Redlg155
Member
Well folks, I got some good news in the mail today.
I got drawn for a Sambar Deer hunt on St. Vincent Island here in NW Florida! St Vincent Island used to be a private game reserve until it went back into State property some time ago. A resident population of Sambar Deer remains on the Island and the state allows limited hunting by permit only for two days a year. These deer average from 300-500 lbs, pretty close to Elk.
The hunt is muzzleloader or bow only, so I've decided on the Muzzle loader. Hopefully I'll get a good TC Encore muzzle loader sometime this next month or so to prepare.
Since I've never hunted anything larger than deer with a muzzle loader, I need some advice. Will the current crop of medium weight sabot bullets be enough to put down an animal the size of an elk, or do I need to look at something like the Buffalo Bullet? Perhaps even something like the Barnes copper solids. Either way I need something to shoot out of a relatively fast twist rate of the Encore.
Good Shooting
Red
I got drawn for a Sambar Deer hunt on St. Vincent Island here in NW Florida! St Vincent Island used to be a private game reserve until it went back into State property some time ago. A resident population of Sambar Deer remains on the Island and the state allows limited hunting by permit only for two days a year. These deer average from 300-500 lbs, pretty close to Elk.
The hunt is muzzleloader or bow only, so I've decided on the Muzzle loader. Hopefully I'll get a good TC Encore muzzle loader sometime this next month or so to prepare.
Since I've never hunted anything larger than deer with a muzzle loader, I need some advice. Will the current crop of medium weight sabot bullets be enough to put down an animal the size of an elk, or do I need to look at something like the Buffalo Bullet? Perhaps even something like the Barnes copper solids. Either way I need something to shoot out of a relatively fast twist rate of the Encore.
Good Shooting
Red