What is your favorite game hunted using muzzleloaders?

[Sidney Smith]

What game do you enjoy hunting the most using muzzle loaders?

For me, I'm going to say deer 1st, then squirrels, then pheasant.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Pheasants and rabbits.

 

[user 36911]

Elk with a .54 prb.

 

[azmntman]

TURKEY, Elk with .54 (or .58) PRB then deer then squirrel

 

[bradly_tx]

SQUIRREL! Then hogs, all still hunted and all with a .32cal

 

[user 36911]

That made me chuckle. I never heard of still hunting for squirrels.

 

[Bob McBride]

Squirrel. Deer. Turkey. ****.

 

[Bob McBride]

I wish the rabbit population would rebound around here...

 

[Rifleman1776]

When I was hunting it was whitetail deer.

 

[bradly_tx]

That made me chuckle. I never heard of still hunting for squirrels.

Where I come from, Still huntin is taking a few steps then lean against a tree and repeat, more leanin than walkin. Works for me in the big thickets of Deep East Texas!

 

[Crow-Feather]

54 PRB for Elk and 10 gauge double for pheasant

 

[user 36911]

Where I come from, Still huntin is taking a few steps then lean against a tree and repeat, more leanin than walkin. Works for me in the big thickets of Deep East Texas!

I agree and have been still hunting for deer, bear, and elk for 6 decades. I was taught to still hunt as a kid from my dad and liked it so much i've never changed from it. However, the purpose is to sneak up on game and see them before they see you. Is that necessary with squirrels? It seems squirrels always know we're there but don't spook like big game.

 

[bradly_tx]

I agree and have been still hunting for deer, bear, and elk for 6 decades. I was taught to still hunt as a kid from my dad and liked it so much i've never changed from it. However, the purpose is to sneak up on game and see them before they see you. Is that necessary with squirrels? It seems squirrels always know we're there but don't spook like big game.

We’ve got Cat Squirrels here in East Texas, the slightest movement or sound and they hit the ground runnin from tree trunk to tree trunk never stopping till plum out of sight

 

[Bob McBride]

We’ve got Cat Squirrels here in East Texas, the slightest movement or sound and they hit the ground runnin from tree trunk to tree trunk never stopping till plum out of sight

Ours are pretty skittish here too. I guess I ‘still hunt’ as I walk a bit, find a comfy looking tree trunk, take a load off, scan the forum for an hour, and its game-on for a couple two, three shots.

 

[user 31257]

I like hunting squirrels and rabbits the best but deer hunting would be next. I’d love to try turkey hunting with a muzzleloading rifle but it’s not allowed here.

 

[azmntman]

Muzzleloader shot gun should be legal?

 

[mooman76]

Elk or moose for me with my 58.

 

[Sidney Smith]

I used to still hunt squirrels, but lately I have better luck by getting into the woods then finding a nice tree to park myself against and letting the squirrels come to me.

 

[Feltwad]

I do not hunt that was the method using hounds which is now not allowed here in the UK but I do shoot using Muzzle Loading shotguns , driven pheasant and partridge are good but pigeon and cr

ow which are classed has pests are just has sporting
Feltwad

 

[TNGhost]

Used to be elk and deer, now my favorite is Geese. Lifelong waterfowl hunter and moving to muzzleloading put a lot of the fun and enjoyment back into it for me. Don't know why I didn't do it years earlier, as I have been muzzleload hunting deer etc for a long time