PA muzzleloader doe season

[thompson50]

It’s been a great season so far. Opening morning rained in zone 1b, but cleared up in the afternoon. Around 5:00 this doe and a 8 point fed out in front of me. I had a nice broadside shot at 35 yards. I’m shooting a 62 caliber Hawken, with 110 grains of 11/2 F Swiss and a .610 ball, 018 pillow ticking lubed with Frontiers patch lube.
Tagging out opening morning has left time for squirrel hunting, tonight’s supper.

 

[deertraks]

Outstanding!

 

[zerosprk]

Nice!!!

 

[Juniata]

Awesome job. Those 62s sure out a hole in em dont they...I took off work tomorrow and Friday. Hunting 3 days in a row, can't wait.

 

[3Setters]

Well done. If you want another, I have a few that hang around just outside my yard.

 

[Sparkitoff]

Cool deal!

 

[deermanok]

Congrats on a fine deer.

 

[thompson50]

Awesome job. Those 62s sure out a hole in em dont they...I took off work tomorrow and Friday. Hunting 3 days in a row, can't wait.

They sure do!

 

[Stykbow]

Congrats.

 

[.36Rooster]

Awesome pics man! I killed a black squirrel once. Where i used to live, about 5% of the gray squirrels were black as a car tire. For some reason, that color makes them particularly tough to kill. I had to try for quite a while to get one, and I dont think it was because of their lower numbers, they pull some pretty good tricks. I think its because the only black ones that survive tend to be smart ones. They stand out to predators in the beech woods, and get targeted really hard, so they either get smarter, or die.

 

[thompson50]

Awesome pics man! I killed a black squirrel once. Where i used to live, about 5% of the gray squirrels were black as a car tire. For some reason, that color makes them particularly tough to kill. I had to try for quite a while to get one, and I dont think it was because of their lower numbers, they pull some pretty good tricks. I think its because the only black ones that survive tend to be smart ones. They stand out to predators in the beech woods, and get targeted really hard, so they either get smarter, or die.

This was my first one, and he was a big boy.

 

[Skychief]

Thanks for sharing with us, Skychief.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Another 62 rifle. Awesome. How do you load it for squirrel?

 

[Jim K]

Wow, a black squirrel is at the top of my wish list. Congratulations!!

 

[tom_in_vt]

Great job, congrats!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

LD

 

[MAC1967]

A black squirrel . . . you should take that to a taxidermist !

 

[bushytail]

Congratulations on your hunt. Nothing for me yet. I would love to get a black squirrel. It would go to the taxidermist.

 

[TheBoat]

nice that you get Muzzloader season before Regular Rifle Pistol Shotgun season. You get a better chance of actually getting a deer. Muzloaders ten to misfire, Snow, Rain Gets the powder wet. and you only have One shot. Not a Bunch of Buckshot or a Tube fed with 10 rounds in it. or semi auto AK 47 with 5 rounds ( Some states dont even have a limit, Which I understand if your wild Hog Hunting, where I want 30 round mags with .338 in it to stop the whole herd in their tracks if they are attacking) . I would still try a Muzzloader on Hogs as long as I had a .45acp on my belt and a couple extra mags just in case. Even Moose. If I even get anouther permit in my life Muzzloader with a large caliber Semi Auto or Revolver just in case. Thats Dangerous Game!

 

[3Setters]

I saw a lot of black squirrels last week out in Michigan. See them fairly regularly around my cabin above Tionesta.