Author Topic: Westside 9x6 Big Bull Down-Story with pics and video (Read 40952 times)

spottedhand · « **Reply #60 on:** October 10, 2010, 09:07:50 AM »

You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, but you should always pick your nipple ! Old muzzie hunter saying....

Great story and your are surely a great hunting partner and friend. Awesome bull !

Curly · « **Reply #61 on:** October 10, 2010, 09:29:26 AM »

Quote from: spottedhand on October 10, 2010, 09:07:50 AM

You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, but you should always pick your nipple ! Old muzzie hunter saying....

Great story and your are surely a great hunting partner and friend. Awesome bull !

That is a great saying and good advice. But even picking the nipple probably isn't going to fix whatever caused the cap not to go off..........
I have a problem with my ML and the caps not firing 100% of the time. The cap isn't seating all the way onto the nipple and sometimes the first shot just pushes the cap tight onto the nipple and then it will fire the next time the trigger is pulled. I figured out a method to get the cap pushed on real tight and get it to reliably go off, though. At least I don't have to worry about water getting in past the nipple because it is on so tight.........but I need pliers to get it off.

Congrats to you and your buddy, Backwoods. That is an awesome bull.

WSU · « **Reply #62 on:** October 10, 2010, 10:24:22 AM »

Quote from: steeleywhopper on October 09, 2010, 02:46:23 PM

I really want the Multi elk tag, but I think i would not hunt the Muzzy part just because of all the misfire issues people have. My buddy drew the Nooksack muzzy tag the first year they opened it back up and he misfired 6 times before killing his bull.
Congrats on a fine animal

For sure! Muzzy hunting sucks and it is nearly impossible to kill an elk with one.

I've had similar problems, and have to make sure the cap is really pushed down onto the nipple (as well as making sure to keep the powder dry and start with a fresh load/cleaned gun each day if at all in doubt). I had the same issue on my bull last year with my cap not going off the first time, but lucky for me they were far enough away it didn't spook them.

That is an awesome bull! Congrats to you buddy, and to you. It would be fun to just be involved with getting a bull like that!

backwoods_boy · « **Reply #63 on:** October 10, 2010, 10:29:53 AM »

The experience will stick with me for the rest of my life. It was unforgeta-BULL.

bobcat · « **Reply #64 on:** October 10, 2010, 10:31:19 AM »

Do you have any idea why the cap didn't go off? Do you have that problem often with your gun? Was it a #11?

backwoods_boy · « **Reply #65 on:** October 10, 2010, 10:35:59 AM »

I had been having problems with it on and off. I shot it tuesday 10 times, cleaned it and no problems. Thats just the way it goes with ML I guess.

Ray · « **Reply #66 on:** October 10, 2010, 10:37:09 AM »

That's a real nice bull. Meat in the freezer.

hunterofelk · « **Reply #67 on:** October 10, 2010, 10:55:24 AM »

A variation of Murphy's Law. I have been considering getting a muzzleloader, like to get a traditional style, do you recommend the Thompson Center Hawken?

backwoods_boy · « **Reply #68 on:** October 10, 2010, 11:04:52 AM »

yes still a good gun. just bring a lot of caps.

Curly · « **Reply #69 on:** October 10, 2010, 11:06:08 AM »

So it was #11 caps then.........

Must have been a bad cap and not a problem with the gun.

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #70 on:** October 10, 2010, 11:21:17 AM »

Quote from: backwoods_boy on October 10, 2010, 10:35:59 AM

I had been having problems with it on and off. I shot it Tuesday 10 times, cleaned it and no problems. That's just the way it goes with ML I guess.

one thing to do. is always check the hole in the nipple. i always have something to stick down inside to nipple to make sure that the hole is clear because the fire will not get threw if it is blocked. a lot of times that is the case if the gun was clean, then a cap or 2 was snapped and then loaded. from getting a little piece of the paper from the cap down inside the nipple.

something to watch for.

or it could have just been the caps.

BlackRidge · « **Reply #71 on:** October 10, 2010, 11:24:16 AM »

Just ridiculous...

Well done BB! Congrats

bobcat · « **Reply #72 on:** October 10, 2010, 12:10:15 PM »

Quote from: carpsniperg2 on October 10, 2010, 11:21:17 AM

Quote from: backwoods_boy on October 10, 2010, 10:35:59 AM
I had been having problems with it on and off. I shot it Tuesday 10 times, cleaned it and no problems. That's just the way it goes with ML I guess.

one thing to do. is always check the hole in the nipple. i always have something to stick down inside to nipple to make sure that the hole is clear because the fire will not get threw if it is blocked. a lot of times that is the case if the gun was clean, then a cap or 2 was snapped and then loaded. from getting a little piece of the paper from the cap down inside the nipple. something to watch for.

or it could have just been the caps.

He said the cap didn't fire.

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #73 on:** October 10, 2010, 12:39:06 PM »

yeah i know. i was saying what else to cause that. kinda just a tip for muzzleloader shooters.

but if the cap does not fire then its pretty simple to figure out what went wrong

ser300wsm · « **Reply #74 on:** October 10, 2010, 08:31:43 PM »

that is an awesome bull, congratulations on a job well done !!!!!

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