today was sunday and i was off....had nothing to do......no work or anything....but i know i had to sight in the flinter and find a spot to hunt in octobers doe season for muzzleloaders......so i did it all today....got to my buddys farm and i bought a delta printed deer target.....pretty realistic except a little on the small side...but it was in the shape of a deer and looked like one other then the size....i wanted to shoot that to build confidance and everything....anyone can shoot groups....but when it comes to putting it on a deer with iron sights i wanted to be sure...now i am....my first 2 shots were lower then my poa..and my sights were maxed out...i was shooting 90gr of 2fg goex...so i knew the book says i can goto 110 or so safely....so i went up to 100gr and it brought it up perfectly.....and i kept putting my shots in the lungs of my wanna be deer....range was 50ish yds....i walked it out in the field where i thought my farthest shot would be.....and shot closer and farther then that too.....then i put a milk jug filled with water out there just ot see waht the 350gr maxi hunters will do.....i expected alot...but thats not what i go......my godness....it EXPLODED.....i found pieces all over the field.....my friend filmed it with his camera phone....its GREAT.....like 10 ft was sprayed when it exploded.....and it was left in pieces......i cant imagine what its going to do to a deer......wow......350gr maxihunter pushed by 100gr of 2fg goex....thats my deadly load.......i think its going to be a littttttle tooooo deadly......but thats what i want.....a dead deer in its tracks or a big trail to follow up on......i dont care what kinda deer it is its not going far with the holes these things are going to leave and the shock its going to produce....thats why the milk jug exploded was from the shock of something so big hitting like that.......i am impressed and cant wait to test them on a live deer......i also found my spot today.....should be one of them spots that you dont have to sit there long to see deer.....and if you do sit long your going to see them all day....im at the base of a finger of woods that goes into fields.....like...the finger goes up and gets thin and comes to a point of woods and has fields on both sides...corn and hay....and the finger goes down into a decint sized set of woods....not huger but theres some woods.....and a creek bottom....im sitting where the woods and the finger join...theres also apples and acorns everywehre....and the deer use the finger to travel to and from the fields...and another trail runs along the ridge above teh creek.....cant wait....everyone ready???? oct 16th....i plan to tell a good story!