.45 kentucky rifle and patched roundballs

[TitusFord]

I decided this season I would get a 2 point or better with my .45 kentucky rifle and patched round balls I cast myself. I lost a couple of days working on the Oregon coast and my preferred GMU's will not be open for late season so after passing up a bunch of spikes and another small forkie I punched my tag on this small forkie.
I used a spike elk antler to make a 65 grain powder measure and a ball starter and took a piece of Oregon oak from a tree we had fall down and whittled a beaver shaped loading block that holds 3 extra patched round balls.
While the buck isn't as big as I was going for I am pretty tickled to get my first muzzleloader buck and getting to use the tools I made.

[TitusFord]

A few days prior my younger brother got his first muzzleloader buck at 80 yards after about a 200 yard stalk through a clearcut using a RMZ and wind to get close

[Dan-o]

That's very cool!

Way to make it happen.

[Henrydog]

nice work, thats a good looking blackie and a nice rifle

[Forrestrover]

Nice! Cool rifle !

[Fletch]

Very cool! Nice work.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Very cool equipment, and nicely done to you both.