How did you make the jump to hunting iwth cast?

[BrutalAB]

I am probably an odd case but I started hunting as a way to have a practical application for my shooting and reloading hobby. And I took every deer after my first one with boolits I casted and loaded for further application and pride of said hobbies. I take great pride in my work and like to know what I can accomplish on my own and the more involved I am, the more accomplished I feel.

[Winger Ed.]

I got into casting as a way to shoot more, and keep the wear & tear off handguns.
Casting/reloading, I could shoot .38 & .45s for about the price of high end .22LR.
Same for .308/.30-06, no worries about burning out a barrel, and I never shot farther than 100 yards or so.
The .30 cal. stuff was going along about like a factory .30-30, which is fine for small deer inside 150 yards.
The rifles being sighted in, and having confidence with their performance, I took .30cal cast rounds hunting too.

Then, when the .45-70 came along, I couldn't get approved for the loan to buy a box of ammo for it.
So, it's never fired anything but cast, and has made a couple hunting trips too.

[bikerbeans]

I am still mid leap on the jump to cast. I have a fully rifled 410 levergun i built that is strickly a cast boolit shooter. I am currently working up a cast boolit hunting load for my 444 marlins. The RARR bushmaster 450 will be next to switch.

My main motivation is the challenge of developing an accurate cast load.

BB