Doble Troble
10-15-2012, 10:24 PM
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The shot was about 50 yds. I had Sparky out at the range early afternoon and it got some attention and passed around for about 10 perfect ignitions.
Got out to the recently cut cornfield about 4:30 pm Saturday. Sun went down behind the trees about 5:30 just in time for dead butt so had to stand up in the tree stand. Five min later Bambette and her friend emerged at the brush line wary. After a minute or two they wandered out into the corn. I tried to quietly sit back down and cocked Sparky without causing alarm. The larger doe presented a perfect broadside and I aimed behind the shoulder. Set trigger, breathe, trigger, squeeze...Cuh Clack! Flash in the pan and deer alert! She almost bolted. I froze. She looked right at me but didn't see me. Wind was in my face. After being frozen for what seemed half an hour she calmed back down and started grazing. I had to recock and close the frizzen. It made noise. Alert! Freeze! Another five minutes that seemed like a half hour and she went back to grazing, presenting a head-down frontal shot at 50 yds. I aimed right between the ear tips that defined a wide "V" over her back. Set trigger, breathe, squeeze...flash BOOM! Smoke and sulfur! The breeze blew it past to see legs in the air. A rear leg kicked once and fell over. Deep breath. Her friend is still there, wondering what happened. Five minutes pass with no movement. I climb out. Half way down her friend runs into the woods. Got to the deer about 10 min after the shot. She's completely dead with no apparent injury. Flip her over to dress and see a hole inside the upper part of her thigh. Open her up and the stomach is punctured, the liver comes out in several chunks and lung are puree. Heart is intact. Split the ribs and find the entrance at the base of the neck. The REAL bullet took out a neck vertebrae and penetrated stem and out the stern. The load was 70 gr of Graf's FFFg with the lighter REAL bullet out of a Green Mountain 42" 45 cal 1:60 twist barrel.
First deer with a muzzleloader. This won't be the last. :)
The shot was about 50 yds. I had Sparky out at the range early afternoon and it got some attention and passed around for about 10 perfect ignitions.
Got out to the recently cut cornfield about 4:30 pm Saturday. Sun went down behind the trees about 5:30 just in time for dead butt so had to stand up in the tree stand. Five min later Bambette and her friend emerged at the brush line wary. After a minute or two they wandered out into the corn. I tried to quietly sit back down and cocked Sparky without causing alarm. The larger doe presented a perfect broadside and I aimed behind the shoulder. Set trigger, breathe, trigger, squeeze...Cuh Clack! Flash in the pan and deer alert! She almost bolted. I froze. She looked right at me but didn't see me. Wind was in my face. After being frozen for what seemed half an hour she calmed back down and started grazing. I had to recock and close the frizzen. It made noise. Alert! Freeze! Another five minutes that seemed like a half hour and she went back to grazing, presenting a head-down frontal shot at 50 yds. I aimed right between the ear tips that defined a wide "V" over her back. Set trigger, breathe, squeeze...flash BOOM! Smoke and sulfur! The breeze blew it past to see legs in the air. A rear leg kicked once and fell over. Deep breath. Her friend is still there, wondering what happened. Five minutes pass with no movement. I climb out. Half way down her friend runs into the woods. Got to the deer about 10 min after the shot. She's completely dead with no apparent injury. Flip her over to dress and see a hole inside the upper part of her thigh. Open her up and the stomach is punctured, the liver comes out in several chunks and lung are puree. Heart is intact. Split the ribs and find the entrance at the base of the neck. The REAL bullet took out a neck vertebrae and penetrated stem and out the stern. The load was 70 gr of Graf's FFFg with the lighter REAL bullet out of a Green Mountain 42" 45 cal 1:60 twist barrel.
First deer with a muzzleloader. This won't be the last. :)