Muzzleloader Mule deer

[air rn]

If ya have taken one with a muzzy. What bullets did ya use. I am shooting the Hornady ELDX Bore driver consistently. Reduced powder load to 80 by volume black horn. Limiting my shots to 100 yards or less. Any other bullets y'all would recommend me trying during the off season. Shooting a TC FX pro hunter with Williams peep and fiber front sight.

 

[mtnrunner260]

Scorpion - PT Gold - 50 Caliber Sabots - 300 Grain .451 Bullets (12 Pack)

Scorpion PT Gold Polymer Tip Bullets are electroplated with copper plating that does not separate from lead core as most jacketed bullets. The end result is better penetration needed for one shot kills. The PT Gold offers greater accuracy at longer ranges than a hollow point. The 3% antimony...

harvestermuzzleloading.com

Taken deer and elk with these. Happy with accuracy and dead animals.

 

[air rn]

I will check em out. Looks like the make a full bore version as well. Thanks for the input

 

[Anubis]

I've killed all my deers than I can remember with a lever 30-30 with open sights.

 

[Huntnnw]

I've killed all my deers than I can remember with a lever 30-30 with open sights.

and your point? not what hes asking

 

[SwiftShot]

Hornady SST ML. My sons have each taken a few bull elk with these. A total of 4 bulls. All dropped right where they stood. The longest shot was 150 yards. Amazing performance and super accurate in the muzzleloader. There young eyes can hold 2 inch groups from a bench with open sights. I am really impressed. No matter what avoid Power Belts. Terrible experience on black bear with that round.
https://www.hornady.com/muzzleloading/sst-ml#!/

 

[summs]

Hornady SST ML

+/-1 for SST. I wish i had your experience with SST's. Mine has ruined trips and made nightmares.
Maybe 300gn SST MZ are different from 300gn Sabot slugs?

I have shot 1 deer and not recovered with SST MZ, 100% probably me missing,(after bad slug gun experiences) but bigger sample size is slug guns. I used them mostly in Slug guns as other manufactures stopped making slugs (finally all coming back). But I am used to deer dropping when hit with a normal slug or leaving an exit hole and deer don't go far.

From my experience, SST's grenade on impact, minimal weight retention and rarely an exit wound on white tail deer and black bears leaving long recoveries and minimal blood trails. Between my uncle and I the last few years, 8 for 10 recovered and only 1 dropped in it's tracks. The others all ran 100+ yards. Luckily it's very open woods and you can watch for a long ways. 2 we almost gave up on thinking it was a miss and only to go over the ridge and find the deer. 300+ yard recovery

ELDx and FTX's sure. But I'll never shoot a SST ever again. We swapped over to Federal copper slugs. Not as accurate as the SST's, but hopefully we see better results.

 

[air rn]

I have to shoot full bore for Western legal. The ELDX Bore driver fit the ticket. Think I am going to try Fury and Thors as well. Only thing that makes me a little concerned with the ELDX is they are designed for long range. I have a decreased powder load which in theory will slow them down at 100 and mimic them at 200 with a standard 90 or 100 grain by volume load

Thanks for the feedback all!

 

[mikkel318]

This deer was with the FTX Boredriver out of a CVA Accura MRX with 84 grains blackhorn by weight. Shot was 140 yards with the Williams Peep and their Crosshair insert with holdover. Biggest thing I think helped was having a muzzlebrake. It makes it much more fun to shoot.

 

[air rn]

Great shooting sir!

 

[270Hunter]

I have shot deer with the TC MaxiBall which is a lead conical, they fly well out to about 125ish yards. I shot an Oregon buck a few years ago at 90 yards and was able to recover the bullet in the opposite shoulder. I now shoot the hornady boredriver ELDx in the states where it’s legal, I do think they fly better and I can shoot farther and more consistently. I’m shooting a Knight Bighorn with a Williams sight with about 105 grains of powder and a number 11 cap