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    2020 Cow Elk Hunt

    Well, just like last year the September Archery season ended without me punching my tag but my hunting partner Ben also did not fill his so we both set our sights on the late season cow tag. A third would join us for this hunt, Jason. I had hoped to take at least 3 days off for this hunt...
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    2019 Elk hunt

    2019 was a tough season. After not killing an elk in 2018 the freezer was only sustained because of remaining moose meat and some charity elk meat from a friend. By the time September came the freezer was nearly bare. My partner and I decided to try a new area during archery season and I...
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    Powder Fouling

    How many shots can you fire before the fouling builds up enough to prevent loading? When at the range I typically swab between each shot because when I hunt I will be firing from a clean bore. On a recent bear hunt which you can read about here...
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    Black Bear 2014

    There are not many guys on this forum from my state but even so the most detailed I will get is that this occurred in Idaho. This is a long story and while I am embarrased by some of what happened in this story, I cannot change the facts and will tell it how it happened. Since I began hunting...
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    David Thompson

    I've been trying to decide on a book detailing David Thompson and Finn Mcdonalds travels, especially those down through Idaho and Montana. I've down several searches and turned up some book titles but don't want to commit the money to a book that turns out to have little in the way of specifics...
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    2011 deer

    I started hunting with my cabelas 50 cal hawken in 2007 and killed a small doe that year. Since then I have hunted with it a couple times a year but always ended up filling my tags with my rifle. During elk season this year I killed my elk and a deer with my rifle so the pressure was off and I...
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    sight height

    Do any of you have opinions on how high your sights should be above the barrel?
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    cabelas hawken and Lyman Great plains

    How historically accurate are the cabelas hawkens and the Lyman great plains rifle. the time period i am interested in is the fur trade era between 1810 and 1840. I currently have a cabelas (investarms) hawken in 50 cal and I either want to customize and make it more period correct or purchase...
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    farthest kill

    As I try to explain the lethality of roundballs to my centerfire friends my inexperience (only killed two deer with traditional muzzleloader) doesn't give me much firsthand info. So i would appreciate your input. What is the longest shot that you have killed a deer elk bear or moose with...
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    Grouping

    I am curious being relatively new to traditional shooting what your setup is. 1. rifle caliber and twist 2. load 3. max accurate range and group size at that range. I have been shooting a hawken 50 cal 1in 48 twist with .490 roundball with 0.10 patch and 85 grains ffg black powder. at 100...
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    buckskin gun cases

    I plan on making a buckskin case from the deer I recently killed and I need some ideas. Have any of you done this and could you please post pictures of your finished product as well as any tips you may have. I am not new to leather work but i've never made a gun case before. And of course i...
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    hunting in low light

    hello i'm new to the sight and relatively new to traditional muzzleloader hunting. My question is do any of you have any tricks for being able to more easily see your iron sights as it gets dark during an evening hunt. What type of sights do you have? style? what metal they are made of...
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