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Extreme Cold! First Muzzleloader Kill

Old 01-21-2018, 11:17 AM
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We were crazy enough to brave the extremely cold temps during Ohio's muzzleloader season, and it paid off! I was able to avoid tag soup and the embarrassment of being the only "Woodsman" to not get a deer this year. This was my first muzzleloader kill and I used my Uncle's gun to do it because my dad was having trouble with the digital lock on his safe! It was a good thing though, because I wouldn't have taken this shot without a scope. Hope you enjoy the video!
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Old 01-21-2018, 01:04 PM
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I enjoyed the video.... well done but would be concerned about down range since there obviously is a road with traffic and what looks like a house light in the background. From what I can see it wouldn't be a set up I would use.
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Old 01-21-2018, 09:42 PM
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Definitely was a cold few days in the woods. I saw a few doe but nothing good.


I sold a cva staghorn that used #11 caps cause I just didn't trust it to go off.


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Old 01-22-2018, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Champlain Islander
I enjoyed the video.... well done but would be concerned about down range since there obviously is a road with traffic and what looks like a house light in the background. From what I can see it wouldn't be a set up I would use.
Thank you! There was a rural road to the right and where that car came is just a rural driveway. Horrible luck that they decided to pull down there driveway when they did. I know you can’t tell from the video but I was shooting into a valley and that driveway is actually up hill quite a bit. I was actually trying to wait for the car to pull out and drive away but in hindsight I could have waited a bit longer. Either way the valley affords quite a bit of protection! Thanks for the comment!
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Old 01-22-2018, 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Bocajnala
Definitely was a cold few days in the woods. I saw a few doe but nothing good.


I sold a cva staghorn that used #11 caps cause I just didn't trust it to go off.


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My buddy will definitely have that in the back of his mind from now on!
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Old 01-22-2018, 02:17 AM
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Heard this year around these parts about a lot of duds with one batch of #11. I don't remember the brand though since I don't hunt with #11 anymore. In all the years of ML hunting and shooting I only had it happen once and that was on the range after a mid shooting session cleaning. It was with a TC New Englander 54 using #11 caps and I didn't pop one off after cleaning before I reloaded. I must have had some solvent stuck in the nipple. Second cap and the shot went off. I don't hunt with that one anymore but like to shoot patch and ball out of it on the range.
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Old 01-23-2018, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Champlain Islander
Heard this year around these parts about a lot of duds with one batch of #11. I don't remember the brand though since I don't hunt with #11 anymore. In all the years of ML hunting and shooting I only had it happen once and that was on the range after a mid shooting session cleaning. It was with a TC New Englander 54 using #11 caps and I didn't pop one off after cleaning before I reloaded. I must have had some solvent stuck in the nipple. Second cap and the shot went off. I don't hunt with that one anymore but like to shoot patch and ball out of it on the range.
I think my buddy's issue was letting the gun change temps too much. He left it outside, but we got a bit of a warm snap between the brutally cold weekend and that next Tuesday, and he got condensation in there.
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Old 01-23-2018, 04:19 PM
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I feel for him. Now that he has had that failure wondering if and when that will happen again would drive me crazy. I'd be buying another gun. LOL
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