Anyone been hunting lately?

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Anyone, been out hunting lately? Deer season starts in a few days up here in Ontario

 

[styropyro]

My family loves to hunt! ;D We hunt mainly deer and some turkey, here's what I got last Friday (Opening day deer shotgun season in Illinois)

My Dad likes to bow hunt more than shotgun because it is more of a challenge, he has three Boone and Crockett all times with a bow, I think that puts him either number 3 or 4 in the world.

Oh, in the picture it looks like I overdressed, but it was really only 15ºF out, the green leaves on the Honeysuckles make it look warmer than it was. :

 

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Nice! Muzzleloader season in my "ward" starts next monday so I'm hoping the weather will co-operate(may snow in a few days).

 

[styropyro]

Nice! Muzzleloader season in my "ward" starts next monday so I'm hoping the weather will co-operate(may snow in a few days).

I haven't hunted with a muzzleloader before, do you think it is more fun to hunt with a muzzleloader than a shotgun? Some say the muzzleloaders are more accurate than slugs, and I don't know if that is true because I've never shot a muzzleloader. It's probably more of a challenge because you only have one shot, but if the gun is accurate you don't need the extra shots. Anyway good luck!

 

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I haven't hunted with a muzzleloader before, do you think it is more fun to hunt with a muzzleloader than a shotgun? Some say the muzzleloaders are more accurate than slugs, and I don't know if that is true because I've never shot a muzzleloader. It's probably more of a challenge because you only have one shot, but if the gun is accurate you don't need the extra shots. Anyway good luck!

It's not really that much different except that you only have one round and it takes about a minute to reload. Muzzleloaders tend to be more accurate because they are rifled. I've personally never tried taking deer with a shotgun; partially because mine is tacticallized beyond belief

 

[sad_sagi]

you'd be surprised how accurate a shotgun can be... even a non rifled one.
too bad i had an unlucky season...

 

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you'd be surprised how accurate a shotgun can be...

Not if your shotgun sports a 14 inch barrel : (BTW, 14 inch shotguns are legal in Canada)