Muzzle loading season begins Friday.
Is there anyone here that still hunts with a front-stuffer?
I know that the brass cases with the rifle primer, the compressed pyrodex type pellets, the scope, the break action rifles and such are accurate as all get out, but I really enjoy hunting with my open sighted black powder front-stuffed, percussion capped rifle that needs to be thumb-cocked.
I was in the same pop up blind as my son one year. He had not checked out his rifle as well as he should have. When the deer came ambling by, I deferred to watch him shoot it. He pulled back the hammer and squeezed the trigger. CLICK! We quickly changed percussion caps and he took aim again. CLICK! By now the deer was quartering away and we didn't have much time. I thumb-cocked ol' Thumper and clouded up the air. When the smoke cleared, I could see the deer laying where it once stood.
I tease him to this day about that, offering to go with him whenever he heads out - just in case he needs some backup!
I hope to get out a bit. Where I hunt, during this late season, you either see no deer or twelve deer. It was rare that day to see a lone deer, but I'm glad we did. It was a memorable hunt.