Another "took my 1st ML deer" thread!
12-11-2006, 08:03 AM
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Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Michigander in MA
Posts: 88
Another "took my 1st ML deer" thread!
The ML I ordered didn't arrive before the weekend, but my buddy had 2 and was able to borrow a 3rd for three of us to hunton Sat. We didn't see anything all morning, sowe decided to push the block of woods we werehunting (~15 acres on a couplehundred of farm land). Three does popped up and ran into the field about 125 yds. from me on the other side of a thin tree line and stopped. The middle guy shot and appeared to have missed, then they started trotting across and away from me when I shot and dropped one. Ended up being a lung shot (purely luck!)!
The gun was a CVA "something" (bolt action)with blued barrel and 9 power scope pushing 100 gr. ofPyrodex and a Hornady sabot round (not sure on the bullet size). Some speak poorly ofBPI/CVA but that's the longest shotI've ever taken at a deer and actually hit it! I'm eager to get mystainless APEX!
I think the high light of the day was when my 2 self-admitted redneck buddies helped me tieitto the top of my VW station wagon (they call it the "Kraut Wagon"). I'm a little anal about keeping my car clean and maintained,so they thought it was a hoot that Itied a bloody dead animal to the top. Hey, I had to get herhome somehow!!!
The gun was a CVA "something" (bolt action)with blued barrel and 9 power scope pushing 100 gr. ofPyrodex and a Hornady sabot round (not sure on the bullet size). Some speak poorly ofBPI/CVA but that's the longest shotI've ever taken at a deer and actually hit it! I'm eager to get mystainless APEX!
I think the high light of the day was when my 2 self-admitted redneck buddies helped me tieitto the top of my VW station wagon (they call it the "Kraut Wagon"). I'm a little anal about keeping my car clean and maintained,so they thought it was a hoot that Itied a bloody dead animal to the top. Hey, I had to get herhome somehow!!!
12-11-2006, 08:14 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Posts: 1,470
RE: Another "took my 1st ML deer" thread!
Congratulations! You'll be making many more great muzzleloading memories in the future. It's good toread you havefriend introducing others to ML hunting, to includealready ready to shoot rifles and loads for them. Superb. Next year, it will be your Apex. I've got one coming too. Look forward to your posts regarding it.
Your new rifle should be a nice one as well. So be sure and practice and
