My first Excursion with ML
10-07-2015, 05:47 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Onslow County, NC
Posts: 1,856
My first Excursion with ML
This weekend will be my first excursion into the woods with a muzzle loader so I am a little excited at this moment, something new and something I have been wanting to try. Never hunted with one so will be using my fathers since can't get out due to work load being behind from the rain this past week.
Anyone else get this excited for things like this?
Anyone else get this excited for things like this?
10-07-2015, 06:15 AM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
Anyone else get this excited for things like this?
Good luck on the hunt.
10-07-2015, 06:33 AM
#3
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
I think excitement is in all of us. If not, why go. The first time I actually solo hunted with my .54 caliber Renegade and roundball I was so excited the night before I must have checked that rifle and my possible bag ten times. And then when I actually got to shoot ... well I know we all say we don't like to kill anything, but let me tell you I was thrilled that I hunted hard, got so close to a doe, and actually made the shot. Well .... Good luck on your hunt.
10-07-2015, 08:42 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,695
Salty, I've always said, "when I stop getting excited for the hunt is when I stop hunting". It matters not what weapon I am using. I get a little more excited when I travel out with my traditional archery equipment than anything else I guess.
10-07-2015, 09:09 AM
#5
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
Posts: 11,703
This weekend will be my first excursion into the woods with a muzzle loader so I am a little excited at this moment, something new and something I have been wanting to try. Never hunted with one so will be using my fathers since can't get out due to work load being behind from the rain this past week.
Anyone else get this excited for things like this?
Anyone else get this excited for things like this?
10-07-2015, 09:53 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: VA.
Posts: 1,415
Taught a friend of mine that always hunted w/a Rem 870 how to use an inline and helped him purchase his first gun. He still used his 870 on occasion, but it was like the BP inline was his new best friend. I understand the newness quotient. Good luck and have a great time.
10-07-2015, 04:07 PM
#9
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,746
I don't get excited per se. But I am full of anticipation. Going out and sitting and soaking up nature is a form of solace for me. It calms and relaxes me from the every day calamity. What really gets my blood pumping is when I see that first animal of the year approaching and every one after that. Whether I'm going to shoot at it or not. That's what I like.
