First deer harvested with a muzzle loader

[Mwal]

Congratulations!

 

[JRL1164]

Congrats on the very nice deer! Do you mind me asking what he was taken with?

 

[gunpa]

Great buck! Good way to get back in the game!

 

[gun_painter]

Congrats on the very nice deer! Do you mind me asking what he was taken with?

CVA hawken .50 .490 round ball, .010" patching with a over powder wad and 80gr of swiss 2F. I'll upload a picture from my phone after this post.

Branden

 

[gun_painter]

 

[Hawk54]

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Very nice deer. Good job.

 

[JRL1164]

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Very nice!

 

[powdermeasure]

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Got my first deer with a muzzle loader. Haven't hunted in nearly a decade, and finally got on the ball to go this year. Opening day, about 30min before dark, and this guy comes strolling by. .490 round ball and 80gr of swiss, he dropped in his tracks. Gutted him and stashed him, hes too heavy for me to drag by myself so I'm going out in the morning with a friend to bring him home. He was the 4th deer I saw today, I including a little buck that snuck up behind me and got to about 6ft away before he finally winded me.

Branden

nice!

 

[FiremanBrad]

Nice work! Congrats and welcome to the club!!!

 

[Kodiak13]

Congratulations on a fine buck, especially it being slayed with a flinter!!!

 

[OldSmoky1967]

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Got my first deer with a muzzle loader. Haven't hunted in nearly a decade, and finally got on the ball to go this year. Opening day, about 30min before dark, and this guy comes strolling by. .490 round ball and 80gr of swiss, he dropped in his tracks. Gutted him and stashed him, hes too heavy for me to drag by myself so I'm going out in the morning with a friend to bring him home. He was the 4th deer I saw today, I including a little buck that snuck up behind me and got to about 6ft away before he finally winded me.

Branden

Nice haul! You are going to be spoiled now for future BP hunts!

 

[2 shots]

very nice. i would be happy with half that rack

 

[New bp shooter]

Congratulations on your first muzzleloader buck and what a dandy that one is

 

[Centurion]

very nice. i would be happy with half that rack

Hard to separate the set…

 

[Juice Jaws]

Leave your hunting shirt on him overnight. The human scent keeps the scavengers at bay.
Great buck!

Just a old wise tale, if the critters are hungry that shirt will not scare them for very long, hell if they are real hungry they will eat you.

 

[Marshhawk]

Nicely done.

 

[Dixie Flinter]

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Got my first deer with a muzzle loader. Haven't hunted in nearly a decade, and finally got on the ball to go this year. Opening day, about 30min before dark, and this guy comes strolling by. .490 round ball and 80gr of swiss, he dropped in his tracks. Gutted him and stashed him, hes too heavy for me to drag by myself so I'm going out in the morning with a friend to bring him home. He was the 4th deer I saw today, I including a little buck that snuck up behind me and got to about 6ft away before he finally winded me.

Branden

Congrats on a very nice buck!

 

[Okie Hog]

Congrats on the very nice buck.

 

[deertraks]

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Got my first deer with a muzzle loader. Haven't hunted in nearly a decade, and finally got on the ball to go this year. Opening day, about 30min before dark, and this guy comes strolling by. .490 round ball and 80gr of swiss, he dropped in his tracks. Gutted him and stashed him, hes too heavy for me to drag by myself so I'm going out in the morning with a friend to bring him home. He was the 4th deer I saw today, I including a little buck that snuck up behind me and got to about 6ft away before he finally winded me.

Branden

Congratulations!

 

[Peregrine]

Very nice buck. Congratulations on your trophy!