What's Your Muzzleloader Set Up For This Season?

[ub1243]

 

CVA Accura

300gr Shockwave

100gr loose Pyrodex

 

[Farmshine]

I don't know how you guys can shoot that modern stuff?

 

With scopes, powder pellets, sabots, blah, blah, blah........

 

Sounds as bad as (cough, cough) using "Training Wheels" on a bow.

 

It takes skill my boy, skill.

 

What fun is it, where is the raw sportsmanship, where is the dedication to practice day after day to gain and acquire your skills of marksmanship?

 

I enjoy hunting on an even ground with the critter.

 

An example: Pull the trigger in the quiet woods..... You only hear just the sound of "a metallic Click".

 

The deer looks up and bounds away. Lessons learned.

 

This teaches me to thoroughly follow through, and perform the proper skills necessary to have a "Boom" not just a click.

 

Same with Archery. The compound has a very flat trajectory compared to a longbow or recurve.

 

An example: using a flat trajectory .270 verses a 45-70.

 

Release the arrow.... only to have the arrow hit a branch and deflect off into the abyss.

 

The learning curve is the same.

 

Oh well, I'll just keep my old ways. I don't do change very well.

 

Speaking of which:

 

Here are a few old school type rifles I have and enjoy throughout the year.

 

A couple of Fifty's in cap lock and Flint. (Hawken, Renegade, and Scout)

A Forty-Five, cap lock.(Hawken)

Two Smooth Bore .56 cal. Used as a 28 gauge shotgun or throw a heavy lead ball. 20" barrel shown past page, and 27 barrel standard with double set triggers. (Renegade)

Pistols and Revolvers mostly in Forty-Five caliber, among other miscellaneous calibers thrown in.

I’m not taking the bait and debating you. But I will say it depends on where you are personally professionally and your hunting experience. If you have a family a busy career and state land your goals are different then Single, self employed and 100 private acres.

 

 

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[birdshotnj]

TC Triumph bone collector edition topped with a nikon 3-9 BDC. Shooting 2 pyros and 250 grain TC Shockwaves. Last 2 deer I killed with this setup didn't take 1 step after the shot. I love it

[Trykonkid11]

Bill from NJ,

Did you by any chance walk up hill to and from school?

 

 

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[BowhunterNJ]

I’m not taking the bait and debating you. But I will say it depends on where you are personally professionally and your hunting experience. If you have a family a busy career and state land your goals are different then Single, self employed and 100 private acres.

 

 

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Good call not taking the bait

 

Agree with you, everyone has different lifestyles and different amounts of free time. And I think we all can agree we’d rather hunt within our limits and proficiency given our time constraints that might otherwise compromise our abilities. And even more importantly aligned with that effort is ensuring we deliver a quick and clean kill to the animals we pursue versus giving that importance to other factors such as “requiring a challenge”.

 

Just my .02

 

 

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[DBuck]

I’m not taking the bait and debating you. But I will say it depends on where you are personally professionally and your hunting experience. If you have a family a busy career and state land your goals are different then Single, self employed and 100 private acres.

 

 

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I don't believe there was any bait to take, I think he was just busting balls. People on this site are getting as sensitive as the anti-Trump snowflakes, lighten the f++k up.

[Blend No 27]

Tc impact, topped with Leopold 3x9, most accurate gun in my safe for sure. And probably the cheapest too!

Edited November 27, 2017 by Blend No 27