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Muzzleloader Hunting
First Shots out of Savage
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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 844544" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>Additionally, I have an ongoing philosophy about shooting paper verses shooting an animal and that simply is, shooting paper in groups is fine and it gives you a yeardstick as to where your pill is landing and grouping at various distances (and unlike a centerfire in big bore), the pill drops like a rock beyond 150 yards anyway (imagine a slice of watermelon and the outside edge is your trajectory).</p><p> </p><p>However, all animals have a kill zone, in the case of a whitetail it's about 12-16" depending on the size and how the animal presents itself to the hunter, so long as the terminal velocity is sufficent and the kinetic energy is sufficent to cause expansion and penetration of the pill into the animal, it's going down. Maybe not instantly but then a treck in the woods following a blood trail isn't always a bad thing.</p><p> </p><p>We all like to 'drill and drop' but it's not always the case.</p><p> </p><p>I use paper targets just as a yardstick. I certainly don't compare a paper print to an actually kill shot. Never have, but then, thats just me.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone of your groups is well within the kill zone of a whitetail, even the flyer. Any one of those prints will drop an animal at reasonable distance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 844544, member: 39764"] Additionally, I have an ongoing philosophy about shooting paper verses shooting an animal and that simply is, shooting paper in groups is fine and it gives you a yeardstick as to where your pill is landing and grouping at various distances (and unlike a centerfire in big bore), the pill drops like a rock beyond 150 yards anyway (imagine a slice of watermelon and the outside edge is your trajectory). However, all animals have a kill zone, in the case of a whitetail it's about 12-16" depending on the size and how the animal presents itself to the hunter, so long as the terminal velocity is sufficent and the kinetic energy is sufficent to cause expansion and penetration of the pill into the animal, it's going down. Maybe not instantly but then a treck in the woods following a blood trail isn't always a bad thing. We all like to 'drill and drop' but it's not always the case. I use paper targets just as a yardstick. I certainly don't compare a paper print to an actually kill shot. Never have, but then, thats just me. Anyone of your groups is well within the kill zone of a whitetail, even the flyer. Any one of those prints will drop an animal at reasonable distance. [/QUOTE]
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