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Muzzleloader Hunting
New Mexico bans the use of scopes
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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Wright" data-source="post: 2695960" data-attributes="member: 104363"><p>My best hunting memories came from stalking elk and pronghorn. All open sights. Getting in close.</p><p>Getting to a pronghorn within 150, crawling the last 800 in what looked like a golf course sprinkled with 8 inch high bushes here and there. I used a Thompson Center 50 and a Hawken 50 I built from a scaled drawing, to a real version.</p><p>All of the building and stalking really brought it home to me, how hard one had to work and do it back in the 1800's.</p><p>It's just thrilling to get in so close after seeing animals miles away in a spotting scope. Or getting into a herd of cows and a big bull so close without detection. It takes hours to run in washes and low spots. Crawling over ridges. Running, glassing....</p><p>What a gas!</p><p>If one prefers a scope, so be it. </p><p>But nothing beats the close in pursuit regardless if you are successful in the shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Wright, post: 2695960, member: 104363"] My best hunting memories came from stalking elk and pronghorn. All open sights. Getting in close. Getting to a pronghorn within 150, crawling the last 800 in what looked like a golf course sprinkled with 8 inch high bushes here and there. I used a Thompson Center 50 and a Hawken 50 I built from a scaled drawing, to a real version. All of the building and stalking really brought it home to me, how hard one had to work and do it back in the 1800's. It's just thrilling to get in so close after seeing animals miles away in a spotting scope. Or getting into a herd of cows and a big bull so close without detection. It takes hours to run in washes and low spots. Crawling over ridges. Running, glassing.... What a gas! If one prefers a scope, so be it. But nothing beats the close in pursuit regardless if you are successful in the shot. [/QUOTE]
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