Got to go muzzloading for a couple hours today, and filled the tags I bought.
Last weekend me and one of my buddies made it out as well, but we were shooting horribly.
It wasn't untill I tried to reload my rifle that I realized I'd forgotten to lube the bullets/sabots I'd prepared the day before. Vince had alot more trouble than I did with loading the unlubed bullets, and I think he was short seating them, causing his accuracy issues.
After lubing the bullets he hit his next two shots and we called it a day.....12hrs later
This afternoon was much more successful.
The goats were much closer to the access road, and both Vince and I shot better.
I took the big brown Billy at about 40yds kneeling, as he walked thru a crack in the lava rock. I had to shoot over the ridge of rock, and the bullet hit him high, breaking his spine.
After we got him back to the truck we drove down a bit more and walked in one of the crossroads.
It was almost 6 with sunset at 6:20, but we got on a herd about 10mins into our walk so we're well within legal limits.
We initially started stalking a black Billy, but as we came out of a shallow depression I spotted another small Billy about 40yds in front of us. Vince decided to take it and dropped it in it's tracks.
On his shot a pair of nanny's ran up onto the bare lava at about 100yds. I held high spine and hit about 3" lower (which puts them around 120 I think).
We split up to retrieve our goats and get out before dark, and I forgot to get a picture of Vince's little Billy.
Fun time as always, and much less frustration than last weekend lol.
Now that muzzleloader is over, I'll get back to my projects
Last weekend me and one of my buddies made it out as well, but we were shooting horribly.
It wasn't untill I tried to reload my rifle that I realized I'd forgotten to lube the bullets/sabots I'd prepared the day before. Vince had alot more trouble than I did with loading the unlubed bullets, and I think he was short seating them, causing his accuracy issues.
After lubing the bullets he hit his next two shots and we called it a day.....12hrs later
This afternoon was much more successful.
The goats were much closer to the access road, and both Vince and I shot better.
I took the big brown Billy at about 40yds kneeling, as he walked thru a crack in the lava rock. I had to shoot over the ridge of rock, and the bullet hit him high, breaking his spine.
After we got him back to the truck we drove down a bit more and walked in one of the crossroads.
It was almost 6 with sunset at 6:20, but we got on a herd about 10mins into our walk so we're well within legal limits.
We initially started stalking a black Billy, but as we came out of a shallow depression I spotted another small Billy about 40yds in front of us. Vince decided to take it and dropped it in it's tracks.
On his shot a pair of nanny's ran up onto the bare lava at about 100yds. I held high spine and hit about 3" lower (which puts them around 120 I think).
We split up to retrieve our goats and get out before dark, and I forgot to get a picture of Vince's little Billy.
Fun time as always, and much less frustration than last weekend lol.
Now that muzzleloader is over, I'll get back to my projects
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