Joe Hulburt
Well-known member
For some reason I got inspired to take up shooting a muzzleloader this year. It was a lot of fun learning something new and getting it dialed in! Gun is a CVA Optima shooting 247 grain Copper Thor Hollow Points with 120 grains of Pyrodex Select....it shoots very well.
I had 10 points here in Oregon and decided to cash them in on a mule deer hunt. It's only a 7 day season after the rifle hunt and pre rut so I was a little skeptical if it was a good idea. People told me if we got some good early snow it would be a fun hunt......we had blue sky and upper 70's every day and it was tough to locate any bucks. I finally found this guy and was able to hit him right in the throat patch on a dead on 70 yard shot.
I'll be looking for some more optimal muzzleloader hunts in other states for sure since Oregon has very few of them and they take a lot of points.
I had 10 points here in Oregon and decided to cash them in on a mule deer hunt. It's only a 7 day season after the rifle hunt and pre rut so I was a little skeptical if it was a good idea. People told me if we got some good early snow it would be a fun hunt......we had blue sky and upper 70's every day and it was tough to locate any bucks. I finally found this guy and was able to hit him right in the throat patch on a dead on 70 yard shot.
I'll be looking for some more optimal muzzleloader hunts in other states for sure since Oregon has very few of them and they take a lot of points.