Originally Posted by
MountainDevil54
Sounds to me like you are a weekend warrior just looking to extend the season rather than enjoy the true meaning behind muzzle loading.
Lots of guys like you buy flinters of sidelocks and say, Mine wouldnt shoot for crud! Well, after reading some responses, My take it you just don't want to take the time to learn.
MountainDevil54,
I'll try it again, although I'm not expecting much. This is about my granddaughter! Right now, I couldn't shoot a muzzleloader, or anything else but a crossbow, because the shoulder I dislocated in 1966 right before I got out of the Navy has turned into absolute junk. If I could somehow lift the rifle, the pain of the recoil would kinda take the fun out of it.
Oddly enough, I did have an opportunity during archery season. I went outside, and uphill from the house, about 60 yards away, were two deer. I could have gone into the house, sneaked around the side and up through the woods, and killed one of them. These are the deer that hang around here all the time, ignore the dogs, and ignore me when I'm mowing the grass 20 yards from them. I never did come to a decision as to whether or not this would have been an ethical harvest.
Is this your concept of a gamehog?
OldBob