Bison

[The_Real_TCIII]

  On 4/24/2019 at 4:17 PM, Skillet said:

Going to take the muzzleloader instead of crossbow. Trying to work up a load for my Lyman Deerstalker. 

No luck with the 600gr No Excuses. Couldn't get them to stabilize in my barrel (1:48).

Planning to try the 460gr next.

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Go flintlock! Full pioneer dress! That would be awesome

[crappyice]

Want my buckskin????


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[ny hunter]

Can’t wait too see the pics...

[Paula]

  On 4/24/2019 at 5:11 PM, crappyice said:

Want my buckskin????


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Your personal buckskin? You in it? Let's see

[BowmanMike]

  On 4/24/2019 at 5:54 PM, Paula said:

Your personal buckskin? You in it? Let's see

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nooooooooooooo

[Lawdwaz]

  On 4/24/2019 at 4:17 PM, Skillet said:

Going to take the muzzleloader instead of crossbow. Trying to work up a load for my Lyman Deerstalker. 

No luck with the 600gr No Excuses. Couldn't get them to stabilize in my barrel (1:48).

Planning to try the 460gr next.

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When is the hunt Kurt??

[moog5050]

  On 4/24/2019 at 4:17 PM, Skillet said:

Going to take the muzzleloader instead of crossbow. Trying to work up a load for my Lyman Deerstalker. 

No luck with the 600gr No Excuses. Couldn't get them to stabilize in my barrel (1:48).

Planning to try the 460gr next.

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Is 1/48 actually considered a twist.  Lol.  Hope the 460 work for ya and you leave a big bison with a big hole.  

[Skillet]

  On 4/24/2019 at 10:29 PM, Lawdwaz said:

When is the hunt Kurt??

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Mid october

[Pygmy]

The 460 will certainly do the job....They shoot great in my TC Hawken 1:48 twist...

[BizCT]

Sounds cool, congrats on drawing!


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[Lawdwaz]

  On 4/24/2019 at 11:16 PM, Skillet said:

Mid october

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Good deal, plenty of time to get her dialed in.......

[Pygmy]

  On 4/25/2019 at 1:12 AM, Lawdwaz said:

Good deal, plenty of time to get her dialed in.......

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Should be no problem to get her shooting MOB....( Minute Of Buffalo)….

[The_Real_TCIII]

  On 4/25/2019 at 1:51 AM, Pygmy said:

Should be no problem to get her shooting MOB....( Minute Of Buffalo)….

Lol Morsels of Bison


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[Daveboone]

I would enjoy a bison hunt. Locally, I know of one pay to shoot up north, where you can get a bison meat hunt (oh jeesh, I am dating myself now....its has been about 10 years) about 1000 pre butcher at that time. I guess just to fill the freezer it isn't too bad, but I am with you, I would love to hunt it out on the plains...I would have to use my falling block 45-70 though.

[Skillet]

The hunt is slowly getting closer. Oct 14th is the day.

Shot the muzzleloader today. 

This group is 10 shots off a pair of shooting sticks. 50 to 75 yards.

Not as good as a scoped inline, but I'm happy seeing as it is a peeped hawken.

420gr conical over 80gr of 777 ffg.

I would like a hotter load, but the groups start to open up if I increase the powder.

You muzzleloader guys think 80 is enough?

Shots on the hunt will avg between 50 and 75 yards. Heart and lungs only. No head shots.

[nyslowhand]

Ever wonder where those old frontiersmen were shooting the buffalo when they dropped them in their tracks??? IDK, so just guessing that a buffalo has one thick skull.

  On 4/24/2019 at 10:44 PM, moog5050 said:

Is 1/48 actually considered a twist.  

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Moog, IRC the 1:48 was the rifling (twist) when the cap lock MLs were 1st hand manufactured in the mid-1800s. Sort of carried over to the modern ML traditionalist. Not unusual for older style flintlock's to have a twist rate of 1:66. Thought process back then was to give some spin to the ball & improve accuracy over the old smooth bores as best as they could with hand techniques. Lot of modern inline MLs shooting sabots utilize 1:24 to 1:32 barrel rifling. What you're thinking is twist relative to modern rifle/handgun rifling, right!?! EX; Twist rates of 1:6 for an AR-15, 1:16 for a 1911 45cal handgun. Even rifles of different calibers have slightly different twist rates. The infamous Barret 50cal has twist rates of only (?) ~1:15, compared to my OTC Savage 270 deer rifle w/1:10 twist.

[Skillet]

Leaving Saturday. Can't freaking wait. Booked a day of prairie dog shooting for my son, too. Got a lot to do this week. 

Nervous about the 1375 mile drive. 

Edited October 6, 2019 by Skillet

[cdbing]

Good luck! Post up some pics of the country you will be hunting and the adventure as it unfolds. That would be a hunt I'd really like to try, so i am interested in following your adventure.

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[Lawdwaz]

  On 10/6/2019 at 6:42 PM, Skillet said:

Leaving Saturday. Can't freaking wait. Booked a day of prairie dog shooting for my son, too. Got a lot to do this week. 

Nervous about the 1375 mile drive. 

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Woot!!!!!!!

The Drive will be a piece of cake.......ya get tired, ya pull over. 

Let the boy drive....

 

[Skillet]

  On 10/6/2019 at 7:51 PM, Lawdwaz said:

Woot!!!!!!!

The Drive will be a piece of cake.......ya get tired, ya pull over. 

Let the boy drive....

 

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Let the boy drive?!?!?! You crazy. 

Edited October 6, 2019 by Skillet

[ny hunter]

Awesome can't wait to see the pics.

[biggamefish]

Good luck, out there.  With all that meat you will have a New york hunting forum BBQ right?

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[Skillet]

And we're off! 3 hours down, 19 to go! 

[crappyice]

  On 10/12/2019 at 11:30 AM, Skillet said:

And we're off! 3 hours down, 19 to go! 

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? I gotta go potty! Can we stop at White Castle? Are we there yet?

Just in case you are missing a child passenger


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[Skillet]

Just went over the Mississippi into Iowa. Never seen it before. Beautiful.

Saw a cpl huge bucks dead on the road in Ohio / Illinois.