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    Hog Hunting w/ .50

    Well, for my senior year graduation gift we are going to Edgar Springs, MO to hunt hogs. My dad wanted to use his .50 cal great plains and he has roundball and TC Maxi hunters which both shoot great. On a 200 lb. hog will the ball pass through if hit behind the shoulder? I was planning on using...
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    Finally Got Some Meat Hangin'

    It's been a long process but in the last couple weeks I've went out deer hunting a few times to try and get a deer to butcher for my grandparent's who said they'd like a deer and I figure I'd best do it because it's their land I hunt on. So I went out a few times bowhunting and never had much in...
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    Muzzleloader Mag. Article

    If you read Muzzleloader Magazine check out this month's article in the "On the Game Trail" section my article on my first muzzleloader deer finally got published almost 3 years after it happened. And it's just in time for this year's deer season where I'll try and get my 4th deer with real...
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    Why Do You Hunt With a Muzzleloader?

    Why do you hunt with a muzzleloader? I'm not asking why did you start hunting with a muzzleloader but rather I'm asking why do you continue to do it. I'll answer first by saying I started hunting with them for the challenge but anymore I really don't care what the challenge level is rather I...
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    'bout to Start Makin' Some Knives Again!

    As many of you probably know I haven't really posted around here for a while except for when I'm selling guns :haha:. So yes, I still do shoot muzzleloaders some and I'm gonna make a knife starting some time this week when the blade comes in. So I have a few questions again. What type of epoxy...
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    Anyone made an "Actual" Ball Sack?

    Yes, I am referring to a pouch to hold your lead roundballs, made of deer leather that had previously been the deer's ball sack. My dad tried tanning one this year off a deer I killed with my bow that happened to have some large balls. So he first flipped it inside out with them little white...
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    Antler Dye?

    I made a 5" antler handle knife last summer and tried selling it but it just looks so weird and light that no one really wanted it. So I think I want to somehow darken the antler with a dye or something like guys do on their powder measures. What stuff should I use on it?
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    TC Maxi Balls?

    I think I'm going to order some of these for use in 2nd deer season and muzzleloader season in my .45 TC Hawken. I killed a deer with roundball but I didn't get a pass through and she hardly lost any blood until she collapsed. And I can shoot that gun with good long range accuracy up to 125...
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    "Workin' Hard All Week Puts the Meat on the Table"

    Yea, that's right. I altered Josh Thompson's song "Beer on the Table" to name this topic. Sorry I haven't had time to put these on here from Friday. Friday we hunted then ate supper and right after that I was at my girlfriend's house all night til like 12, then I cleaned my gun and only got like...
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    Gun Dilemma for Opening Day

    My only 2 reliable guns are my TC .45 Hawken and .50 Renegade. Tomorrow I'm gonna go make sure both are still sighted in good. I know plenty of deer have been killed by .45 roundballs but I really don't want to wound anything and not find it. Most of my "hot" stands right now can have shots from...
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    What size ramrod for .45 TC Hawken?

    I broke the ferule off my factory TC ramrod the other day so now I need to order a replacement from track. I figure I might try the ramin ramrod this time because the hickory ones never seem to be straight anyway. :idunno: So what size does this gun use? I know a .50 uses a 3/8" but I don't know...
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    Pheasant Loads for 12 Gauge

    It's getting to be that time of year again. Except this year I actually have a muzzleloading shotgun capable of wingshooting. My cousin has 2 bird dogs and I go bird hunting with him on preserves. I thought I might try my muzzleloading shotgun once or twice with him this year but my o/u will get...
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    A Much Needed Squirrel Hunt

    Haven't had much time to spend hunting lately because of being so busy. I managed to escape for a dove hunt last week but other than that it's just been school and lots of golf meets(can't complain about that :rotf:). We've had a cold-snap lately which has really triggered my "hunting sense" so...
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    Any Luck Dove Huntin' w/ Muzzleloaders?

    I dove hunted every day last weekend as soon as the season opened. None with muzzleloaders and I'm glad I didn't take it because I wouldn't have had near as much fun I did. This weekend might be a little slower and I might try working them closer since I got some clip on dove decoys now and a...
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    Wood Handled Knives

    I'm thinking about making some wood handled knives. I can obviously see that you need to use the blade that has the holes in it for making these knives but what else is needed as far as installing those brass rivets? I'm thinking about making the wood blanks myself out of either oak, walnut...
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    Stuck Nipple (Advice Needed)

    I bought a .45 TC Hawken from a member here and checked it over the day I got it so I went and shot it today. After I wad done shooting I was going to start cleaning it. I took the barrel off and got out my nipple wrench to take off the nipple and it won't budge. I hadn't taken that nipple off...
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    Shot a Triple of Squirrels this Morning

    Was gonna go squirrel hunting at sun-up this morning but accidentally slept in. I managed to get out there around 8:00. I just worked a small 20 acre draw and sat down at a few locations and waited a few minutes at each and the squirrels just came out :idunno:. The Pedersoli 12 ga. sxs did its...
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    First Squirrel of the 2011-2012 Season!

    Went squirrel hunting late this afternoon around 4ish and took my Pedersoli 12 ga. sxs shotgun to see if I could go bust a tree rat. I sat down at a place or two and tried calling them with my caller but they weren't out that much or talkative. Towards the end of walking the draw which I...
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    Illinois Squirrel Season Opens Monday!!!

    Who's going out despite the forecasted 95 degree temps? The thing that stinks is I can't make it out in the mornings all next week so I have to hunt afternoons and evenings. I'm real excited about it because it's another chance to spend a day in the woods hunting with a muzzleloader. I plan on...
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    Mink Oil?

    I like using TOW Mink Oil for my patch lube for hunting but it's kind of a pain in the butt to be ordering lots of that. I bought a can of mink oil that's meant for waterproofing your boots today and was wondering if it matters that it's not "supposed to be" used on patches. Will this stuff...
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