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Nut

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This is the only day I got for muzzleloader season.
Well we left the house at 3:45 am EST after I was up all night. We arrived at the lease at the start of legal shooting time 7:20 am.
Met up with a couple other fellas and found out where they would be at and it worked out well for me. I went to exactly where I wanted to go for today. So I slowly still hunted toward the area,stopping and waiting. I then decided since the wind was right to take a shortcut. It was working out well. I found a place on the ridge that gave me a great view.BUT I then decided that this other tree was better. MISTAKE!.
As I got halfway the whiteflags started along with breaking branches. I bleated at them and they actually stopped about 70 yards away. However they were positioned to where I had no clear shot. So after a few more secs they left.
So After kicking myself a few times I watched a gray squirrel scamper about. I even had thoughts about taking a shot at 10 yards as he was watching me. The squirrel kept pestering me enough to where I started still hunting some more. Well I fianlly got about 90 yards away when I started hearing breaking branches at the top of the ridge above me. Couldnt see anything after it stopped a bit. So I slowly went some more. Breaking branches again. I slowly watched the area for a bit when I saw some movement. As I was making the thing out ,it coughed. It was a man. He also wasnt wearing any hunter orange. He was also watching me. WTF! He ticked me off. He was trespassing for one and not wearing orange to top it off. So I went up toward the ridge. The guy then took off over toward where the road is. Dang it.. He went downhill as I was going uphill so I never caught up with him to tell him that with some people they shoot before confirming the target.

Well that ended that at around 10:15 am

Met up with Vipe and then I went back to same area at noon.

Around 12:50 ,after almost falling asleep again, I caught movement and brown! It was a couple of deer. Both were does. But it didnt matter to me.
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So I waited until I had a clear broadside shot at around 60 yards on one. I aimed and fired! BOOOM! 50 caliber 350 grain maxiball propelled with 90 grains of Pryodex went at it. I look up from the smokepole and ...it is still standing and browsing like NOTHING happened.
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So what the heck I missed.....oops. So then the fun really started. As I watched the deer I was trying to reload the rifle. Now this is fun...try putting in powder with the shakes....and not being able to find the powder measure.... I actually accomplished it though . Then ramming the maxiball in with my bare hand because I couldnt find the short ramrod to start it. Then putting a percussion cap on after dropping two of them. Finally I was ready again...the deer was still there but no clear shot. Finally had a clear shot but it was the ass shot. I said to myself....not this time
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I tried grunting at them with a doe grunt .... But all they did was leave.

Then at around 4 pm the wind changed on me and I left.
 
Ah, Nut, you forgot rule number 1: "Short cuts make for long delays."
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At least you did get a shot; you had all of the fun with none of the work afterwards.
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Kinda sounds like we need to make a trip up there and hang some posted signs this summer. Maybe plant a few land mines and trip wires while we're at it.
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Nut sounds like you guys had fun anyway.....

You really need to get a vid camera so we can see some of the pics
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Delw
 
Nut, I had the same thing happen. I shot at a spike buck with my traditional smoke pole and he looked up took two steps and started eating again. Like you I was rushing to reload and dropping stuff. I finally got the gun reload aimed, and the damn deer fell over before I had a chance to shoot the second shot. The first shot hit home, he just didn't fall. It probably took me a full minute or so to reload that he stood there eating.
 
NUT LET T.E SHOOT NEXT TIME.

<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1">[ 01-02-2003 20:49: Message edited by: MEATHEAD ]</font>
 
Sounds like a successful day, nut! You got a shot. Too bad about the trespassing monkey.
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Oak
 
Well I found out something tonight.... not good. I didnt miss the deer.....The powder went off and the ball didnt discharge. Then I loaded another bullet on top of it just like I posted.

It scares me. I totally screwed the pooch almost. I even thought I saw the ramrod reach the correct mark last Sunday. I am doing a little thinking on this. Man I could have been killed if I had fired the muzzleloader again and it actually went off.
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Some day you will be in the right place at the right time and score big..At least you can keep telling yourself that any way..LOL..
 

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