergman19]

My first deer was with my 1967 marlin 30-30 freehand at 150yards

[@trophybowhunter1]

Your videos just keep getting better and better. I'm about to start vlogging my hunts and you've helped me out a bunch already.

[@JamieMG]

Hahaaaa!! That was awesome.Loved the sound of the bullet 'thump' when it hit her,Thanks for sharing

[@mikes.6985]

There's nothing like putting the smackdown on a deer/hog with a 30-30. One of the best and under rated bullets out there.

[@blaws6684]

Deer with a 30/30. Don’t knock it until you FRY one :)

[@thebowyerman]

Another great video. Been waiting on this one for a while. Hope you’re feeling better. Merry Christmas.

[@ThisOldYota]

Great video and the 30-30 is always a great gun in the field. Happy holidays

[@russellscara7684]

enjoy your vids, thanksfor putting the extra effort it takes

[@csitech7245]

Christmas eve has always been good to me. Yesterday was a drizzly, overcast day at my farm and a nice 10 point I have alot of history with came into my stand at 7:30am. Dropped him in his tracks. Great video!

[@CatmanOutdoors]

Hard to beat that, congrats

[@jasonkovach7213]

Great video as always. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Enjoy the fresh back strap.

[@mikerichards1498]

Thank you my friend for a fantastic video. You should have some tender venison for the holidays. Keep up the good work. Merry Christmas to you and the family.

[@Larry-tl6vw]

Great shot….open sights 30-30…..good job !!

[@YankeeWoodcraft]

That was a beautiful thing right there. Nice shot.

[@juddbrock4427]

Merry Christmas man. No the feeling of having to work more than hunt.

[@chriscosby51]

Nice meat and good shot always fun to give the old guns a chance to speak awesome video

[@charleskittler4330]

Great to have some new video !!!!

[@1972davidt]

Great shootin' Catman! Congrats on the doe. It was cool that you could hear the bullet impact in the slow motion at the end. Merry CHRISTmas to you and your family too!

[@chadmichael210]

nice shot I love my 30.30 marlin

[@OutdoorMishaps]

Good video! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@shortbuspimp]

Great shot. Animal went down quickly

[@Crashe62]

Good to see a new video. Was wondering . . .

[@bcpfarmandtrucking6560]

How long is your hunting season? Mine is from Nov 20 to Dec 2nd only.

[@anthonykrepps1624]

Nice man I got my first today with my Christmas gift a Remington 700 308

[@ya13ya03]

Congrats and merry Christmas

[@williamkolis1567]

Love your videos

[@IamCarGuyTony1]

Nice shot. Hello from Wa State

[@carlsnow2342]

congrats and happy holidays

[@adamparsons1725]

I feel inspired to break out my Great Uncle's .32 Win! Shes a BEAUTY so havent tried it out//Feel like it would be a fairly good way to honor him! He killed the biggest buck I have ever saw with this Riffle...maybe even a Good Luck charm. Thanks again for the Videos

[@liftedninja1607]

It would be the best way to honor him. Keep it in mind and I hope you a fill tag with it.

[@adamparsons1725]

@@liftedninja1607 Thank you for the encouragement!!! This is the TIME! Luckily for me, I bought 2 boxes of Hornady's Leverevolution Ammo! With the soft tipped Speer Points! Been practicing, and 150yrds...DEAD DEER! These loads DEMOLISH Milk Jugs at that range....almost Twice the damage/visuals as Standard Round Nose bullets!!!!! DAMN I MISS THAT FELLER!!!!

[@shannonlynn71234]

Good eatin there buddy. Merry Christmas!

[@dannyhester8673]

I love my 30-30. What is your yardage do you have it zeroed in at ?

[@CatmanOutdoors]

100 yards, just recently zeroed it with a Nikon scope to replace the old Tasco

[@christianjh3376]

Could you do a vid on basic skinning/gutting? Always good to see different ways of doing it by different hunters.

[@x2cupthegamer296]

Christian JH yea

[@gerardosalazar1799]

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[@qmcret.6163]

Backstrap for Christmas Dinner. It really doesn't get much better than that.

[@budman1181]

Merry Christmas Catman 🌲

[@BubbaRountree]

Big Ole Nanny!! Great hunt!

[@booutdoors]

Nice video hoping to get one this after noon

[@TheOutdoorsman]

Nice video! Fresh loin for Christmas dinner!

