Author Topic: Hunting pictures (Read 83679 times)

madmtmike · « **Reply #125 on:** October 31, 2016, 05:55:49 PM »

You have a good eye PPatch.
Kibler produces fine kits but they all appear to be flinters.
Then I'd have to find somebody other than me to finish it out.
I sure like the lightweight look of those, I've been carrying 11 lb Sharps & Hawken long enough.
Thanks gents.
madmtmike

410-er · « **Reply #126 on:** November 07, 2016, 02:10:44 AM »

Kills from the 11ga,14ga,17ga,18ga,but the 20ga didn't score. . . .yet!First woodcock with a muzzy this year!

101_1112[1] by t410er, on Flickr

101_1116[1] by t410er, on Flickr

101_1102[1] by t410er, on Flickr

101_1098[1] by t410er, on Flickr

101_1099[1] by t410er, on Flickr

101_1093[1] by t410er, on Flickr

101_1092[1] by t410er, on Flickr

D. Taylor Sapergia · « **Reply #127 on:** November 07, 2016, 03:37:36 AM »

Nice work with the scatter guns!!

Osprey · « **Reply #128 on:** December 02, 2016, 01:26:10 AM »

Didn't anyone hunt in November this year?!?!

EC121 · « **Reply #129 on:** December 02, 2016, 02:33:05 AM »

Here is one I shot on 11-30-16. Shot it through the heart at 40yds. It ran about 40-50yds. before realizing it was dead and crashing. Thought it was a doe until I turned it over to drag it out of the woods. The rifle was built by Boggis. Story is he was laid up with a broken leg and passed time by building the rifle. .50cal. with a 28in. tapered H&H barrel and Davis lock. Also has Bomar pistol sights There is a better picture of it on my blog. Nov 2015 post. www.bricestultzhisblog.blogspot.com Nothing like touching off a flinter after sundown. Like a flash bulb in your face for a few seconds.

Shovelbuck · « **Reply #130 on:** December 03, 2016, 03:28:53 AM »

My muzzleloader season started yesterday the 1st and ended this morning. A bit longer distance than I like to shoot but I had a solid rest and felt confident with the shot. 140 yards and dropped him where he stood with a shoulder shot. 80 grains FFF, .490 ball. Ball exited off side.

WaterFowl · « **Reply #131 on:** December 04, 2016, 08:21:35 AM »

60 yds dbl lung ball split on first rib stopped under skin on off side..570 rb 90 gr 2f goex.187# dressed no body fat.

wattlebuster · « **Reply #132 on:** December 04, 2016, 04:40:07 PM »

Good looking buck Dan. Even split in half that big ball got er done. I love the job those big calibers do

wattlebuster · « **Reply #133 on:** December 04, 2016, 04:43:25 PM »

Quote from: Shovelbuck on December 03, 2016, 03:28:53 AM

My muzzleloader season started yesterday the 1st and ended this morning. A bit longer distance than I like to shoot but I had a solid rest and felt confident with the shot. 140 yards and dropped him where he stood with a shoulder shot. 80 grains FFF, .490 ball. Ball exited off side.

Shovelbuck thats some good shooting. On my hunting grounds 60 yds is a long shot so I doubt I could have made that long of a shot being I dont practice past 75 yds or so

hanshi · « **Reply #134 on:** December 04, 2016, 10:41:07 PM »

Great shooting, Shovelbuck, and a nice buck. Most of my hunting was down in Georgia where I lived for 62 years. The bush is thick in the Deep South and, like wattie said, 60 yards is a long shot. I had one shot at 75 yards and two at around 100 yards. I had to hide behind hay bales in a large field to get the two 100s. IIRC, all others were 60 yards or under, sometimes well under.

WaterFowl · « **Reply #135 on:** December 04, 2016, 11:59:59 PM »

Quote from: wattlebuster on December 04, 2016, 04:40:07 PM

Good looking buck Dan. Even split in half that big ball got er done. I love the job those big calibers do

Thanks Allen! I'm leaning towards these larger rb's did not feel like i was over gunned on this one..

Osprey · « **Reply #136 on:** December 05, 2016, 06:26:54 PM »

Nice! Way to go guys!

