Sick to my stomach!!!!!! Went to the farm yesterday and sat in a stand that over looked our bottom and was using the muzzleloader for a farther shot.At about 8:00 i heard a grunt coming from the cedars southeast of me about 200 yards, then 3-4 more grunts and here comes this doe and behind her is the big 10 i saw in bow season (160+), they were coming right at me and i scrambled to undo all the safetys. I stopped him around 30-40 yards, i pulled the trigger all there was was a pop ( the cap went of but not the powder) the deer stood there for 10 seconds then trotted in front of me staying at about 30-40 yards and proceeded to chasing the doe, like nothing even happened!! This would of been my biggest deer, sick to my stomach that it didnt go off, also that i didnt bring the shotgun!! :thrwrck:
I'm guessing you left it loaded prior to that hunt and the powder drew moisture.
No, loaded it 45 minutes before!
Did you load it inside a warm building then head out to the cold? I know this can make the powder draw moisture too.
Did u shoot a primer through it before you loaded it to blow out the breech?
Did u shoot a primer through it before you loaded it to blow out the breech?
My ritual is to shoot 3 primers through the gun before loading. A lot of guys say its not needed but I hear of this all the time and the only correlation is not shooting primers first.
X2 I've had this happen one time; didn't shoot primer after cleaningI always shoot one primer, usually with the muzzle pointed at something that I can see move with the blast. If it doesn't move= plugged breech. Liv likes buying primers to stimulate the economy.:grin:
You should have chucked a fastball at him!!
No sorry to hear, he'll still be around