Muzzleloader season

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Muzzleloader season

Hope everyone is brave enough to head out for a little muzzleloader hunting this weekend. I will only be able to hunt Saturday morning, Rory and Jacob have opted out. - Good luck to all that venture out.

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January Thursday 19:18:34

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Re: Muzzleloader season

You will have to be a brave soul to venture out this weekend!!

Good luck to you

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January Thursday 21:40:55

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I think i will drink hot chocolate and watch T.V.
good hunting to those who venture out. Cheesy

January Friday 08:12:35

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We still have 3 tags left, Huh?

so we'll be out. I'll bet not for long though. Wink

Trying to get my youngest his first. He's not ready to say uncle yet. Grin

January Saturday 02:34:19

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me and a buddy r headin to vinton county at 430 am.. wait.... thats in 3 hours. i have my tag left and tomorrow is prolly my last day to hunt since school starts again monday. im goin to stick it out

January Saturday 20:39:16

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Saw some today, but they weren't close enough. It wasn't as bad out as I thought it was going to be. Tomorrow may be another story. It's already 12 and dropping!!!!!!! Shocked

January Monday 14:29:16

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Well, I ventured out Saturday morning. It was not too cold. Stayed comfortable until 11:00. At 10:30 had a doe and nice 8ptr stroll into my neck of the woods and had a nice 75yrd standing still shot at him.......just my luck my muzzy failed again. I had a 1 second hangfire from the cap to ignition. Missed him and he just stood there until I was ready to put a new cap on my re-loaded gun and then they both white-tailed it out of the area. I had a miss fire on a doe at 30yrds during the regular gun season and immediately modified my custom inline to fit a Musket cap instead of the #11s. I had hoped that that would cure this problem. I will next check the powder to see if needs to be replaced. dangit, I never have had such problems.

I am just about done for the year, but I may sit in my back woods on a few evenings with my excaliber xbow during the remaining weekends. The only problem is that the deer are only showing up well after dark.

« Last Edit: January Monday 15:25:59 by Michael Hougan »

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January Thursday 20:55:59

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"I had a 1 second hangfire from the cap to ignition. Missed him and he just stood there until I was ready to put a new cap on my re-loaded gun and then they both white-tailed it out of the area."
That's what makes smokepoles fun Michael. Grin

January Thursday 21:10:22

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Made it out Tuesday evening after work. I couldn't set where I wanted to cause someone was not to far away from where I wanted to be. I just thought it was to close. So I went to one of our other stands. I sat there not seeing anything, kept watching the time go by and at 5:30 started to look for a mean and nasty stump that needed a 50 caliber hole in it. Well I found one and started to level down on it and spotted movement down in the woods. Well wouldn't you know it 4 deer were running around chasing eash other. Shocked

I thought to myself that is the way this season has gone they show up 5 min. after the season has gone out!!!!!!!!! Huh?

Well I took my frustrations out on that stump. I was tempted to reload and just make sure that old stump was done for but I didn't. Cry

January Monday 10:37:52

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Looks like my season is now over. I put another 2yr old doe on the ground last night in the back woods to fill my last tag. A nice easy 20yrd quartering away shot with my Excaliber taking out both lungs. Pulled the boys away from their controllers to help track her, just for the practice. They were able to follow the huge blood trail to were she fell 45yds from were my thunder head hit her. With the current temp, I will start butchering on Wednesday.

Now time to start planning for Jacob's first turkey hunt.

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January Tuesday 08:33:59

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Congrats Michael, that's going to be some very good eats!!!!! You guys had a great season. Glad you had the boys help with the blood trailing. Cool

Are you and the boys going to do any of the sportsmans shows? We may try the one in Medina. Not real sure about the deer and turkey expo yet.

January Tuesday 09:33:49

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Are you and the boys going to do any of the sportsmans shows? We may try the one in Medina. Not real sure about the deer and turkey expo yet.

We have not been to the deer and turkey expo since Jacob was still in the stroller. I do not know anything about the one in Medina. Do you have any details?

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January Tuesday 16:45:04

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Michael, it's at the fair grounds in Medina. The dates are January 29 & 30. Here is the web site for it. www.holmescountysportsmanshow.com
There is one this weekend in Dalton the web site for that one is www.ohiosportsmanshow.com. Don't think we'll be able to make this one. Maybe next year or I think they do one in the fall also. I really don't know to much about these but it will get me out of the house for awhile. Grin

January Wednesday 10:32:44

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Thanks for the info. Does not look like we can get there. We have our scouts pinewood derby race that weekend, weight on Friday night and race on Saturday. Nuts.
Michael

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January Wednesday 19:56:10

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