Originally 25+ years back I got into MLing to get a extra 9 days to hunt deer. Being out there when just about all the other shotgun hunters had put away there guns for the season and having the whole woods to myself and be able to hunt without pressure did it for me.
Back then it was patch and round ball only with no scopes, I bought a 50cal Dixe Gun Works Poor Boy some 3F Goex and hit the target. I got real good and had it sighted in, late MLing season came and I got my first MLer Buck, a 6pt, I was hooked for life.
Today I get all the thrill out of MLing from the fact that I only have one shot, I load it and pick what it shoots the best and take my one and only best shot. I have never had the smoke clear and not have a deer on the ground after it. I get a thrill knowing when my buddys hear me shoot they know I got one, there's no question in there minds about that.
I hunt with my MLer through our Rifle Season and with it in Late MLing Season, it's the only thing I use for hunting, why would anyone need anything else or more than one shot. My buddys used to think I was nuts to only use a MLer, but now they just know that Im not handicapped in the least.
MLing has taught me diciplin, patience and respect, I cant pick just one thing I like about MLing, I like it all.
(BP)