RE: Muzzleloaders
I shoot 50 cal. with 265 grain sabots. 90 gr.of pyrodex pellets. I used to shoot a TC hawkin until last year. Now I shoot a black diamond inline. My dad still shoots the hawkins with 100 gr. of 3-f and 290 gr in 54 cal.
It is just weird. They are all hit in the heart lung shoulder area. (even those hit elsewhere don't bleed much) Sometimes, you can see they are hit by the way they run or whatever but there is very little if any blood. This year, I shot one through the base of the neck with the inline and she dropped in her tracks. There was no blood where she lay. And I let her lay for about fifteen minutes until the other deer left without being spooked. NOT A DROP OF BLOOD. I thought there would be a pool under her. I think most of our shots pass through but leave nothing. Slugs from the shotgun, buckshot, and arrows leave huge amounts of blood. The ML often nothing. Just strange.
Greg