Extreme Cold! First Muzzleloader Kill
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Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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Extreme Cold! First Muzzleloader Kill
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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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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Spike
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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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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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Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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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.