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Originally Posted by cayugad
(Post 3840466)
When I hunted bear with my .54 caliber Renegade I used REAL bullets, but the twist allowed that. Although one day I just loaded up 90 grains and a roundball. I never found a good bear that year.. well I take that back, there was a sow and two cubs and she was a big sow, but that's a no no. And there was one little bear I could have shot but he was too small for what I wanted. We hunted over baits.
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Huntaway, flintlock or caplock, no difference in terms of muzzle energy. But I would surely be practicing with it first. The possibility of a hangfire is very real with a flinter compared to even a caplock. Even a slight delay may be enough to throw your sights off if you do not maintain the sight picture until it goes boom!
But that should not pose a problem if you have a good rest at your stand sight. Good luck to you. |
Originally Posted by bronko22000
(Post 3841109)
Huntaway, flintlock or caplock, no difference in terms of muzzle energy. But I would surely be practicing with it first. The possibility of a hangfire is very real with a flinter compared to even a caplock. Even a slight delay may be enough to throw your sights off if you do not maintain the sight picture until it goes boom!
But that should not pose a problem if you have a good rest at your stand sight. Good luck to you. Season opened today and I was there a'waiting..... but he didn't show today.  HA |
I am hunting bear and elk next weekend with my hawkens flintlock and round ball. As long as you are a decsent shot and don't have a bad finch you will be fine. I found that round balls shoot the best for me with that weapon with maxi balls coming in second. I never had any luck with sabots or powerbelts.
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Originally Posted by c-rad
(Post 3841697)
I am hunting bear and elk next weekend with my hawkens flintlock and round ball. As long as you are a decsent shot and don't have a bad finch you will be fine. I found that round balls shoot the best for me with that weapon with maxi balls coming in second. I never had any luck with sabots or powerbelts.
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I am hunting 511. Been seeing about 6 differents bears bears and a few bulls. I only have a cow tag though so hopefully a cow will come around. I hunt about 20 miles from my house so I don't need to camp that week.
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Well it isn't Ole Betsy that spoke this morning and it isn't really a ML'ing story per se, but I was carrying mine.:happy0001:
My young fella hadn't seen the picture above till last night. Well needless to say he wanted to sit in my stand, so being a great father   I let him have it. We went out at the crack of dawn this morning to try and beat the heat. A very foggy ride out there. We were all settled in by a little after 7. Him in MY stand and I in our wood stand. The chipmunks were having a hay day where I was. Around 9:40 KERBLAM!!!! I here the M77 Ruger .270 Roar!!!  YES!!!! The bugger shot my bear!!! LOL JOKING!!!! So any who, I'll let THE MOOSEMAN!!!! Tell his story! So I walked to the metal stand and got settled in a little after 7. It was pretty quiet besides a couple of chipmunks making some noise and some frogs jumping in the pond below me. At around 9:30 I saw the snout of the bear walking in. My safety came off and I started to get the shakes. She came in and got settled down right beside the feed. She sat facing right at me so I didn't have a good shot. The bear started chowing down on the food. I watched it a bit through the scope and a bit without. The bear kept looking around and smelling the air as if it knew something was up. A brave chipmunk decided to walk by the bear, and she didn't take to kindly to that. She gave a quick little pounce and the chipmunk was running off. The bear started to turn broad side to me. I tried to get steady aim by using my leg to rest my arm on but my leg was shaking so much that it actually made it worse. At 9:40 I put the gun up, found the spot and pulled the trigger. My ears were ringing as it stood up and was starting to get away. I tried reloading to get another shot on it but I was shaking so much that by the time I reloaded it was already in the bush. I sat and waited for about 5 minutes before I climbed down. I grabbed my casing and listened. I didn't hear another sound come out of the bear. At about 10 I heard the truck door shut and knew that my Dad was on his way. When he arrived he gave me a celebratory hug and I told him my story. We walked around the pond to where I shot the bear. There wasn’t any blood on the ground but the bear dropped just around 10 feet from where I shot it. We took some videos and pictures before we started gutting it. When we finished gutting it we tied it to the back pack so I could carry it to the truck. We got all of our stuff to the truck and then drove home. We took a few more pictures at home, took the hide off of it and then put into the freezer where it is now.   HA |
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