Sorry, no pics yet. But I'll tell you the story anyway.
I hunted since Friday with my muzzleloader when I technically could've used a shotgun. Had no luck Friday. I had barely seen deer. Saturday I only saw 2 deer at 150 yards and saw 2 more at 50 yards running just by the house. Then I hunted in my best spot this morning and saw nothing. Then came back and sat in a cedar ground blind over a 2 acre bean field that has been destroyed by deer this year. That's why it is still standing because it's not worth harvesting because there's only a bushel there. It is in pasture that is becoming overgrown by cedars and has no cattle anymore. So I was walking over there and jumped two across the creek at 60 yards moving through some hedge trees. Then there was one that was in the cedar trees but I never got a good look at him. So I sat down and at 4:00 I heard something working in the small area of trees to the northeast. Then a doe jumps out and runs through the cedars behind me. I thought it was odd because they weren't running from me and no one was walking around to spook them. Then a second one comes out. It stops on the edge of the cedars and saw my movement of me setting up the shot. Then it starts to feed for a second or two. I swung my knee over and rested the gun on it. Pulled the hammer back. Aimed behind the shoulder. And fired. Once the smoke cleared I saw nothing there. Then a few seconds later I hear a bleat that sounds like a dying deer. Then I see her lying dead in the brush. I couldn't have been any happier at this moment. I walked off the yardage and stepped off 50 yards. I looked at where the ball hit and it was just a little high and had hit through the shoulder, took down some lung, and hit a spine vertebrae. I killed this deer with my traditions kentucky caplock. I can't believe it knocked her down this quickly. It was a yealing doe but weighed about 70-80 lb. field dressed. This is my first deer with my muzzleloader that I bought in August but started muzzleloading in February.
.490 hornady ball
.010 ox yoke wonderlube patch
90 gr Pyrodex RS
CCI #11 Magnum Cap
I hunted since Friday with my muzzleloader when I technically could've used a shotgun. Had no luck Friday. I had barely seen deer. Saturday I only saw 2 deer at 150 yards and saw 2 more at 50 yards running just by the house. Then I hunted in my best spot this morning and saw nothing. Then came back and sat in a cedar ground blind over a 2 acre bean field that has been destroyed by deer this year. That's why it is still standing because it's not worth harvesting because there's only a bushel there. It is in pasture that is becoming overgrown by cedars and has no cattle anymore. So I was walking over there and jumped two across the creek at 60 yards moving through some hedge trees. Then there was one that was in the cedar trees but I never got a good look at him. So I sat down and at 4:00 I heard something working in the small area of trees to the northeast. Then a doe jumps out and runs through the cedars behind me. I thought it was odd because they weren't running from me and no one was walking around to spook them. Then a second one comes out. It stops on the edge of the cedars and saw my movement of me setting up the shot. Then it starts to feed for a second or two. I swung my knee over and rested the gun on it. Pulled the hammer back. Aimed behind the shoulder. And fired. Once the smoke cleared I saw nothing there. Then a few seconds later I hear a bleat that sounds like a dying deer. Then I see her lying dead in the brush. I couldn't have been any happier at this moment. I walked off the yardage and stepped off 50 yards. I looked at where the ball hit and it was just a little high and had hit through the shoulder, took down some lung, and hit a spine vertebrae. I killed this deer with my traditions kentucky caplock. I can't believe it knocked her down this quickly. It was a yealing doe but weighed about 70-80 lb. field dressed. This is my first deer with my muzzleloader that I bought in August but started muzzleloading in February.
.490 hornady ball
.010 ox yoke wonderlube patch
90 gr Pyrodex RS
CCI #11 Magnum Cap
