A flintlock hunting question

[Dr5x]

Daniel,
I'm sure the annual rebirth of interest occurs all over the country. We didn't have a dedicated BP section and so had to deal with all the suppository riflemen "Zeroing In". We would get them all the assistance we could so they would more quickly leave. I alwas was aware that some of the modern rifles shot very powerful rounds that made head splitting pains in your tea and was particularly religious about wearing ear protectors.
What frightened me was how frequently the modern riflemen showed up somewhat drunk bit figured they would probably go hunting in the same condition..
I have had successful students from the preceding year rerun to the range after the long Springand Summer absence who had forgotten just about everything from the year before.
'The powder has to be behind the patched ball, so obviously you put the patched bll down the barrel first followed by the powder closely behind." I always carried my nipple wrench in a handy place for these deep thinkers.

But you are quite correct. It's all good.

Dutch

 

[malfakir]

As everyone says, the most important factor is your shooting skills. But let me add one more thing:

Where do you hunt?

If the eastern woods, then odds of you taking a shot past 50 yards are low. In over 25 years of blackpowder deer hunting. I only took a 70 yard shot once. All other were under 50 yards.

Preparing for a trip to Wyoming this year, I discovered that I am a lousy long distance shot, due to lack of practice, and started going to the range more regularly and shooting long shots. Progress has been slow but steady.

So in summary, I say practice the most likely scenario for your environment and you should be fine.