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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: GHETTO GUIDE on October 04, 2009, 09:06:30 PM

Title: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
Post by: GHETTO GUIDE on October 04, 2009, 09:06:30 PM: Sooo, I am at work tonight , all night. My buddy takes my wife out for pm hunt, kids at baby sitters,... yes I trust him.

They are on elk , first bull comes in 50yds, POP! cap only! She reloads , they circle around em,10 min later call a rag horn back in ,POP, cap only! WTF???? RELOAD AGAIN, back on elk 20 min later, call in a " big four point" she says , and yep you guessed it, POP no fire.

I just loaded it last night for her, and put a cap through it first . They head back to the road, find a back stop and try to fire the gun again. BOOM!!! Now the damn thing goes off.

She is sick to her stomach.

This was her over the phone version.
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Post by: WaltHenry on October 04, 2009, 09:13:21 PM: ouch!
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Post by: Crunchy on October 04, 2009, 09:18:36 PM: Guess it wasnt meant to be. Sounds like my Oregon hunt. Three shots, three misses.
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on October 04, 2009, 09:20:21 PM: that sucks, but at least she got on to elk and had the chance
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Post by: GHETTO GUIDE on October 04, 2009, 09:31:19 PM: She is ready for tomorrow when I get home from work.
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Post by: Todd_ID on October 04, 2009, 11:43:18 PM: I've seen that before too many times for my liking! I guess that is part of hunting, but it's dang tough to explain to somebody else. One thing that may have happened that you can avoid is not bringing a cold gun into a warm house/tent/cabin; it'll draw moisture more often than not. We leave them unloaded inside or loaded ones stay outside locked in the pickup.
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Post by: scoyoc5 on October 05, 2009, 04:07:28 AM: that sucks! :bash:
I have some buddies that this happened to this year also??????
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Post by: SHANE(WA) on October 05, 2009, 05:21:51 AM: Ouch, good tip Todd!
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Post by: Curly on October 08, 2009, 01:56:07 PM: That sucks. :( Had it happen to me before.....but only once. Three times would really be tough to swallow. Will she be switching over to modern rifle next year?
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Post by: MIKEXRAY on October 09, 2009, 09:30:38 AM: I had the same problem with my muzzy & that is why I switched to archery. I actually solved my problem & recommend this to all black powder guys. One day I shot an animal & loaded for a follow up which miss fired 5 minutes after loading. I removed the nipple and found no powder in sight ! After that day I would load as normal ( ff ) & then remove nipple , and add a little fff powder in the breech wherer the nipple threads in. Problem solved & NEVER miss fired again, even when loaded all day. Hope this helps. Mike
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Post by: GHETTO GUIDE on October 11, 2009, 11:59:31 AM: Thanks for the tips guys. She got another shot 2 days before the season ended , LARGE 5 PT. Yes the gun went BANG! No she did not hit it! :bash:

Its tough giving up shots to your wife and not taking them my self, We both still have tags. UgggHHHH.
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Post by: markts on October 11, 2009, 01:51:57 PM: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :twocents: Mark