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Posted: 6/27/2017 11:09:51 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/28/2017 10:05:54 AM EDT

[#1]

14 years of draws, only drew once, and that was a hot year that threw off normal migrations

really wish they did a system like Wyoming's

Posted: 6/28/2017 11:12:13 AM EDT

[#2]

I got 3 out of 4, but I go for the easy ones.

Posted: 6/28/2017 12:10:48 PM EDT

[#3]

I drew Muzzleloader Antelope (hunt 4040) in 30A. it is east and south of Leadore to the Montana border. I don't know the area. Anyone got any hints on where to hunt. Its about 90 minutes from my house so I'll be scouting several weeks before.

Posted: 6/29/2017 7:19:51 PM EDT

[#4]

I can't help you on the Antelope hunt. I got drawn for the Muzzleloader Cow Elk hunt in 39.

I am debating going for a general season Whitetail tag so I can hunt either sex north of McCall by about an hour.

Eric

Posted: 6/30/2017 12:16:53 PM EDT

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I can't help you on the Antelope hunt. I got drawn for the Muzzleloader Cow Elk hunt in 39.

I am debating going for a general season Whitetail tag so I can hunt either sex north of McCall by about an hour.

Eric

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I've only seen Mule Deer in the Elk City zone.

Posted: 7/1/2017 10:56:50 PM EDT

[#6]

I've drawn cow elk 2 times muzzy on both. Very fun hunts. Got a muzzy buck tag this year. I've had good luck but I play the odds.

Posted: 7/10/2017 7:27:32 PM EDT

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I've drawn cow elk 2 times muzzy on both. Very fun hunts. Got a muzzy buck tag this year. I've had good luck but I play the odds.

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I kilt a bull elk with a .58 cal Hawken replica over in the Bitterroot a bunch of years ago. It was a challenge to say the least.

Posted: 7/11/2017 11:34:36 AM EDT

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My old muzzle loader keeps giving me problems. I didn't filled either of those elk tags. Had a hang fire on the first hunt, and shot right over the top of her, of course couldn't get close again. Last year discovered that the cold affected it. Wouldn't fire on the first trigger pull. This year I'm going to practice a lot more with it. I have a feeling that the spring may need to be replaced.

Posted: 7/11/2017 1:13:09 PM EDT

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My old muzzle loader keeps giving me problems. I didn't filled either of those elk tags. Had a hang fire on the first hunt, and shot right over the top of her, of course couldn't get close again. Last year discovered that the cold affected it. Wouldn't fire on the first trigger pull. This year I'm going to practice a lot more with it. I have a feeling that the spring may need to be replaced.

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I figured out early on that at the end of every day a guy needs to fire the load you hunted with that day and reload first thing in the morning.

Posted: 7/11/2017 10:57:28 PM EDT

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I figured out early on that at the end of every day a guy needs to fire the load you hunted with that day and reload first thing in the morning.

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Indeed. After I came back out of the woods my buddies had a good laugh at me.

Posted: 7/14/2017 11:18:18 AM EDT

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My old muzzle loader keeps giving me problems. I didn't filled either of those elk tags. Had a hang fire on the first hunt, and shot right over the top of her, of course couldn't get close again. Last year discovered that the cold affected it. Wouldn't fire on the first trigger pull. This year I'm going to practice a lot more with it. I have a feeling that the spring may need to be replaced.

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Mine wouldn't fire the first time either. I changed nipples and problem solved.

Posted: 7/14/2017 9:06:29 PM EDT

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Mine wouldn't fire the first time either. I changed nipples and problem solved.

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Getting a rebuild kit I'm going to try first, which has a new spring in it.

Posted: 7/15/2017 11:29:24 PM EDT

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What muzzleloaders are you guys using? I'm looking at the Traditions Pursuit G4 Ultralight. It is a light rifle, which I really like. If anyone has any experience with this one, let me know.

Eric