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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: JasonG on November 27, 2016, 02:48:17 PM

Title: Traditional muzzleloader success??
Post by: JasonG on November 27, 2016, 02:48:17 PM: Anybody have any success this year with a traditional muzzleloader ?
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Post by: Lefthook on November 27, 2016, 06:38:57 PM: I'm thinking traditional stink stick hunters don't get on the web much. Somebody has to have been killing stuff traditionally.
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Post by: MountainDevil54 on November 28, 2016, 07:15:10 AM: my brother and brother in law had success this year with sidelocks.

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Post by: Lefthook on November 28, 2016, 08:22:03 AM: Cool videos. Looked like a couple fun hunts.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on November 28, 2016, 09:13:45 AM: Great videos. Those are definitely accurate rifles.
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Post by: Squidward on November 28, 2016, 10:33:35 AM: I got a bull in the early season. 50cal TC Hawkins, 370gr Maxi Ball 80gr FFF black poweder, #11 CCI cap. I do cheat and have fiber optics on my sights. eyes are getting old :)
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Post by: Lefthook on November 28, 2016, 10:59:59 AM: There we go. Nice job Squidward. That 370 Maxi Ball seemed to do the job. :chuckle:
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Post by: JasonG on November 28, 2016, 07:10:32 PM: Yes , keep them coming!! This gives me hope!
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Post by: Harleysboss on November 28, 2016, 08:55:06 PM: Well it wasn't this year but my son and I have both taken bull elk with traditional rifles. A 54 cal Lyman trade rifle. Patched round ball. Mine was a spike and my son had a special tag in the Bethel unit a couple years ago, he killed a 5x5 bull. Called in to 25yds put the ball in the boiler room. Traditional guns have been puttin meat on the table for..well as long as they have been made:) A friend of mine also killed a 6x5 bull this year with his 54 and a round ball.
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Post by: JasonG on November 29, 2016, 06:00:35 PM: That's cool, I picked up a lyman trade rifle a few weeks ago. It was used but in awesome shape! I can't wait to shoot it.!
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Post by: Lefthook on December 01, 2016, 06:03:17 AM: Hey JasonG, have you shot your Lyman yet? Let us know how it turns out.
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Post by: JasonG on December 01, 2016, 07:27:02 PM: Not yet, hopefully this weekend!
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Post by: mackdaddy on December 18, 2016, 09:12:38 PM: Sons first muzzy bull. Mt. Adams, .54 Cal T/C.
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Post by: Lefthook on December 18, 2016, 09:51:59 PM: Oh yeah! Nice job. Great first bull with a .54 T/C. Really good to see. Congrats.
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Post by: JasonG on December 19, 2016, 04:45:28 PM: Awesome bull!! Nice work with traditional muzzleloader. !!!
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Post by: OutHouse on January 04, 2017, 04:35:28 PM: Yea.

I have a traditional Hawken that has a cut down barrel for thick timber. I shot this at about 10 yards with a .54 caliber, pure lead conical bullet. The only thing that worries me is th\e hammer has failed to strike hard enough in the past, but when I use Remington caps it doesn't happen.
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Post by: Squidward on January 05, 2017, 06:49:08 AM: Outhouse, I have seen this same problem with the hammer not hitting hard enough for a couple different reasons. one was the cap nipple combination, the cap not setting down tight on the nipple for the 1st hit. after the 1st hit the cap was down tight and would go off on the 2nd hit.
The other reason I came across, was a hair line crack in the stock that had just enough give to not go off all the time. Good luck getting that one figured out. Nice buck by the way. Squid
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Post by: jaymark6655 on January 05, 2017, 07:35:22 AM: I was able to hunt only one day this year, shot 6 point white tail with Traditions .50 Hawken kit (sorry no picture).

Last year same rifle shot a 10 point and a doe. Two years ago just one doe. All Indiana deer, which I could have used something a lot more modern (no laws against scopes and modern primers out here). I love using a rifle I put together though and probably will never switch.
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Post by: C-Money on January 05, 2017, 07:37:33 AM: Congrats on all the Traditional success everyone!!
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Post by: OutHouse on January 10, 2017, 04:05:45 PM: Quote from: Squidward on January 05, 2017, 06:49:08 AM
Outhouse, I have seen this same problem with the hammer not hitting hard enough for a couple different reasons. one was the cap nipple combination, the cap not setting down tight on the nipple for the 1st hit. after the 1st hit the cap was down tight and would go off on the 2nd hit.
The other reason I came across, was a hair line crack in the stock that had just enough give to not go off all the time. Good luck getting that one figured out. Nice buck by the way. Squid

Just did an experiment. You were right my man!! So because of a bit of gunk on the nipple it wasn't seating all the way and yes on the second hammer drop it goes everytime. I still like the remington caps probably just out of superstition though at this point. Thanks!!
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Post by: Squidward on January 11, 2017, 08:35:56 AM: Just did an experiment. You were right my man!! So because of a bit of gunk on the nipple it wasn't seating all the way and yes on the second hammer drop it goes everytime. I still like the remington caps probably just out of superstition though at this point. Thanks!!
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glad to hear that worked, and yes by all means stick with what your confident in. Keep your powder dry & shoot strait. Squid
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Post by: MountainDevil54 on January 17, 2017, 11:59:59 AM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1331.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw581%2FFrontierMuzzleloading%2FOklahoma%2FIMG_8582.jpg&hash=79cc8d44e4042f1219c1d0b9f23a8241b1a0cf2c)
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Post by: JasonG on January 17, 2017, 04:25:22 PM: Nice boar!
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Post by: Dead-Eye on January 17, 2017, 06:14:04 PM: Nice traditional duds!
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Post by: Hart on March 25, 2017, 09:07:21 AM: This years deer with a Lyman Trade Rifle. I paddled half a mile like this sitting on top of the deer.
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Post by: jstone on March 25, 2017, 02:05:56 PM: I think we need a bigger boat... :chuckle: That's awesome
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Post by: MrE4853 on April 30, 2017, 08:52:04 PM: .54 Lyman Deer Stalker, 1 shot, 90 yards, 375 grain copper bullet (cannot think of the name at the moment) with 90 grains of 2F.
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Post by: erk444 on May 01, 2017, 04:36:26 PM: Dang MrE, nice bull! Is that how he fell?
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Post by: JasonG on May 01, 2017, 04:42:22 PM: Thats awesome!
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Post by: MrE4853 on May 01, 2017, 08:43:54 PM: Thanks! My best so far. Yes, his head was a little twisted on the hemlock sapling but I straightened it out to get a better look at him and for the photo.