Hunting Situation #10 (last one)

[musketman]

So, you missed your deer with your traditional rifle and everyone in the woods knows it, going back to the camp you pass a few guys dragging out nice deers taken with inlines...

One of them says to you, "If you used an inline, you would have a deer too."

What do you say back to them?

 

[Rebel]

Not a thing. If they are hunting during ML'er season with an inline, they wouldn't understand anyway.

 

[Stumpkiller]

A.) "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot I reloaded it. Man, that's gotta hurt. And right through your new boot, too."

B.) "Probably. And I can eat all I want at the Communion Table. It's just not right."

C.) "That's OK, your wife said I can come on over and help myself when you're taking that fishing trip next Spring. I guess she ment to some venison."

D.) "It wasn't my gun, it was my aim."

E.) "Yeah, you're smarter than me. I'll clean your gun while you hang your deer." Now, where did I put that tube of JB Weld?

 

[Griz]

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I can't help it if yours is all wrong" :haha:

 

[roundball]

I used to use one but it was too easy, no challenge...would rather miss with a flintlock than take yet another deer with an inline...

 

[54JNoll]

"Perhaps, but I would not have enjoyed the hunt as much ... besides my mising aint the guns fault."

 

: Wouldn't happen here - I'm the only one hunting where I hunt because it's between the roads. People who used to use inlines here, hunt from trucks and actually don't even use them any more due to there being no special season for them. Inlines have to be used during the regular season so inline shooters use their .300 'whatzit' magnum instead - from their trucks.

 

"Junior, I was taught not to use foul language around young'uns. But I hope when you get home tonight, your mamma runs out from under the porch and bites you on the leg!!!" :what: :huh: :crackup:

 

[sabotloader]

"Take your scope off Pilgrim, and let's shoot." and if he hasn't got a scope "Pilgrim, tell me what yours can do that mine can't do."

 

[roundball]

: Wouldn't happen here - I'm the only one hunting where I hunt because it's between the roads. People who used to use inlines here, hunt from trucks and actually don't even use them any more due to there being no special season for them. Inlines have to be used during the regular season so inline shooters use their .300 'whatzit' magnum instead - from their trucks.

I've hoped the same thing would happen here in the US...that they would move the inlines into the regular gun season...and I'd wager they'd go into the closets in a heartbeat if that happened...99.9% of them are used to take advantage of the extra ML seasons and everybody knows it...that's exactly how I started out 15 years ago, then I saw the light.

And that's the potential saving grace...that some inline shooters might get intrigued enough with real muzzleloading to go backwards in technology and get into sidelocks, then flintlocks, etc...I've had a Knight MK85 stainless with a matching Leupold 3.5x10x50 scope laying oiled in it's case for years now...

 

[bob1961]

what inline i don't need no stinking inline :crackup:....i missed cause thats the way things go sometimes :cry:....and besides that the deer was 300 yards away with a strong cross breeze :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:........................bob

 

#10 happened to me 2 years ago.
I was a guest with some new found friends in eastern Tennessee hunting in the Smokies. None of really knew each other, we met on the internet.
I was using the GPR in .54 flint.
They were all using in-lines.
We had a ball. An absolute ball. Not once did anyone knock my rifle. The were inquisitve, thought I was a little old fashioned, perhaps a little nuts. (They were right of course)
Not one of those guys would trade the in-line for my "long" barreled flinter. They had some kind of funny looking short barrel carbines that shot pellets and sabots.
I was smart enough to NOT talk badly about THIER choice of weapons either.
Actually the guns they chose to hunt with in the thick mountain woods was a smart choice. Scoped with 2.5X scopes, short and handy.
I was the ONLY one that got a shot that year.
"click psssssst, awe shiiiiiiiiit!"
We all had a good laugh over that one.
I had a ball. We all did.
We are all hunters, gun owners, and sportsman.
Have some of us forgotten that? :huh:

 

[cayugad]

I would congratulate them on their deer. I would tell them about my luck that day, and also tell them the type of rifle had nothing to do with it. Sometimes you hit sometimes you don't. I would be friendly and make it known that hunting with my type rifle makes this a real challenge and that is why I do it. I would then suggest they get a traditional rifle and try it sometime.

 

[Randal Zartman]

If they use 3 pyrodex pellets in their inline, would that make it a pellet gun? :crackup: :crackup: As far as their comments, I would not worry, as I know they would be envious of the workmanship and beauty that Zonie put into my gun. It would be like comparing a $1.29 patch knife to some custom knife with antler handle. I definetly had a better day in the woods, deer or no deer. :thumbsup:
Zman

 

[Keith]

I think my signature says it all.

 

Right-on- the possibility of people folowing your lead, might be a thing of the past, that is, buying an inline to take advantage of extended hunting sesons, then switching to side hammers.
; With the 'primitive' season being only for side hammers with round balls and open iron sights, and only for deer as well, there is no draw for people to become interested in BP stickly as a hunting tool. MOOSE is the prime quarry here, although I'd prfer not hutning them anymore. I've shot enough moose, and really don't like eating them much, any more. On the othr hand, having 500 lbs. of meat in the freezer helps one breath easier at night.