Yesterday was the start of the antlerless muzzleloader season. I went out early in the morning and saw two bucks; a six-point and a four-point. They were in a field only 20 yards away from where I was sitting looking away from me. If only one had been a doe. In the afternoon I went [...]
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Today I did a lot of sneaking through the woods; it was a rainy day so it was a good day for that type of hunting. I saw quite a few squirrels, but no deer. At the end of the rainy day my gun went off with out hesitation, which is a huge improvement over [...]
I had a good start to Muzzleloader Season. At about 7:30 AM three antlerless deer came out of the woods and started moving towards me as they were feeding. One of them finally stopped about 17 yards away from me presenting a shot between a couple trees. I took the shoot with my flintlock and [...]
I visited Cooperstown Trading Post the other day to find some parts for a muzzleloader I am building. The store had a surprisingly large inventory of parts for gun building despite its small size. There were also quite a few muzzleloaders for sale both production and custom, some of which the owner built himself. One [...]
When I was browsing the muzzleloadingforum.com I came across a good post telling how to determine the rate of twist. Most production muzzleloaders gun have this stamped right on the barrel, but some do not. While some people might think the rate of twist is unimportant it really is a very important thing to know [...]
