Muzzleloader Kills, 2023

[pse hunter]

Lets see your kills for 2023

Deer, Bear, Hog, Small Game, Varmints, Turkey or any other game taken with a smoke pole of any type.

have a great year be safe and lets smoke the woods up

 

[JeffHampton]

Monday, 10/16, Schley County
Kind of a long poke for me using open sights; proud to get him

 

[01Foreman400]

Morgan County 10/19/23

 

[DynamicDennis]

Monday, 10/16, Schley County
Kind of a long poke for me using open sights; proud to get him

Looks like an spear kill, with that in the background.

 

[Flintrock]

Carroll County . .45 caliber Flintlock. 100 grains fff. with patched round ball

 

[the Lackster]

He ain't much, but he is meat! Third buck of the year, but first muzzleloader kill this season. Cva wolf, hornady 350 gr sst, 80grs of bh 209 by volume, and a cci shotshell primer. Beautiful pass through and <5 yard recovery. I was hoping to enjoy some fresh heart for supper, but as you can see, it was a little over tenderized. Flooded on me from daybreak until I got him packed out at lunch, but it was a good sit. Got to love them bonus hunts.

 

[johnpoulan83]

Kansas this past week, it was rifle season but I got drawn for muzzleloader in September, still had a tag to fill and shot this nice 9 point at 240 yards. 68 grains of loose powder and 325 grain Pittman out of Mcwhorter .45 caliber, double lunged em, can’t believe he ran 150 + yards. It’s a tack driver.

 

[the Lackster]

Proud dad moment!!! This little girl has been beyond patient this year. She has had several "close but no cigar" days, but has kept her head up and stayed in the game. She is a tuff kid too. Yesterday when she shot this one she was sucked in a little too close and got bit by the scope. She stayed rock steady after the shot because we still had deer right up under us. Proud would really be an understatement. She also tracked him without assistance. She did an excellent job not getting in a hurry and staying on blood. It makes me so dang proud and breaks my heart all at the same time watching her gain her independence in the woods.

 

[the Lackster]

The ol cva had the woods smoked up this morning!

 

[flconch53]

That's what I like. Whackem and stackem

 

[trad bow]

Good food for your family. Hunting in an peach orchard?

 

[the Lackster]

Do I need to put a 2024 kill on here or is it time for a new thread?

 

[trad bow]

A new thread for 2024

 

[JustUs4All]

These two were from the same day early in the season. My grandson also pictured got one and a neighbor friend the other. My go to coffee cup is in one of the pics as well. LOL


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[Glenn]

My oldest son (14) killed his first deer on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at Joe Budd WMA here in Tallahassee.

I bought him a new CVA Wolf II muzzleloader for Christmas and we got it dialed in at the range as we seem to hunt more black powder hunts than rifle hunts here in Florida.

Joe Budd WMA is a place I hunt a lot as it is close by and I never have an issue getting a deer in January. My son William has been making the long one mile trek to hunt my honey hole for the past 4-5 years. He came close to getting a nice buck last year, but it just wasn't in the stars. He did bag his first turkey during the Spring Youth weekend.

Long story short we hunted Friday before the front came through and saw nothing but squirrels. Saturday was looking much better with the cold front passing through just before daybreak and I just had a feeling we would see something.

We were sitting in a double ladder stand on a steep hill that goes down to a big bottom. About 8:45 am I look back behind us and a doe with a spotted fawn fed by us eating mushrooms and other browse. The spotted fawn was fluffy and frisky, so we enjoyed watching them feed off out of sight.

Right at 9:00 am I catch movement straight across the bottom and could tell it was a buck right away. I caught a quick look in the binos and told my son he was legal and to get ready. I lost sight of him for a few tense seconds until he popped out at 80 yards with his head to the ground and moving quickly. Told my son I was going to stop him and to get the crosshairs on him.

I made a quick grunt and he slammed on the brakes and just stood there. My son's scope was fogged up due to his and my excitement, so I quickly rubbed my glove to clear it and cocked back his hammer. Two seconds later smoke filled the air and cleared for us to see a big white belly.

William had drilled the buck with a perfect heart shot at 80 yards and dropped the buck in his tracks. I'm still speechless on how well he did everything by the book.

Buck ended up being an 8 pt that field dressed at 115lbs and was aged to be 3-3.5 yrs old.

He is hooked!

 

[Wanderlust]

Killed 3 deer and a hog off public land with the muzzle loader in '23.
Best buck so far with the muzzle loader too.