ML HUNTING IN REGULAR RIFLE SEASON

Does anyone use their muzzleloader during centerfire season?I have a cow tag for our 4th regular rifle season and Im thiking about using my 54 cal.Their is not usualy alot of hunters in this season buzzin around on atv's pushin the elk into the canyons so I might get a good chance at a close shot.Seems like when I use a centerfire Im in a rush to get an animal but when I got my deer this year with my 54 it was more laid back and enjoyable.Im sure that most of the hunters in this season will be road hunting like they always do cuase its so cold so I will have the woods to myself.So what do you guys think?Do those of you who hunt in centerfire season have success with your ML?

 

[Rebel]

Always. I don't use centerfires any more for hunting.

 

[Kentuckywindage]

i took my muzzleloader out during 2nd season for elk and didnt see anything last year. My other centerfire is a marlin 30-30 and i shoot better with my muzzleloader. I may take my kentucky out during the jan 1st-31st elk season this year :grin: That should be interesting. And if you want to stay really warm during that late season, i recommend rivers west. I have a friend and she set me up with new hunting clothes and its the best ive ever owned. I actually used it today when we were plowing todays blizzard out of the drive way. 12" in 5 hours! Its the warmest clothing and driest ive ever experienced. That and Rocky boots you can pick up at Big R for $54! What unit are u hunting?

 

Im hunting unit 711.It starts november 15.We got a little snow here in town last night.Ive been here 15 years and never seen it snow in town in october.The mountains get snow in late august early september.You must be in northern Colorado,I saw they were gettin alot of snow up by Denver.I havent heard of the clothes you use for hunting.I wear old army surplus wool pants and wool shirt.

 

[roundball]

This will be my 5th year doing 100% of my hunting with Flintlocks...deer, squirrels, turkey, etc.

 

This will be my 5th year doing 100% of my hunting with Flintlocks...deer, squirrels, turkey, etc.

Thats what my goal is to hunt with primitive weapons instead of modern.I guess Im just thinkin of my elk rifle as a crutch.I was thinkin about usin the 54 for a couple of days and if I didnt get an elk I would take my 300 out for the rest of the season,but I dont have to have an elk.There is alot of elk in the unit I am hunting in so I have a good chance of getting one in the 5 day season.

 

[walley]

Does anyone use their muzzleloader during centerfire season?

Yes sir, I sure do. Good to see I'm not alone... :thumbsup:

 

[jethro224]

We don't have a centerfire rifle season (or elk) in Illinois, shotgun/handgun/muzzleloading rifle only for deer. I used my flint GPR .54 last year to take a doe in firearm deer season. Didn't get one during muzzleloader only seson.
This year I might take my .50 percussion GPR. :hmm:
Whatever I decide to use this year, it will be a blackpowder rifle.
The only centerfire hunting I intend to do this year is for waterfowl. If I had a BP 12 or 10ga shotgun I'd probly use it.

 

[bob1961]

all i have is flintlocks for all deer seasons...............bob

 

[Kentuckywindage]

Actually i live way down south. Im near Trinidad. We got a blizzard today, 12" worth of snow. We hardly see that amount in an entire year. That should have driven the elk down!

 

[snagg]

Hi Crowhop:

This is my first year with the f/l. I am going to use the Hawkens for the entire season in N.Y. this year instead of my sluggun.
In Pa. I had planned on using the .06 for the first day of whitetail. :redface: Then switch over to the f/l for the rest of the season.

snagg

 

[Mad Professor]

In addition to ML in Ma and Vt, I hunt Ma shotgun and Vt rifle with my MLs.

 

[DrTimboone]

I always hunt with muzzleloaders. Don't own a cartridge gun anymore. I enjoy the guns I built and the sport of the 18th century. Modern cartridge rifles seem more like harvestng than hunting to me personnally...

 

[Java Man]

I have not hunted deer with a Katridge gun in two decades. Flintlocks and Longbows!

 

[PitchyPine]

Count me in, first year hunt with the muzzleloader :thumbsup:

 

Modern cartridge rifles seem more like harvestng than hunting to me personnally...

Thats kinda what I was thinking.When I got my deer this year with the 54 it was more personal,not like shooting an animal at 300 yards.Rifle hunting seemed like shooting targets instead of an animal.A rifle was exciting at the time but shooting one with a ML was more exciting.Ive got some decent bulls with a rifle but the doe I got with the 54 was different.It felt more like hunting.After that it seemed that any dummy could get within 300 yards of an animal and kill it,but get within 50 yards of one then I had really hunted and not just killed.

 

[dmills]

I am hunting exclusively with ML now. Sold my last 7mag last year. Good luck.

 

[XXX]

I don't go centerfire anymore with the possible
exception of shotgunning for ducks or other birds.
I'm even scaling back on that as I have a smoothbore
that I enjoy toting that patterns fairly well.

 

[LeeH]

If it is not raining, I use my .50 cal flintlock. It is too beautiful to carry around in the rain.

In really wet weather I use another implement, which will go un-named.

Opens tomorrow and it loks like flintlock in the AM and #$%^& in the afternoon.

Lee

 

[Runner]

Airguns or Muzzleloaders. No modern firearms in this house at all.