[@redneck1335]

Nice kill I hunt with a 3030 as well it’s pretty good it is always underestimated

[@rugerfarming2529]

was it a button buck just wondering it kind of acted like one

[@rockylockwood432]

Awesome video man your a help of a hunter

[@rockylockwood432]

Hell

[@bmorsh]

Took a 7 pointer (probably 2.5+ years old) last day of gun season, muzzleloader, mid December. 85 yards. Had 3 seconds to decide, aim and take the game. Got it through the lungs and cut off the spine. Didn’t move. I’m thinking of getting a .30-30 for the woods. But also thinking .45-70. I have a .25-06 as my primary deer rifle, the muzzleloader is just backup in case I get into late season. I do archery too, but prefer gun if I can. I need a brush gun. Usually use 00B for brush but then distance is limited. Thoughts, your opinion on .45-70 vs .30-30 for brush.

[@josephgalante935]

I would go with 30-30 still a great amount of power and cheaper ammo as well. .45-70 is gonna ruin more meat for sure

[@lukesizemore542]

Merry Christmas Catman Outdoors!!!

[@jeremymcclanahan2389]

Nice video... awesome camera work to get the drop on film

[@miket12550]

Enjoy the venison and Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@williamwilliams7706]

We can't hunt with a rifle in Southern Illinois, yet. I like my muzzle loader though, I harvested plenty of deer with it to date.

[@urbanredneck968]

Nice shot. Gotta love whackin' a deer with a .30-30. Merry Christmas.

[@parkerhall4563]

Love hunting

[@NoMissOutdoors]

Nice quartering toward shot!

[@bobjones2460]

Do you have the Marlin 336 w or c?

[@easttexan2933]

Catman that was an excellent self filmed hunt/kill. Good shooting. Happy New years to you and your family.

[@barrybennett7629]

Thanks for sharing nice video.Have u ever tried the Honady Leverevolution? I have had great success with th 165 grain in my 30-30

[@davidmaxey656]

I was wondering about the performance of that ammo.

[@mattconn4700]

@@davidmaxey656 the ammo is amazing.. got a doe today out of my 3030.. she didn't go far at all

[@75thshootist]

Nice shot, and good hunt catman

[@Lukelow]

Hunting in my back yard has always been a dream. Sucks I live in the cities lol Great hunt

[@porkchopspapi5757]

LILO Luke Tell me about it. Imagine your fresh food walking up to you.

[@georgiadeerhunting8337]

Porkchop's Papi ikr

[@gregoryhunts3006]

Great job.. Man this was the first year in 29 yrs I was unable to hunt at all. 2 weeks before bow season opened I cut all the nerves and tendons in my middle finger on my right hand doing dishes and had major surgery to repair em.. Man I could use a deer right now.. Im finally back to shooting my bow and gun so I guess ill just have to plug a few coyotes since it's all that's open now here in Wisconsin. .

[@josephdemkovich7552]

Merry Christmas, what state do you hunt in?

[@CatmanOutdoors]

Tennessee

[@pureevil823]

Now that's ideal .... walk out your backdoor and bag some doe meat !!! Awesome ...... Merry Christmas

[@socooutdoors6846]

What county do you live in.... I live in Giles county Tennessee

[@WHOTEEWHO]

a friend of mine just took a huge buck from Giles County. I am not far from there

[@jeffamckee]

Cool video! I love my 30/30. It was the first gun that my Dad bought for me when I was about 12-13 years old. But once I shot a deer with a .308, and tasted of the goodness of watching them drop in their tracks or go less than 10 yards, the 30/30 became the gun safe queen. One of the last deer that I shot with the 30/30 was an awesome broadside shoulder shot. We tracked it about 5/8 of a mile and it was still alive. .308 turns lungs into cottage cheese.

[@CatmanOutdoors]

I shoot 150 grain soft tip bullets out of both my 30-30 and .308. Both 30 caliber bullets, the 308 shoots about 430 fps faster, but those flat nose 30-30 bullets punch them hard. I've dropped a few in their tracks but usually go for heart or double lungs and they never run far.

[@johnnythroatpokes8079]

Jeffrey McKee I want a 30-30 but I only have a 20 gage but I might be able to use my grandpas SKS this year

[@jackpinebadger268]

Yep. The .30-30 can drop 'em in their tracks too. And not damage as much meat as the high-velocity rifles. Super easy to carry, fast on target, and even most economical ammo... I'm a great fan of the .30-30. Incidentally, many a record buck has been harvested by it. Witness the Breen, the King, etc.

