[Starting a new Tradition.]

Do you use bore butter in your traditions I had to in my old online made loading it easier and didn't affect the groups

do you clean the barrel with bore butter, or use it to lube a patch/lube the sabot?

 

[Starting a new Tradition.]

"I've never bought a rifle/ML combo with a scope included. So,..have to assume they are NOT boresighted during assembly. May be why you weren't able to adjust shot placement with the included scope. Save you a lot of headaches if you initially take ML w/scope to a gun shop and pay to have it boresighted."

 

According to the manufacturer, the combo was boresighted.  Actually the rifle shot a nice group @ 50 yards, but 3 inches high and right, and windage/elevation adjustments-even extreme adjustments, would adjust nothing.  Traditions did give me a new scope-no questions-so they may have a problem there.  Mine worked fine after adding a Bushnell scope.

 

[Starting a new Tradition.]

I do not see it as a powder issue...some bullets will not load 1st time with a clean barrel.  Had trouble loading 1 of the sabots that came in the pak with the rifle.  I believe those are Barnes, but no id.  Costly to try different loads, have to buy a 20 or 25 pack then the store will not take them back.  Someone should sell a variety pack that one could experiment with...hey, maybe I will try that!

[First Time "Big Woods" Hunting]

And do not, never, ever, drink the beaver water!  I could tell you about a trip to the Moose River Plains years ago, and we only just washed our pots in the beaver creek.

 

[Starting a new Tradition.]

gotta do it with the first shot, I guess...

 

[Tug Hill Hunting Camp/Land]

All sold.  2 camps and 350 acres in total.  Some happy new owners.

 

[Starting a new Tradition.]

Would like to share my first experience with inline muzzleloading, for those who may be considering it.  After hunting for many years with my .50 Hawken, I decided I needed a scope and better bullets, so I bought a Traditions Buckstalker with scope.  Nice little rifle, light and handy,but when I tried to sight it, it grouped about 3 inches high and right, and scope adjustments would not change it.  Sent the scope back to Traditions, and after almost a month they sent a new one.  Meanwhile, Gander did loan me a scope for BP season.  Meanwhile, I tried 4 different sabot loads, and only the Powerbelt .50 would actually load without beating the ramrod with a hammer.  Even the no-name bullets that came with my rifle would not load.  Costly experiment.  Now I am trying to reach someone at Traditions, thinking my barrel may be bored wrong.  Should have kept the Hawken.

[Hey has anyone shot the power belt platinum]

I have tried 4 bullets in my new Traditions Buckstalker, and Powerbelt copper is the only one that will load and shoot accurately.  May have an issue with smaller than .50 barrel, but Traditions will not talk to me.

 

[Tug Hill Cam]

actually a 6-pt.

 

[Tug Hill Cam]

youngster from early summer.

[200" NY buck?]

I believe it is Apple Creek Ranch.

 

[triplet fawns?]

the game cam do not lie:

[Three's a crowd]

It is not often we see triplet fawns on Tug Hill, but these were caught on our fieldcam a few times.  Mama in the background.

 

 

[They all have to start somewhere]

this was captured on one of our trailcams.  they are almost too big to be still nursing.

[Deer with arrow in jaw - NJ]

we have taken a couple of bucks with wounds like that, one on Tug Hill and one near Syracuse.  shooting at the antlers maybe?  or need more practice?

 

[Does a bear.......]

Where about was he

Tug Hill.

 

[Does a bear.......]

Wow there is alot of windmills in that picture. I counted atleast 10. Very nice bear

 

in the middle of the Tug Hill windfarm.  they have something over 200.  the wildlife do not mind them at all.

 

[Does a bear.......]

got this big bruin on our field cam on Tug Hill.  Just visiting?  Lots of does, fawns, and little bucks, but nothing big.

 

[Would you?]

Nice, why's he off limits?

 

He lives in a Nature Center with no hunting allowed.  Nice to see though.  I hope he does not wander out into farm country during the deer season.

 

[Velvet in September?]

Here are a couple of pics of a small buck (or doe?) we caught in mid-September.  Do bucks go this late without removing velvet?  Could this be a doe?  I believe we need a closer look.  Oh, yeah, don't look at the dates...they were never set.

 

[What camera to get]

I just got a Moultrie M100...have not tried it out yet.  Anyone have experience with those?  I have seen some good pics from them, some bad.  I want a good one, but not so good that someone will steal it.

 

[Un-bear-able]

Calling card from a visitor to our hunting camp.  Yes there ARE bears on The Tug.

 

[Nice young buck]

I won't tell you where.

[ADK Buck]

I have seen even bigger bucks than that up in the Old Forge area. The deer get use to the tourists, who feed them. The deer come right out to the road and wait to be fed. It got to the point where  a lot deer were getting hit and killed by cars, because they stood in the road waiting to be fed. They finally had to pass a law against feeding deer in that area.

 

I believe it is still illegal to feed them in NY State.

 

[Looked out my window and almost dropped my dinner.]

Great to see and photograph them anyway.  The city of syracuse has a large deer herd living within the city.  One huge buck has been seen in a city cemetery near SU.