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  1. Beautiful fish and awesome looking plugs and spoons! Did you paint those yourself? Andre
  2. I'm hoping to fish Saturday. I don't need docks, just open water! thank you, Andre
  3. Rob, I also shoot a CVA Optima V2 with a nitride barrel. I am shooting Barnest Spit Fire TMZs with 100 gr triple se7en and I'm getting golfballs at 100 yards. At the risk of starting a controversy, I no longer clean my barrel like I used to. I followed some guys instructions about simply LICKING the patch and I have noticed my MZ shooting much better. Here are the instructions I follow, FWIW, and I feel awkward posting this because I know so many of you know more about these things than I do (but this has really been working for me): This is taken from somewhere on the web, I can't remember who or where: Here are the steps I follow in loading every shot, every season, every circumstance with all my muzzleloaders. Period. 1. After the shot, lick a clean, cotton patch. (yes, lick a patch; with your tongue) Place it wet side down on top of your barrel. Using your ramrod with a cleaning jag attached, work the patch in ever-lengthening strokes to the bottom of the barrel. 2. Remove the ramrod, flip the patch over and run the other side of the patch to the bottom of the barrel. 3. Remove the ramrod. Discard the patch. 4. Dump in the pre measured powder charge. 5. Seat the bullet until the powder stops compressing. Done. Use this simple five step sequence every time you shoot and groups will shrink and velocities will stay constant, shot after shot. Using this method, I have shot my flintlock 100s of times without a full cleaning. Here are some simple DON'Ts. 1. DON'T use any type of cleaner on the patch. Blackpowder and Pyrodex shoot much, much better on a fouled barrel than they shoot on a clean barrel. Using cleaner will remove the "first shot fouling". The "spit patch" will remove the excess fouling while leaving the "first shot fouling" on the barrel. Chronograph three - five shot strings with the same load. For the first string, do nothing between shots. For the second string, swab with a patch dampened with cleaner. For the third string, swab with a spit patch. You will be amazed at the results. 2. DON'T go hunting with a clean barrel. My best example of this is using Pyrodex RS on a clean barrel with a Knight Wolverine. The first shot out of a clean barrel can be as much as 6" out of the group at 100 yards. With that first fouling shot on the barrel, 1" groups are very common but on a clean barrel, that first shot can be anywhere in that 12" circle. 3. Always seat your bullet using a bullet starter that will not deform the end of the bullet. Deformed bullets may shoot fine at 50 yards but cannot fly the same over extended ranges due to variance in ballistic coefficiency.
  4. i don't think i would even eat that "21 pt doe"! and that piebald looks like a goat to me - FWIW andre
  5. i have shot dozens of deer, including nice bucks, without face paint when hunting from a stand, especially with a gun, but I am hunting more and more from the ground with my bow and I think every bit helps in this situation. I prefer paint over a mask because i grunt call a fair amount...
  6. Hi all, The stuff I have clogs my pores and is difficult to get completely off. Previously, I had some that washed off real easily. Can you recommend some that washes off well? thanks, andre
  7. 1. 1. I know that it is best to spend as much time as possible in your stand during the rut, but given work and family responsibilities, I know I’m not the only one who has to use their time as “efficiently” as possible. My question to all of you is: if you have only 4 hours to hunt on a day during the rut (esp. chasing phase) would it be: a a) Dawn to noon b b) 10a-2p c c) 1p-dusk I hunt a lot of public lands and don’t put trail cameras there because the first year I did that, they both were stolen (along with 3 stands that had good chains on them!). I also hunt 15 acres of private land that i put trail cams on and during this year’s rut, I saw the most mature bucks from 10a-2p. I 2. I know not everyone buys into the “second rut” (i.e., one month after the primary rut) but if you do, would you hunt the same hours as you answered in question #1? Thank you very much and good luck to all! and Happy Thanksgiving! andre
  8. great video! I'm heading to Champlain for the first time this thursday (9/21). We will be camping on Valcour Island. What part of the lake were you fishing? Any advice for a first-timer? (I am fairly competent at trolling the finger lakes and Lake Ontario) thank you, Andre
  9. one of those bucks looked incredibly thin - the ribs were so prominent. Do you think he is sick? andre
  10. Hi Chris, this is probably a stupid question, but if i download Humminbird OneBoat to my phone, will it show my boat on the map (so i can see where i am relative to the contour lines)? many thanks, andre
  11. Hi all, i also posted this on the Lake Ontario section (i figured some folks don't check all parts of this forum): I will be visiting Lake Champlain for the first time Sept 19-22 (camping near Plattsburgh - on Valcour Island). 1. Do you know how i can obtain a map with depth contour lines of the lake? (I don't have a navionics card) 2. Keeping in mind that will be in the northern half of the lake (west/NY side) in a 17' boat, any advice regarding trolling for LLs, jigging for lakers, or casting for bass would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! (feel free to PM me) I am not able to get this far away more than once a year, so i won't be burning up any of your favorite spots thank you very much, Andre
  12. Hi all, I will be visiting Lake Champlain for the first time Sept 19-22 (camping near Plattsburgh - on Valcour Island). 1. Do you know how i can obtain a map with depth contour lines of the lake? (I don't have a navionics card) 2. Keeping in mind that will be in the northern half of the lake (west/NY side) in a 17' boat, any advice regarding trolling for LLs, jigging for lakers, or casting for bass would be GREATLY APPRECIATED! (feel free to PM me) I am not able to get this far away more than once a year, so i won't be burning up any of your favorite spots thank you very much, Andre
  13. Hi all, The 8 acres I own and hunt on is HEAVILY wooded. There is no way to do a food plot. I used to have some wild apple trees that attracted deer, but they have all died after the gypsy moth invasion a couple years ago. I was thinking that planting apple trees could attract deer years down the road. Should I buy trees, rather than seeds? Are there specific types of apple trees that are more appealing to deer? ANY INFORMATION WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU! andre
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