First muzzle Loader deer....

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Well, I got into black powder shooting this year after talking about doing it for many years. Bought a .45 flinter, 54 percussion and a Traditions inline .50 so far. Finally bagged a 5 point buck tonight with the scoped Traditions inline .50 firing a home cast 240 grain .45 caliber lead bullet, T/C black sabot and 80 grains of 777. We just had a nasty snow storm and I spent the day watching the trails faithfully. He made me wait until the last 10 minutes of shooting light which made a very long day but it was worth the wait. Not a massive deer by any means, but it will be prime eating. I just love all these blackpowder guns, but hunting from a stand I have been using my scoped .50 due to the range of the shot's I'd have to take and usually the deer travelled through just before dark, so the scope is a big bonus giving me a few extra minutes of comfortable shooting time. I'd have been hard pressed to bag this fellow without the scoped in line this evening as I had to thread a shot through a narrow opening between him and me and it was starting to get shady.
Wow! That big piece of lead sure knocked this guy down in a hurry. Shot him just behind the fore shoulder and he never went 20 yards. Any other "blackpowder virgins" getting deer lately? I'd love to see some other success stories.
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Al
 
Very nice. My first muzzle loader hunt didn't go that well.

It was several years ago and I missed. Could have taken another shot if I had a bolt action with me but thems the breaks with a front stuffer.

There's nothing quite like looking through a cloud of smoke to see if your target dropped.

Cheers and good eats.
 
Thanks guys. You're so right. It is pretty cool trying to see through the smoke to see what happened to the deer. I couldn't see a darned thing and when it finally cleared he was nowhere to be seen. The snow made for very easy tracking too and he never went very far at all. Scott, you gotta get iinto muzzle loaders! They are a real riot! I own a pile of guns but I enjoy shooting the front stuffers more than anything I ever owned before. I was out hunting a lot this season and could have shot many does, but this was the first buck I saw while carrying the muzzle loader. I am blessed to have hundreds of acres to hunt on right in my back yard and we usually manage to have a succesful season. It helps being self employed and working at home. I get to take a few hours off every day to hunt if I go to work real early in the morning. We have 4 tags in the house this year and have filled 3. A spike horn, a 5 pointer and a doe. I think we'll stop hunting now as we have loads of deer meat in the freezer. It's been an awesome deer season for us.
Al
 
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