First muzzleloader buck

[Mufasa]

New to the game, and being "old school" in most everything enjoy the traditional/primitive angle and good old fashioned hunting at close range. Got this guy last week, last day of the season with my 45 cal Underhammer running a 275 grain soft cast LFN over 92 grains of 777. One shot through the shoulders at 88 yds and he never moved . Got my other tag filled in Nov with an original 1881 Marlin in 40-60 at about the same range running 260 grain cast over 3031, freezer now full!

 

[labbypoint]

wow both very nice

 

[bronko220002]

Very cool. SD is one state I haven't hunted yet. Be nice to go with someone who has a place to hunt and knows the area.

 

[deermanok]

A couple nice bucks and guns, congrats.

 

[.45er]

New to the game, and being "old school" in most everything enjoy the traditional/primitive angle and good old fashioned hunting at close range. Got this guy last week, last day of the season with my 45 cal Underhammer running a 275 grain soft cast LFN over 92 grains of 777. One shot through the shoulders at 88 yds and he never moved . Got my other tag filled in Nov with an original 1881 Marlin in 40-60 at about the same range running 260 grain cast over 3031, freezer now full!View attachment 29774View attachment 29775View attachment 29776

Great screen savers! Nice rifles too. Congrats!

p.s. Always liked Marlins.

 

[snapbang]

very nice.

 

[Heat]

Way to go!

 

[phalanx]

Congratulations. Very nice bucks and rifle!

 

[toytruck]

Congrats! Good looking bucks! Guns not bad either!!

 

[MrTom]

Wow! Congrats on both critters. Very nice deer!

 

[kerryman71]

Congrats

 

[Hanshi]

That is the way to do it! Beautiful bucks and I like both rifles. I have an old .45 underhammer I ordered around 57 years ago. My longest shot with the underhammer was a doe at a paced distance of 75 yards. The load was a .440" ball over 65 grains of 3F black.

 

[Mufasa]

Many thanks! And Hanshi I love that byline of yours: "Young guys should hang out with old guys; old guys know stuff", that's epic!

 

[crazyboutduck]

Those are both beautiful bucks. Not to mention them rifles are both gorgeous rigs. Congratulations!!

 

[356]

The first deer using a new method, be it MZ, Archery or handgun is always memorable. Congratulations on a great hunt and full freezer.

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Congrats!

 

[JIMYJAC]

You did well. Congrats!

 

[brad502a]

Very nice!

 

[Ninering62]

New to the game, and being "old school" in most everything enjoy the traditional/primitive angle and good old fashioned hunting at close range. Got this guy last week, last day of the season with my 45 cal Underhammer running a 275 grain soft cast LFN over 92 grains of 777. One shot through the shoulders at 88 yds and he never moved . Got my other tag filled in Nov with an original 1881 Marlin in 40-60 at about the same range running 260 grain cast over 3031, freezer now full!View attachment 29774View attachment 29775View attachment 29776

Congrats, nice bucks, nice rifles. I'm a .40 cal fan too & think the underhammers are just cool. Thanks for the pics

 

[jd24.5.48]

Nice guns and the Bucks aren't bad either!