[@keithjackson627]

270win is were it at

[@usa-rb5fi]

Most of the deer I've shot with .30-30 dropped in their tracks, longest one ran about 100 yards but that was poor shot placement on my part.

[@lukegarrett2951]

Merry Christmas catman to you and ur family

[@jameswalker9604]

Good times

[@orlandodizo5097]

Good shot for a great deer gun!

[@christinacrawn2576]

I hunt with the 3030 to

[@suburbanbackwoodsentertain4060]

getting buck fever just watching this

[@shanekunkelman2902]

What camera do you use for filming?

[@CatmanOutdoors]

Main camera right now is a Panasonic WXF991 with a Rode VideoMic Stereo Pro

[@skyking4501]

Good shot!!

[@brentyoung7655]

Merry Christmas enjoy GODS gift to you

[@daphnijohnson478]

👍

[@christinacrawn2576]

Your video was cool but what do you mean how's that foot taste????

[@davidmaxey656]

What's your ammo of choice

[@mattconn4700]

For 3030 horndey ftx

[@reesefredrickson2342]

What do you do with all that meat?

[@landenweaver420]

Reese Fredrickson eat it

[@CatmanOutdoors]

Mostly steak and jerky for this one... might try and smoke the shoulder and see how that turns out.

[@CD19755]

Carman.... the easiest way I've found to smoke a shoulder is getting an aluminum pan, putting a layer of onions in the bottom, put in the shoulder and season it with Cajun seasoning. Put onions on top of that then put a small bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce on top and cover in foil. Smoke at 275 for about 4.5 hours. Get some APPLE WOOD chunks and soak them until the water is the color of apple juice. After about 3 hours, take aluminum foil off and add the apple wood to fire for smoke for the last 1.5 hours. It's AMAZING!

[@Larry-tl6vw]

I always try Hamburg, steaks from the back straps, jerky, breakfast sausage….

[@WillBuryU]

I am just curious. Why do everyone that shoots a Deer in broad daylight always shows them picking up the deer at dark? Not being facetious I am serious. Every Deer I've ever Harvested was shot in daylight, found in daylight and photo taken in daylight. Am I missing something? I always wait about 30 minutes after I hear the crash down and then I track it as fast as possible because I am afaid of the Bears and Yotes (Maybe an occasional Bigfoot) taking it, or the meat going bad.

[@nolantate9867]

Catman doing work with the ole workhorse.

[@dannystephens7246]

Here in Northwest Missouri we have coyotes bigger than that deer! I use an old H&R Model 158 single shot with a old 4X Weaver scope on it sighted in for 100 yards and this rifle is a tack driver. Using 170 grain Hornady SST ballistic tips that I handload and the deer just drop in their tracks. My son's always made fun of me for using that rifle ( old fat man with a little gun ) but the old fat man was always the first one dragging out a deer with a clean head or heart shot. Anybody who say's a 30-30 isn't big enough is an idiot. I know a lot of deer that would tell you different!

[@thelouster680]

Nice

[@nativepride187]

Nice doe

[@jagerrepublik3536]

I use 30-30 for hunting because it is cheap and very available

[@tylerertley5169]

Jäger Republik i’m getting the henry golden boy 30-30 next week and I’m excited!!

[@DiscoverObjay]

Tyler Ertley beauty of a rifle

[@terrymcclendon8715]

Have you killed any big bucks with the 30 30 yet ?

[@cjwashingtonjr1]

Whitetail 👀

[@peytonrowe8162]

243 270 30/06 7mm best deer rifles

[@jessemccollum4866]

Good kill

[@001fishman]

Kind of looks like you forgot your orange bud

[@julian3662]

001fishman he's got an orange hat on?

[@001fishman]

Julian that's not enough in TN

[@skeetmcpeet409]

he said it was in his backyard, so he probably doesn't have to worry!

[@001fishman]

skeet mcpeet still against the regs

[@CatmanOutdoors]

I had a hat and vest on. The jacket has a large collar so you couldn't see it in the video

[@CD19755]

Another outstanding hunt buddy! Hope you had a great Christmas and a prosperous New Year to come. If you have time, please look me up on Facebook. My name is Criss Dougherty. Message me please! I'd like to pick your brain about some of your hunting tactics, as I hunt a place in North East Texas that's much like what you hunt there and I used to hunt in Kentucky, BUT I can't seem to pattern deer in pines...

[@tracishoults5852]

scare them away

[@brotherhood_ofstreetracers4268]

I dont understand why my air rifle drops them harder than this

[@robcraft1373]

Good shot!!