Delaware Muzzleloader Opener

Fat Crabber · October 03, 2006, 08:01:00 PM

Anybody muzzleloading on opening day in DE this weekend besides me

? I just cleaned and "buttered" my .50cal TC Omega, much easier this year because I switched to triple 7 powder last year.

kingcrabber · October 03, 2006, 08:06:32 PM

Quote from: Fat Crabber on October 03, 2006, 08:01:00 PM
Anybody muzzleloading on opening day in DE this weekend besides me ? I just cleaned and "buttered" my .50cal TC Omega, much easier this year because I switched to triple 7 powder last year.

whatya shootin at Pinhead?

..if n your tryin ta hide behind a tree....ya better find one thats as big as the state of Alabama

...just tell me when you is fully loaded and cocked....I'll be headed towards Alaska...you gots them short eyeballs

Fat Crabber · October 03, 2006, 08:47:53 PM

Quote from: kingcrabber on October 03, 2006, 08:06:32 PM
whatya shootin at Pinhead? ..if n your tryin ta hide behind a tree....ya better find one thats as big as the state of Alabama ...just tell me when you is fully loaded and cocked....I'll be headed towards Alaska...you gots them short eyeballs

You don't need to hide in a tree when your treestand is big enough to rent space in

anchor · October 03, 2006, 10:01:52 PM

jamie, bet da king wouldnt make fun of ya if you were shootin his buzzards.aka(sea rat bastards).

seanymph · October 04, 2006, 10:39:20 PM

I'm going Saturday morning, I'm going to sight in my Muzzleloader tommorow. Good luck.

jrccrab · October 05, 2006, 05:09:09 PM

Good luck FC, just nailed my first one (with a bow) this past saturday/opening day here in Pa.

Bdc · October 06, 2006, 08:55:53 AM

Attaboy jrccrab!!!!

(need to have one w/ a bow on here)...lol Anyhow, nice to get that first one down. I had three come through last night...First time i hunted this spot...I was about 10,000 feet in the air. Deer looked right at me. Was very weird...needless to say, she blew and they ran. hunt over.
Oh well, That's why it's called hunting and not killing right?? Good job. keep knocking them down!!
-Scott

seanymph · October 06, 2006, 02:03:29 PM

I'm not liking the way this weathers looking for tomorrow morning

. I hope it moves out sooner than the weather man is saying, but I never believe them, and I'm right to do so at least half the time

. Good luck all.

tattoo · October 06, 2006, 08:58:23 PM

Good luck to all.

seanymph · October 07, 2006, 02:30:03 PM

Well, I woke up this morning and I thought the rain was all done, so I went out. Was in the stand 45m before legal shooting time. At legal shooting time it started drizzling, and by 8am it was pooring where I was. I figured w/ the wind and the rain it was pointless, so I packed it in and headed home. Of course when I got home, it looked like it was all over. Oh well, maybe next time. How did every one else do?

tattoo · October 07, 2006, 09:23:01 PM

Maby next time you will have better weather. good luck.

Fat Crabber · October 08, 2006, 11:07:04 PM

Went out Saturday morning and was just windy and damp and the only things I seen were trees. No rain though so that was good. Saturday evening was great though, winds calmed quite a bit so I sat close to the field, seen a bunch of squirrels, no deer though. BS'ed with the farmer for about an hour, came outside turned on the truck lights and there they all were, about 20 deer standing in the field (one monster buck (probably 10+ couldn't get a good look in the darkness), most of them standing within about 50yds of where I had been sitting. Maybe next Saturday I'll get one of them.

jrccrab · October 11, 2006, 02:56:42 PM

Quote from: Bdc on October 06, 2006, 08:55:53 AM
Attaboy jrccrab!!!! (need to have one w/ a bow on here)...lol Anyhow, nice to get that first one down. I had three come through last night...First time i hunted this spot...I was about 10,000 feet in the air. Deer looked right at me. Was very weird...needless to say, she blew and they ran. hunt over.
Oh well, That's why it's called hunting and not killing right?? Good job. keep knocking them down!!
-Scott

Thanks Scott/Bdc, yes it was nice to take a nice buck within the first thirty minutes of opening day archery season.

can't wait til bear season

Good luck to you and everybody that will be out there hunting, (keep it safe).

ChrisS · October 11, 2006, 05:44:39 PM

FC,
Get up off the ground if you can, especially hunting a field. The deer will stage close to the field's edge shortly before dark.....more than likely on the edge the wind is blowing to. Try to wear as much scent free clothing as well as scent-free sprays to cover your scent......and kindly ask the farmer to relax on shooting at the deer so you can harvest a few. I bet he has a loaded rifle close by incase the deer make an appearance during daylight hours.