Darn that makes my 2 consecutive Muzzloading seasons with a deer no where near as prestigious. My group calls me Mr. December 26.
Well your percentage is only going to drop. Are you shooting patched ball, bullet or sabot? It is definetly a lot of fun experiencing the PFFFFTT Boom of the smoke stick.

I can't agree with you more about the strange things Muzzleloading with being a lot like archery sometimes. Lots of tracking and follow up needed on shots. My First one ran about a quarter mile bleeding tons and the other had no blood till it fell over 40 yards from my stand. And another one my brother in law hit hard through lungs ran over a mile. We were glad for snow that day. Congrats