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  1. Spikebuck

    2024 - What a Bust

    All you can do is play the hand you are dealt. Sounds like you gave it your all. Were you seeing good sign, but just not the deer that left it?
  2. Spikebuck

    50 caliber kibler hog

    Well that's giving a new gun a quick initiation! Congratulations. 👍
  3. Spikebuck

    Meat on the table

    Looks like a wonderful morning there! Nothing like a clear, crisp morning with frost. Congrats on a great hunt! 👍
  4. Spikebuck

    Missed opportunities

    I think it's natural to second guess anytime things don't go as planned or dreamed of. "What if..." is a natural question. What we think isn't very relevant because your question really has nothing to do with how effective a given traditional muzzleloader is. What you are asking is geared to...
  5. Spikebuck

    What's wrong with this doe?

    In 2012 some friends and I took over an 1100 acre lease that had only been hunted about 10 days a year for the last 15 years for trophy bucks. We had a number of huge older does that looked like that. Big bodied with large protruding briskets. And smart too! The largest shot by one of our...
  6. Spikebuck

    Got lucky in northern Michigan

    Congrats on your buck! 👍 Fine rifle too. Was the shot quartering away? Just asking because the entrance point looks back a bit like a shot to quarter forward to the opposite shoulder...thus more body to traverse for an exit, which might account for no pass through. If broadside, then I'm...
  7. Spikebuck

    Sight Placement, Especially Rear

    Peeps are best mounted close to your eye. I have used the Johnson peep, available from Muzzleloader Builders Supply, on several rifles. I use a Williams Twilight Aperture with them. It's not adjustable, so all that must be done with the front sight. If you stick with the traditional sight...
  8. Spikebuck

    Opinions on product for glass bedding a stock that was overcut by a newbie

    Yes! I've bedded barrels with both the gel...which is kinda the consistency of soft butter...and the liquid. Way easier to use the gel version. Have had great results with Acraglas. Had one kit that came with a rather poor barrel inlet...too wide in some spots. Colored Acraglas gel bedded...
  9. Spikebuck

    First Time Buyer Advice

    Dances: great lists already, so I won't add to those. My tip is that your Pedersoli front sight, as they come from the factory, is very high! I have owned several Pedersoli rifles and they are very good shooters. You made a great choice. Just shoot those first shots from a very close...
  10. Spikebuck

    Smokepole Fork Buck (bonus longbow kill)

    Congrats on the longbow & BP deer! 👍 I love longbows...flinters a close 2nd.
  11. Spikebuck

    hunting this,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    One word...RUT! That'll be your best chance. I used to be on an 1100 acre lease. We ran over 30 trail cams. The one constant with the bigger bucks was that they were out all times of day or night while in velvet. As soon as they shed velvet they went nocturnal...until the chase phase of the...
  12. Spikebuck

    killed a tree

    That one falls into the s**t happens category! Looking at that tree...what a hole! Great pics. 👍
  13. Spikebuck

    Tennessee Flintlock Buck

    Congrats on a fine buck! Very nice pic as well. 👍
  14. Spikebuck

    Shot a really nice tree rat the other day.

    I occasionally see black grey squirrels here in SE MN. Decades ago my Dad had one mounted.
  15. Spikebuck

    First Flintlock Buck

    Congratulations! Gotta love it when no tracking is needed. 👍
  16. Spikebuck

    Black powder Buck

    Congrats on a fine buck! 👍 Glad I saw the pic. I usually only check the hunting section to see what members have taken and read their harvest stories.
  17. Spikebuck

    How many....

    I had a rifle that I was having a terrible time finding a load to give me the accuracy I wanted. It was the first rifle I ever owned with deep round bottom grooves. I finally tried a wad over powder and bingo! accuracy achieved. I posted my results here and someone just gave me their honest...
  18. Spikebuck

    Tennessee ML Season Opener

    It was not that many hours. Hopefully all is OK. The rack reminds me of an old buck I hunted in Iowa one year that had huge beams, but virtually nothing but some nubs on them. He looked very old. I had named him "beams." Good luck with the meat and congrats on your buck. 👍
  19. Spikebuck

    Personal Care Lubricant for Muzzleloaders-What do you think?

    I know a guy that tried personal lubricant in his barrel. Didn't work well as his groups went way high. The barrel kept rising with every shot! 😉🙂
  20. Spikebuck

    .58 Colonial is a heart breaker

    Congrats! As the character "Marv" from the movie "Home Alone - Lost in New York" said: WOW...WHAT A HOLE!!! 😁
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