My One and Only.....
 

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....

Nice one Dave!

You haven't changed a bit!

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:

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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....