I took my first muzzleloader deer on Friday evening :-D :-D .
I used my new Encore 209x50 with the .25ACP conversion, 295gr PowerBelt on top of 2-50gr Pyrodex Pellets.
It was almost the end of shootin' time and the rain was becoming steady. I was sitting in a pop-up ground blind, low on the side of a ridge, 50yds from a creek where the deer cross in the evening to get to a field. A small deer (thought it was a doe) lingered up on the ridge with a larger doe. They were in heavy brush and hard to see. Just as the light was fading the smaller one came down the ridge a little and was feeding. I had it in my scope but the brush was very thick. As I followed it, an opening appeared between two trees and as the deer's vitals appeared in that opening, I took the shot :eek: . The deer bolted abot 30 yds and dropped. It was a perfect Heart shot. :-D
Unfortunately, the deer wasn't a doe but a button buck. We're trying to focus on does this season as the land owner wants to cull the heard. In late winter they have been causing a good deal of very expensive landacaping damage.
I really like my Encore :-D :-D
