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  1. FredB

    Segregated Heard

    Drew my second choice of an early season antlerless elk tag. After four days of chasing them around the mountain, I was closing in on a big bull who just kept on singing. Possibly a couple different bulls. One draw short, my cow stepped out of the trees, and hesitated when she saw me, just long...
  2. FredB

    Weaver K1?

    Has anyone used a Weaver K1? Being in Idaho, I'm considering getting a 1x scope for my ml, and it's the only one I can find right now.
  3. FredB

    First pronghorn

    I drew on a second chance draw for a ml pronghorn hunt, here in Idaho. First time I would ever get to hunt them, and in an area I had only driven through about 31 years ago. It felt like a grand adventure to the great unknown. I was a little concerned about my lack of experience with a tag that...
  4. FredB

    Greater love hath no man...

    Drew for an antlerless elk ml hunt that started 8 September. The first two days were crazy-hot, reaching at least 85 degrees. I saw a couple deer each day, but no elk. There were tracks everywhere, but no elk, and no droppings. I figured they were in the area I was hunting at night, but headed...
  5. FredB

    Bighorn range report

    My new-to-me, $230 Knight Bighorn had a couple little rough spots in the barrel, about where the bullet and charge would go, so I wasn't sure what kind of accuracy to expect. I needn't have worried. The first group, (right), was 50yds, 75gr RS (by volume), felt wad, under a 420gr No Excuse. The...
  6. FredB

    Persistence

    I Hunted deer pretty hard, for about 15 of the 20 day ml controlled hunt season. At least half of that with my brother, who drew an antlerless elk tag for the same time frame. We saw a number of small to medium bucks, early on, but I was holding out for something bigger. We filled the elk tag...
  7. FredB

    Freezer buck

    Hunted Lexington Wildlife Management Area, Oklahoma for a few days. There were gently rolling hills, and oak forests broken by the occasional grassy field. Saw a larger bucks, and one pig, but didn't have a shot. This morning, at 7:45, this little guy walked right up on me. I'd been seated for...
  8. FredB

    Powder, T17 patches, or gremlins?

    So, I was hunting last fall, and silly me, I didn't verify my zero before going out. I'd used the same gun and the same load the season before, and last I knew, it grouped three 405 grain lead powerbelts in about an inch, zeroed at 100yds. (MK 85, 54 cal, 100 grains T7, by volume.) Except I...
  9. FredB

    New crown recommendations?

    So, I'm planning to take my TC Northwest Explorer in to have the QLA removed. It occurs to me that I can have the new crown cut a number of different ways. Any strong opinions on what makes the best crown? The purpose of the rifle is to hunt with lead conicals.
  10. FredB

    Thanksgiving Muley, er... Whitetail

    So I chased the mule deer all over the mountains in Idaho this November. I used to live there but am stuck in Oklahoma for a while. Took a good two weeks, and promised myself I'd hold out for a really big one this time. I've taken a number of medium sized mulies, but never a really big one. My...
  11. FredB

    Plastic wads?

    So I'm having difficulty getting acceptable accuracy using lead conicals. I hunt Idaho, so all lead, full-caliber is the rule. Please don't tell me about the awesome accuracy you get out of your favorite sabot, it'll only make me sad. :( I do have an .54 cal MK-85 that gives me great accuracy...
  12. FredB

    OK gunsmith?

    I need help finding a good gunsmith in the Oklahoma City area. All I need is to have my ML drilled and tapped to mount peep sights, but I'm not sure who to trust. The gun has been collecting dust in one gunsmith's shop for eight weeks now, and I'm quite tired of waiting. The season is fast...
  13. FredB

    Northwest-legal

    Some states, seems like mostly in the northwest, have some very restrictive requirements for hunting with a muzzleloader. I hunt Idaho, so my eyes start to glaze over when I read about sabots, jacketed bullets, 209 primers, pellets, and scopes. On the other hand, I'm not a traditionalist, per...
  14. FredB

    Thanksgiving Muley

    Took this muley last Wednesday in a late season draw in Idaho. The shot was right about 100 yards. A doe was standing right in front of him, but most of his chest was exposed. It was all good, as long as I didn't miss low. But I found a stable shooting position, and the shot felt good, so I took...
  15. FredB

    Idaho .54 MK85

    I hunt deer and elk in Idaho with my old .54 MK-85, first gen inline. Filled a few tags with it but am still trying to find the right load. 110 grains of pyrodex pushing 435gr maxi-hunters gives me 4 inch groups at 100. 105 grains Pyrodex pushing a 405gr powerbelts will sometimes approach...
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