Deer Hunting

[Roundball2319]

my new to me TVM fowler in percussion, Colerain barrel.Got it too late for deer season this year, but a beautiful smoothbore.

Nice. Good luck with it on it's first deer hunt. Have fun working out loads.

 

[cynthialee]

I have in the past taken a deer with a .56 Smoothbore Renegade
couldn't find a .55 roundball or mold so I used .535 with a real thick patch
worked like a charm, Bambi didn't have anything to say about my ball and patch choices

Shot at about 35ish yards. I got bad eyes, I have to get in close.

 

[bud in pa]

I use 70 gr of 3 f in a paper cartridge, makes for a fast reload if necessary.

 

[cynthialee]

I use 70 gr of 3 f in a paper cartridge, makes for a fast reload if necessary.

When I am hunting or shooting revolvers I make paper carts for the ease of things.

 

[GBG]

It never ceases to amaze me the kinetic energy a close to 60 slug imparts......

A bit off topic, but when going after hogs at close range in thick cover; I prefer smooth bores and big RBs, (patched or bare in MLs and unmentionables) over any other projectile.

 

[oldwood]

All this smooth bore talk has me in a dither to git my scratch smooth rifle finished. Not sure about the butt comb protector yet , but think it will be a simple square cut spike w/ a 5/8" head on it . I found it in the woods next to a rotted up old wooden logging road bridge. Waste not want not. Stock is a top grade burl figured Reading , Pa. butt stock , rejected by the stock pre-carver due to a big knot about where the entry pipe was. Added a new forearm to her and cut a reject smooth bore barrel into the new forearm. ( Last 6 " of the .555 cal . smooth tapered and flared barrel was slightly kinked and unusable , as it was.) The only adornment on the primitive gun will be a grease hole on right side of butt stock , so as to not waste the burl figure under a patch box. Will put " Lights and sirens " , on the urgency level ,so I can practice with it for next deer season..........oldwood

 

[Cattywompuss]

Who hunts deer with smooth bore and with prb

I may, once all of my grooved rifle guns have taken a deer. The smoothrifle will probably be last on the list. I have a .40, a .45, a .50, a .54. and the smoothie is a .60, so it will play turkey gun until all of the rifles have drawn blood.

 

[hanshi]

The last deer I killed was a large doe taken with my .62 flintlock smoothbore and a patched round .600" ball.