Shovelbuck · « **Reply #137 on:** December 06, 2016, 05:36:52 AM »

wattlebuster and hanshi, thanks for the kind words. Our hunting here in central Ne. is river bottom with crop fields bordering it. This guy was heading across a rye field towards the timber where i intercepted him. This was the 50th shot through the gun since I built it last July and I'd only shot a few at 100 yds. but they were right on.
As a side note...........I'm really liking this Chambers deluxe Siler, 50 shots and I haven't touched the flint at all yet.

WaterFowl · « **Reply #138 on:** December 06, 2016, 04:44:00 PM »

That's some good shooting there!Shovel! Atta-Boy!..Its just funner with a flintlock!

tddeangelo · « **Reply #139 on:** January 20, 2017, 01:34:13 AM »

Finished out this year's deer season with a nice doe last night. 52 yards offhand, picking a hole through brush....

Rifle was built by Allen Martin, inspired by the John Schreit rifle. 46" Hoyt 1:56 swamped barrel of 62 caliber, Davis Colonial lock, 0.600 round ball (cast by moleeyes36), blue striped pillow ticking patch, bear fat/beeswax patch lube, 120gr 2F Goex, and for complete details, a Neolithics English flint in the cockjaws.

Complete pass through, although she was at an angle I didn't quite perceive. The entry looks perfect. Problem is, she was angled toward me a tad, and the exit was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the ribs. 175 yards or so of blood trailing later, I found her dead in a creek.

This one is my 3rd overall for the year (one with my bow, one with a bolt action, and now this one), and this will become dried "beef", sausage, and bologna. Well, except for the backstraps and loins. Those are never ground or processed, other than grilled to medium rare.

Third season with the rifle, and third deer to its credit.

EC121 · « **Reply #140 on:** January 21, 2017, 07:43:38 AM »

Shot this one on Inauguration Day. Didn't think Donald would care. My Old Ugly rifle is great for tree stand hunting. Big sights and lightweight. Our season doesn't go out til Feb. 10.

Smoketown · « **Reply #141 on:** January 21, 2017, 07:07:20 PM »

I wonder what the historians will say in 200 years about a Morgan Pad 'found' on a flinter.?

And, sights you can see.

NOT traditional but, I like it!

Cheers,
Smoketown

Justin Urbantas · « **Reply #142 on:** January 31, 2017, 01:35:13 AM »

I've gotten 7 deer with muzzleloaders now, and here are a couple pictures.
These are pictures of the biggest one I have gotten, and the one that I am most proud of that I got with a matchlock.
The big boy was with my .62 tulle at 35 yards, and the doe was with my .75 matchlock at 45 yards!

oldtravler61 · « **Reply #143 on:** January 31, 2017, 03:40:16 AM »

Justin you did GOOD congrats an a matchlock at that. Awesome. Mike

Mauser06 · « **Reply #144 on:** January 31, 2017, 06:51:21 AM »

First rifle I've "built". I took a doe with it this season as well.

Sure feels good to drag a deer out taken with a rifle that was put together with your own hands...

hanshi · « **Reply #145 on:** February 01, 2017, 01:09:31 AM »

Man, but I'm jealous. Seems everybody's been shooting big deer. Me, well I got skunked.

T*O*F · « **Reply #146 on:** February 01, 2017, 03:33:54 AM »

This is a caribou that my friend George shot a couple of years ago with an original 1863 Springfield musket and a minie ball

EC121 · « **Reply #147 on:** February 01, 2017, 07:14:06 AM »

My Mark Silver North Carolina rifle took a spike yesterday. Not as big as I hoped for but it will be some fine eating. .54 cal. using a .535 patched round ball lubed with a homemade concoction 1/2 TOW mink oil 1/2 coconut oil 100 grs. 3F. About forty yard shot. DRT. Next one will be much larger or it can pass safely by the stand. Just needed some meat.
Tim Cosby

wattlebuster · « **Reply #148 on:** February 01, 2017, 12:49:49 PM »

I love the dark stain on that rifle EC121

oldtravler61 · « **Reply #149 on:** February 01, 2017, 08:40:50 PM »

Tim Well done you did good. Also you saved yourself four hundred on a taxidermy bill. Mighty fine eating ahead. Oldtravler

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