Putting the skills to practical use.

[Niskibum]

Doing the blackpowder boogie this weekend.

[Unbridled Liberty]

Nice!  He's a dandy.  Congratulations!

UL

[Mark Davis]

Nice buck, I would like to read about you blakpowder equipment.

[George Hacker]

Nice buck! Glad to see you bring home the bacon,... er, I mean the venison.

[Niskibum]

I have an Austin Halleck 50 cal muzzleloader. Unfortunately they went out of business a few years back, but they made some beautiful guns. Back when Idaho was changing their rules around there was one year that they let us use pretty much anything that you had to load from the front end. I had a scope on the Austin, and with saboted Barnes all copper bullets I could hold my shots in a 6 inch group at 200 yds with it from the bench. Now they limit us so much, no sabots, all lead projectile, open sights, etc. that I'm lucky to do it at 100. I'm now using a No Excuses 460 grain bullet and BlackMZ powder. It still gets the job done, but I'm not happy that Idaho has these stupid rules. I can understand having the challenge of muzzleloading, but when it comes to accuracy and a clean kill I want to use the most ethical equipment. Less accurate means more wounded animals, and that's not good for anybody. 

[jmdavis]

Good rifle choice. I shoot the No Excuses .45.465gr.lead in my bullet gun. It is one of th ed best that I have used for practic accuracy and killing power. Other bullets may have more accuracy. But the 465 works great. :

Congratulations.on a fine.buck.