My One and Only.....

[Dave Suponski]

Not wanting to steal Russ's thread. This is my one and only deer. Taken on December 19th 1998 at 7:20 AM 170lbs. Taken with a 54 Cal. Thompson Center caplock muzzle loader with a round ball. Amazing thing though he ran almost 100 yards after being hit and when I dressed him out his heart was exploded. Adrenaline is an amazing thing. I was alot younger then....

[Dean Romig]

Nice one Dave!

You haven't changed a bit!

[Dave Suponski]

Yes I have.. A bit more rickety and a whole lot grayer and the jury is still out on the wiser part....:rolleyes:

[scott kittredge]

Yes I have.. A bit more rickety and a whole lot grayer and the jury is still out on the wiser part....:rolleyes:

yes :shock:

[Russ Jackson]

Dave ;That is a mighty fine Buck ,First and last ??? Have you continued hunting White Tails ,or did you just not enjoy it ? Or have you not been blessed with another opportunity ! And as far as " My Thread " Always feel free to join in ,thats what we are doing here ! Russ

[Dave Suponski]

Russ, I continued to hunt for a few more years but I found myself drawn more and more to the upland life.Here in CT you can just about walk out your door and arrow a deer.Larry works pretty hard at it and has great success.

[Rich Anderson]

OK now fess up what make of vehicle did you use to run him over with:rotf:

I haven't killed a buck with a front stuffer...yet. They can be dead on their feet and go amazing distances. I like to shoot them right on the point of the shoulder, you lose some burger but don't have to chase them.

[Dean Romig]

I've never had to take more than one shot to kill a buck and never had a deer go more than 50 yards. The first five were with my Model 94 .30 -.30 and the others were with my Ruger .270 but then, I've never taken a shot at a running deer.

[calvin humburg]

Thats a good'en. Done right round ball did u use black powder how many grains. I don't think they should use thoes modern muzzeloders with all thoes modern gadgets heck they end up with a 45-70 or better. ch

[Dave Suponski]

Calvin, It was 100 grains of Pyrodex and a patched round ball. That was the load that particular gun shot the most consistantly.

[Richard Flanders]

Good one Dave. One of these days I'm going to take a moose with my .69cal 1842 smoothbore Springfield musket. I assure you it will easily do the job out to 100yds. It shoots into a 10" circle despite having no back sight. I may have to do the coup de grace with the bayonet... If it weren't for the pesky moose 'season' I could take one in my yard too....