NY ML season

Daveboone · Oct 26, 2024

The season started very warm, so I only was going out for the first couple hrs in the morning. Thursday temperatures dropped nicely, and this fellow trotted up to me ( one of the few times I could hear a deer well before seeing him, on the crisp dry leaves. Then, wouldnt ya know it...my cap popped...but no boom! He didnt pay it no attention, so I was able to recap and the 2nd time was a banger. Only a 3 pointer (gene pool for antlers in that area are poor) but plenty of size to him. I used my .54 GPR, with my standard 80 gr. patched ball.

Loja man · Oct 26, 2024

Glad he stuck around for the boom!!

Christophero · Oct 26, 2024

Good for your success.

I purchased an older. 54 GPR about 3 years ago. Settled on the 80 grain load of FFFg under a PRB, too. My first opportunity resulted in an initial hammer fall with no pop/boom. The doe was alerted but stood for a second try. It went Boom, but I clean missed. Changed out the nipple and haven't had that happened again. Your outing was much more productive. Thanks for sharing.

Daveboone · Oct 26, 2024

I am pretty sure I had a touch of moisture left in the breech/nipple area....only thing I can think of. I scrubbed it out after a couple shots earliier in the week, only thing I can think of....only time I can recall an actual no fire with a primer ignition.

Daveboone · Oct 26, 2024

Loja man said:
Glad he stuck around for the boom!!

Me too! Now I relax for most of the rest of the season. I always take the week after thanksgiving off with the likelihood of snow. I still have a regular season buck tag and doe tag if I choose to take the opportunity.

Loja man · Oct 26, 2024

Daveboone said:
Me too! Now I relax for most of the rest of the season. I always take the week after thanksgiving off with the likelihood of snow. I still have a regular season buck tag and doe tag if I choose to take the opportunity.

Well that’s great! We are only allowed one buck and one doe with firearms in my County.
We do go to anther county to hunt with our smoke poles but it’s more for the joy of being out than actually bringing in more meat!

Rawhide67 · Oct 27, 2024

Nice deer. I'd be happy with it. I hunt the Adirondack foothills where deer are scarce. Been trying for a couple years to take my first deer with a flintlock fowler. Saw a decent buck last week, but too much garbage in the way and never had anything other than a halfassed opportunity to maybe get a round ball through to him.

Now you've got meat for the freezer, so you're a step ahead of me.

Daveboone · Oct 28, 2024

Rawhide67 said:
Nice deer. I'd be happy with it. I hunt the Adirondack foothills where deer are scarce. Been trying for a couple years to take my first deer with a flintlock fowler. Saw a decent buck last week, but too much garbage in the way and never had anything other than a halfassed opportunity to maybe get a round ball through to him.

Now you've got meat for the freezer, so you're a step ahead of me.

Now that I have venison in the freezer for the season, I am hoping to keep to my Lyman GPR flinter for the rest of the season....
if too sloppy though, I will probably bring something more weather resistant.

deermanok · Oct 28, 2024

Congrats.

WALT53 · Oct 28, 2024

Daveboone said:
Now that I have venison in the freezer for the season, I am hoping to keep to my Lyman GPR flinter for the rest of the season....
if too sloppy though, I will probably bring something more weather resistant.

You folks must have lots of deer to get 3 tags our fish and wildlife just dump off a few more cougars to keep the population down .Nice hunt nice venison and nice gun .

TarponStalker · Oct 28, 2024

Congratulations on your success

Rawhide67 · Oct 28, 2024

I usually do the late muzzleloader season in a blind. It's small, and most of the fowler sticks out the window, but the pan and powder stay dry.

2 shots · Oct 28, 2024

here on long island we have a four week shotgun / m.l. season with all the doe tags you want . along with like a 3 month archery season.

Daveboone · Oct 29, 2024

2 shots said:
here on long island we have a four week shotgun / m.l. season with all the doe tags you want . along with like a 3 month archery season.

That is one nice thing about NY....overall we have a long deer hunting season, depending on how and where you hunt, running from the end of september to new years...I love the late season, but havent been able to take advantage of it.

Spikebuck · Oct 31, 2024

Congratulations!

Not too often they wait around to give a 2nd shot opportunity!

Genetics in bucks is important, but more so is age and nutrition. We had a Christmas tree farm near us we always went to for our tree. They had a pet buck. First year he was a little three point eastern count (spike on one side, forky on the other). By 6 1/2 he was a monsterous non-typical...one year he had 17 countable points. I had always heard that spikes and forkies were inferior genetics, but never discount nutrition and age/maturity for huge deer potential.

Daveboone · Oct 31, 2024

Spikebuck said:
Congratulations! Not too often they wait around to give a 2nd shot opportunity!

Genetics in bucks is important, but more so is age and nutrition. We had a Christmas tree farm near us we always went to for our tree. They had a pet buck. First year he was a little three point eastern count (spike on one side, forky on the other). By 6 1/2 he was a monsterous non-typical...one year he had 17 countable points. I had always heard that spikes and forkies were inferior genetics, but never discount nutrition and age/maturity for huge deer potential.

Yep, totally agree. My area is all forestland, mostly pine, poplar,, darn little mast with no crops any where near. Luckily we do get some late season big racks chasing the does we can count on moving through.

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