Today is opening day of muzzleloader here in VA. I went out to my hunting spot where I have a ground blind made from pallets. It sits between a small pond and the property line for the railroad. There is a nice clear cut strip that it overlooks, under a power line. When I got out there, it was a little more overgrown than I envisioned. While pondering what to do, I heard a deer blowing up near the train track. I decided to back out and move further down a creek into a real thick, brushy area. I came across a nice rub line and found a nice cedar to sit under. I sat there for about an hour or so and decided I would push in a little further. Found another cedar to sit under, so I scraped all the leaves and sticks aside and did a short rattle sequence as I settled in. About 10 minutes later I caught movement about 30 yards ahead of me. I saw that it was a deer, so I waited for it to get behind a tree and raised my muzzleloader. As the deer came around the tree, he was facing me head on and stopped. At this point he was 25 yards away and he knew I was something that didn't belong there. I decided he would look nice in my freezer, so I put one right through his chest. He turned and ran about 20 yards and fell over dead. Didn't recover the Boolit as I believe it lodged in his stomach and I wasn't curious enough to go rooting for it. I was using my NEF Huntsman 50cal muzzleloader with a Lee TL430-240-SWC in a sabot. Alloy was 50/50 COWW/SOWW air cooled and powder coated. Load was 60g of 777. Very happy with the performance of the Boolit and alloy. Just started casting this past spring, so this is all very new to me. This forum has provided a plethora of information that has helped me get to this point, so thank you to those who contribute to this great forum!
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Feels good (and tastes better) killing on with boolits of your own make
Originally Posted by toallmy
