First Muzzleloader Buck
 

Got my CVA Accura V2 late last season and was lucky to harvest a doe with it, but no bucks. Tuesday the weather was cold here in VA and the farmer just harvested the soy bean crop so I went out and this buck came out at 97 yards. Made a bad shot because I used the cross hairs on my Nikon Inline XR which is set for 50 yards instead of the first bubble which is 100. Needless to say that 100 grns. of BH209 and the Hornady SST did the job. Not much tracking. He only went about 40 yards and the blood trail was unbelievable. Posting pics of entry and exit wounds.

Entry Wound
 

Exit Wound
 

very nice deer. Congratulations!! And that shockwave sure did its job. Excellent wound channel.

Congrats. I'm in VA too. Didn't see squat yesterday.

Nicely done rongcp. Nice buck, and no meat lost with that shot.

Yeah that was a low shot but you were lucky. And I'd rather be lucky than good anyday. Gongrats on a nice buck and some good eating.

Nice job. Yep, you got just enough of em... :D
I saw that buck up here one morning last week....except he didn't have brows. :D
He wandered around me for a while sniffing for does.

I'd set the crosshair at 100... then there is no issue with probably the vast majority of your shots. No need to have a 50 and 100, imo. Use the circles for longer ranges...shoot and see what your rifle dictates.

Great job!!

rongcp,

Nice job on your first buck with a muzzleloading rifle. If you get tired of hunting with a scoped inline and want to take hunting with a muzzleloading rifle into the challenging sport it should be, try a sidelock percussion rifle, or better yet, a flintlock rifle with a patched round ball or solid lead conical in either, depending on your rate of twist. I have several inlines with scopes, but they're in the cabinet growing old. I always felt as though I was hunting with a centerfire rifle when I hunted with them. Just my $.02...

BPS