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General discussion => Black Powder Shooting => Topic started by: MuskratMike on June 16, 2024, 03:55:10 PM
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Just leaving Idaho after a successful bear hunt. We got 6 bears in 4 1/2 days. Planned on shooting it with my Don Bruton .54 flintlock. Due to the terrain I elected to take the Hawken 54.
(https://i.ibb.co/6bq8XCf/bear.jpg) (https://ibb.co/q92CJQP)
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Bear grease galore. Congrats to you
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Congrats on a nice bear!
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Well done on your bear, Mike.
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Congratulations Mike! I expect the details of the hunt will be in your article. I do have one question, what about the terrain made you chose the Hawken over the Bruton rifle?
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The steepness, dense brush, ease of carry. Actually split the time.
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Looks like a nice spring hide. What did it weigh?
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ah that one won't maul no lil ole lady. Well done! nice bear indeed.
george
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We didn't take the time to weigh it (live weight or after field dressed). Not real good guesser. Enough I didn't want to drag it and let the guides do it.
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Congrats Mike!
Good looking bear.
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Any bear taken with a flintlock is alright by me. As they say pure bragging rights. I can taste the bacon hamburger as we speak! Nice Job?
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(https://i.ibb.co/cL3f3BK/0-4.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0t2427p)
A bear left its calling card on my deck last night! Not too surprised, out back I have probably five acres of black berry's, eight feet tall and loaded with berry's. I even mow paths around them so my wife and friends have easy access to them.
Robby
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Any bear taken with a flintlock is alright by me. As they say pure bragging rights. I can taste the bacon hamburger as we speak! Nice Job?
It appears that this one was taken with a caplock.
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Alacran: you are correct. I took two rifles for a reason. Depending on the steepness of the terrain and the amount of brush I would be going through I wanted to have the right weapon. The day I shot my bear I knew there was a high probability of very steep hikes and the brush was dense and thick. Therefore I chose the Hawken over the Don Bruton flintlock. Last i checked they are both muzzleloaders.
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It might be interesting to some if you would share your load particulars, shot distance, bullet placement and performance. ;)
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Glad to. 75 grains of Goex 3F, .530 round ball .018 ticking patch with a 50/50 mix of mink grease and pure neatsfoot oil. The bear was treed in a pine tree so let's say 12-15 yards. Shot it right behind the front leg taking out both lungs. The shot literally blew it out of the tree hitting the ground very dead.
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Hunting with dogs?
Fleener
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Yes in the mornings we hunt in rigs each with 6 hounds. In the evenings over bait. For more details you'll have to wait for the article.
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WOW! That thing looks huge, way to go.
Tim