Muzzleloader Hunting Success Thread

2025 VA Muzzleloader Season
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Yea, wild. It’s like the rack went straight out. He’s at the taxidermist haha. Not cause he’s huge but bc it’s odd. 22” wide. Been watching him for 2 years
You’re telling me. You should see the trail cam vids I have of him. I’d post em but I can’t post vids
 
2025 season. New Mexico wilderness bull with a Knight Mountaineer shooting 290 TEZ and bh209.
Oregon Roosevelt spike with TC Renegade sidelock with 450 grain lead conicals and real black powder. IMG_0397.jpegIMG_1254.jpeg
 
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My first ever elk and first animal with a muzzle loader.
Spent a mind numbing number of hours working up a load, setting up the sights, and establishing an effective max range over the summer. Settled on a 325gr Fury universal over 120grV T7 FF
56 yards, a little back and a little high but quartered away. He went sub-10 yards. I was convinced he would get back up while I was frantically dumping half my speed loader on the ground, but he was dead as a dornail.
 
Two bucks this year with the muzzleloader here in florida.

Cva optima, 150 grns with the 250 grn hornady monoflex. Both shot around 50 yds and watched both of em go down... the larger one ran maybe 20 yards or so closer to my stand, stood there and looked around for a second. I thought I might have missed him, then I saw the red spot on him and he fell over.
 

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