Jefferson National Forest and the NULA

[Keese_21]

The load is not real critical when you get them under 15 yards. He came charging around a blowdown at 6:30pm last night.

 

[deermanok]

Congrats, nice buck!

 

[edmehlig]

Great looking Buck!! You were sure lucky if he charged you. He might have been taking your picture and posting it on his forum.

 

[HC]

Good Buck

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Congrats!

 

[Okie Hog]

Congrats on the nice buck.

 

[rugerbh103]

Nice buck, I hunt the George Washington NF. Haven’t got on like that yet.

 

[MTY]

That's a dandy!

 

[retrieverman]

Dang nice buck!

 

[robwheeler]

Very nice -- congrats

rob

 

[toytruck]

Nice buck, I hunt the George Washington NF. Haven’t got on like that yet.

Same here. My biggest NF buck is a 8 point, but nothing that good.
Congratulations!!
How far did you drag him? Or cut him up to carry out where he lay?

 

[Bushfire]

Dandy buck, I'd be happy with that someday!

 

[Keese_21]

Well, I went home and had dinner and then I had the kids go back and help me drag him!

 

[robwheeler]

Nice views of the countryside to go with the deer and family.

rob

 

[FredB]

At 15 yds, you just have to take them in self-defense.

 

[jims]

What loads do you find best for the NULA?

 

[robwheeler]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is NULA?

rob

 

[Keese_21]

New Ultra Light Arms.
To my knowledge no longer making muzzleloaders. Mine will have to be pried from my cold dead hands. I can’t say enough good things about Mr Forbes and his product, any good thing you read about him is an understatement.
Regarding loads I’ve had some oddities. It doesn’t matter what I put in it with a .452 XTP it is an absolute tack driving hammer.
That’s 185gr- 250 gr and a 6 gr window of 2 powders.
So I should just stop there and leave well enough alone, and I guess in a way I have because that’s I what I have stuffed in it.
I tried Barnes all copper, and I could not find a sabot that anyone but Hercules could get in the barrel.
I then tried .458 325gr FTX and could not get near the accuracy of the XTP and had some other chrono issues.
I also found out that cheap bulk .452 diameter bullets are not the same as the XTP.

 

[robwheeler]

Thank you

rob