"But you owe it to the animal take only shots where you are CONFIDENT that you can make a good clean shot into the vitals resulting in the quickest, most humane death possible. Anything less if unacceptable."

Bingo!!! The cause of muzzleloader hunting is greatly hurt by advertising hype.Saw an ad in a hunting magazine where Hodgdon Power claims that two oftheir spiffy new Triple Seven Magnum pelletsare capable of propelling a bullet to more muzzle energy than a .30-06. This is total bull$&!). A 150 grain, .30 caliber bullet leaving the muzzle at 2,900 fps generates over 2,800 foot pounds of energy. The 250 grain SST bulletpushed by two TSM pellets generates less than 2,000 foot pounds of energy. Furthermore, the 150 grain bullet will retain thatenergy much better than theshort fat .45 caliber.

Two TSM pellets give a 250 grain Shockwave a velocity of 1,850 fps-the same as 100 grains of Pyrodex RS.Lots of newfolks are going to believeHodgdon's totally outrageous claim and try to shoot deer at very long rangesusing the magical new propellant.