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Tsaan Wookkuh Smokinfeathers!! Good job -Comanche Trad bow and flintlocks, gotta love them!!

I sure do miss hunting squirrels!! Thanks for sharing

Tsaan Wookkuh Tallpine! I agree 100% on your smoothbore sentiment!! Well done! Thanks for sharing!!

Tsaan Wookkuh Brit! Beautiful photo!! Thanks for sharing!

Tsaan Wookkuh SMO!!! Beautiful buck and rifle!! Thanks for sharing!!

Tsaan Wookkuh friend!! One of these days I’m gonna find a place to hunt!

I’m jealous of all you folks with squirrels to hunt!! I surely do miss hunting them with my smokepole! Carry on!! Keep yer powder dry!!

Tsaan Wookkuh Ron! Great times with your son!! Thanks for sharing!!

Tsaan Wookkuh sir!!! Beautiful animal!! Thanks for sharing!!

Good luck and safe travels!!! Don’t forget pictures!!

I forgot to add, love the picture of the antelope and your rifle. The clouds are amazing! Nice goat!!!! Congrats again!!

Are you getting a kit to build? Or are you getting a smoothbore for “your kit” If you are building a smoothbore than there are any number of variations you can build. I would go with a Fowler!

Tsaan Wookkuh! I never had a doubt in my mind you could make it happen if you just got the chance. You sure had your Guardian Angel working overtime hanging out with that bunch! Hopefully lots of lessons learned on their part! Congrats and thanks for taking us “safely” along!!

Man am I jealous! No squirrels in my neck of the world, and I surely do miss hunting them!! Next time don't forget the camera! Game taken with beautiful rifles is my kind of eye candy!!

Its been a while but this is the last deer I shot with my 45 using a patched roundball and 80 grains of FFFg. I am not a magnumitus fan, but that is what the little rifle likes! 60 grains, if accurate should be plenty!

45 is an excellent deer caliber. And the patched round ball is Good medicine!! I’ve taken several with mine!! To be honest, I had my doubts when I first thought about using mine also. The proof is in the pudding!! Like you said shot placement is always key!! Regardless of caliber! Good luck...

Excellent!! Tsaan Wookkuh!!! A memory you and your son will always remember!! Thanks for sharing!!

Holy smokes!! I hope your luck changes for the better!! Just cause them yayhoos can’t get closer than 100 yards doesn’t mean you can’t!! Go get’em!!

You are absolutely right LD! I guess my point was a .50 cal hole in the lungs will put an animal down regardless of if the projectile expands or not. Thank you for the added clarification to my statement!!! As with any projectile a bad hit will still be a bad hit. I have heard many hunters...

There is in fact expansion with a roundball, especially if its pure lead but that is a different subject. Your ITX projectile should work fine, as it will punch a .50 caliber hole right through. It will deform a little bit, but my guess is you will not recover the projectile. If you hit lungs...