RE: how fardo you shoot a muzzleloader
Why is it that all the world cares about anymore is how far they can shoot and how one gun is a better killer than another. Blackpowder is another area of hunting that went wrong. When black powder season first started, what was everyones gun of choice?? CVA Hawkens, Lyman Great Plains, Kentucky's?? And you only had them for fun to begin with. Open sights, wood stock. If you were really advanced, you had pre-measured powder and maxi-balls. Show up with some of that gear and see the looks you get. Now we've got BDC scopes, in-lines, electronic ignition rifles, and good gosh what else? Now we've got to know what to do to stretch it out another 50 yards.
I swear, hunters are like golfers. Put an ad on the TV that says Driver X will go another 25 yards and every jacka$$ will be in line to get one. Doesn't matter that they suck at every other aspect of the game. Everyone wants to tell the big story. I shot my deer at 400 yards, I can hit my driver over 300 yards. Well, they both can kiss my a$$. I've never walked out of the woodsor off the golf course dissapointed, regardless of the outcome.
Im just thankful that Im one of the few left that actually knows what hunting is all about...