Doc7
Member
Hello all,
I have a food plot this year (about 3000 sq ft, very small) which is turning out to be VERY productive, in an extremely high traffic area. Last year was my first year seriously deer hunting, and I saw zero deer with 10-15 hunts under my belt. This year, in a new spot on my lease, I was seeing deer on camera even before I finished spraying Roundup and clearing out the 3000 sq ft. Now that there is Winter Rye 5-6" tall and Durana clover coming up, I am seeing deer on the camera every day. I am getting really excited for Muzzleloader season to start on Nov 5...I have a ground blind approx 60 yards from the plot with a view 60 yards down the logging road in the opposite direction (some of the animals travel in rom that direction as well).
4 days in the last 2 weeks now I have photographs of black bears. On the 22nd of October, 2 of them came. They seem fairly large to me, particularly when I consider I will be in a ground blind with a muzzleloader.
I have already spent significant time sighting in and cleaning up the rifle for the season. I have been shooting 300 Grain, 45. cal saboted (for 50 cal) Hornady SST bullets. They are one-holers at 50 yards in this gun!
Will this be an appropriate bullet if I shoot a black bear if the opportunity arises? I hadn't intended on that...I don't think I have time to switch to a new load with my work schedule, but if I have to try, I might be able to.
I have a food plot this year (about 3000 sq ft, very small) which is turning out to be VERY productive, in an extremely high traffic area. Last year was my first year seriously deer hunting, and I saw zero deer with 10-15 hunts under my belt. This year, in a new spot on my lease, I was seeing deer on camera even before I finished spraying Roundup and clearing out the 3000 sq ft. Now that there is Winter Rye 5-6" tall and Durana clover coming up, I am seeing deer on the camera every day. I am getting really excited for Muzzleloader season to start on Nov 5...I have a ground blind approx 60 yards from the plot with a view 60 yards down the logging road in the opposite direction (some of the animals travel in rom that direction as well).
4 days in the last 2 weeks now I have photographs of black bears. On the 22nd of October, 2 of them came. They seem fairly large to me, particularly when I consider I will be in a ground blind with a muzzleloader.
I have already spent significant time sighting in and cleaning up the rifle for the season. I have been shooting 300 Grain, 45. cal saboted (for 50 cal) Hornady SST bullets. They are one-holers at 50 yards in this gun!
Will this be an appropriate bullet if I shoot a black bear if the opportunity arises? I hadn't intended on that...I don't think I have time to switch to a new load with my work schedule, but if I have to try, I might be able to.
