First Round Ball Hunt and First ROund Ball Deer

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11-07-2008, 06:17 PM

#11

falcon

Boone & Crockett

Join Date: Mar 2007

Location: Comance county, OK

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RE: First Round Ball Hunt and First ROund Ball Deer

Congrats on the nice deer. Doing it the old fashioned way worked well for you.

11-07-2008, 06:31 PM

#12

thumper50

Fork Horn

Join Date: Nov 2007

Location: michigan

Posts: 373

RE: First Round Ball Hunt and First ROund Ball Deer

Ya done good PILGRIM!!. Excellent shootin', great patience in waiting for the good shot

11-08-2008, 01:26 PM

#13

kodiakhuntmaster

Nontypical Buck

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Gleason, TN

Posts: 1,327

RE: First Round Ball Hunt and First ROund Ball Deer

That's awesome man! Congrats! Round balls sure do the job!

11-08-2008, 05:15 PM

#14

oldsmellhound

Nontypical Buck

Join Date: Nov 2005

Location: Illinois

Posts: 1,482

RE: First Round Ball Hunt and First ROund Ball Deer

Great story! These kind of stories make me want to get into traditional BP hunting- maybe someday...

11-09-2008, 07:00 AM

#15

bronko22000

Boone & Crockett

Join Date: Jan 2004

Location: Eastern PA

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RE: First Round Ball Hunt and First ROund Ball Deer

Congrats Yak - I know that barrel can shoot. Just wondering why you didn't use the loadon the target I sent you with the barrel. I believe it was 80 gr of Pyrodex RS, felt wad, and PRB.
Its hard to believe the Triple 7 shot better. But you sure can't argue with your results.

11-09-2008, 12:55 PM

#16

spaniel

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RE: First Round Ball Hunt and First ROund Ball Deer

Nice hunt....if I was going to shoot RBs I'd shoot a .54 too. Several hundred years of use prove they are up to the task within reasonable ranges.

11-09-2008, 02:23 PM

#17

yakfisher

Fork Horn

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Join Date: Oct 2005

Location: Georgia

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RE: First Round Ball Hunt and First ROund Ball Deer

Thanks for all of the kudo's guys. I really enjoyed harvesting this deer with the 54 cal RB. I can't wait to take one with my new 54 cal Lyman GPR flinter. I am taking it to the range this Saturday. I will post the results.