View Poll Results: Average age of muzzleloader shooter
Under 20
0
0%
20 to 34
12
13.79%
35 to 49
25
28.74%
50 to 64
38
43.68%
65 and older
12
13.79%
Voters: 87. You may not vote on this poll
average age of muzzleloder shooter
02-22-2012, 10:58 AM
#22
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
Well I never got into muzzleloading to extend my season. When I started using a muzzleloader there was no muzzleloader season. Center fire or modern season was too boring. I'd sit in my stand with my 30-06 or 7mm Remington Mag, the deer would cross the field, I'd pick out a nice one, shoot it, and go home. I changed over to a .54 caliber Renegade (my first muzzle loader and still one of my favorites) and things sure changed. I really had to hunt after that.
I currently have way too many muzzleloaders. More then a person needs. but I have sold a few recently and give some away. So I am starting to get better.
I currently have way too many muzzleloaders. More then a person needs. but I have sold a few recently and give some away. So I am starting to get better.
02-22-2012, 11:09 AM
#24
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Maryland
Posts: 601
41...........Dad bought me my first at the ripe age of 13. Still have it a T/C Renegade. Stopped centerfire hunting a long time ago. Used just the bow for many years and put the smoke poles back in the mix around 2004. But even this year only took out the Encore 2 days out of over 40 in the woods.
02-22-2012, 11:49 AM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: IA/WI/IL
Posts: 1,482
I am 26, sounds like one of the younger ones here. I have hunted with a muzzleloader every year since I was 14 when I shot my first muzzleloader deer and currently own 3. Around here "gun hunting" generally means toting a shotgun into the woods but I always have been a muzzleloader guy so far....
02-22-2012, 12:36 PM
#27
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
Lately, I have to spot and stalk just to see a deer. The days of sitting all day on a comfortable chair is over. And I have no idea how fast a person heals, but if I have to get my knee replaced.. I might have to sit a season out completely.
I hear you recover from knee replacement real quick. I hope so I just ordered ten logger cord of maple wood for my wood stoves.
02-22-2012, 12:58 PM
#29
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Anne Arrundle County, Maryland
Posts: 1,672
I would rather not divulge personal information such as my age on the internet, but, I ordered my first muzzle loader about 26 years ago. It was a cannon. For some reason shooting that thing was such a thrill I told my wife I wanted to try shooting a muzzle loader rifle. That Christmas there was a .50 caliber Thompson Center Hawkins kit and a .32 caliber CVA Pioneer pistol kit under the tree. I'm afraid there has been no turning back from there. Damn that canon! I should take it out and shoot it some time. I did vote my age group on the poll though.
