NWPA22
Active Member
Last year I finally broke down and purchased an inline muzzleloader. A CVA Accura V2 in 50 cal, side note I love this gun, it is surprisingly accurate and shoulders and shoots well. I got the gun dialed in that summer and was ready to go. PA has a week long inline Doe only season, usually around the middle of October, that runs during archery deer season. I went afield tags in hand ready for an evening hunt. I was going to sit near a lone apple tree that is near the tip of a finger extending out into a standing corn field. I was walking to my spot in a 5 ft wide strip of knee high grass between the corn and the timber line. I was hugging the edge of the corn when I spotted movement in the woods up ahead. I stopped and watched as a Doe and fawn started walking out of the woods about 60 yds away into the standing corn. She stopped in the grass and looked down towards me, I already had the gun up and the crosshair on her shoulder. I shot and watched as they both bounded off and back into the woods. I felt really good about the shot but when I got to where they were standing I did not see any blood or hair. I started second guessing my shot. Were they closer than I thought did I shoot over her back? I kept walking to where they ran in and there she was piled up just inside the tree line. The shot was a touch back from the shoulder but still got both lungs. I had heard before that sometimes muzzleloader deer do not bleed good because the projectile does not exit the animal. I am still baffled that there was not even a speck of blood between where she stood and where she fell. I shoot a 245 grain powerbelt aerotip bullet that grouped really well in my gun
Has anyone else had this happen where you found the deer but no blood? Did you try anything different? Do different projectiles do a better job of opening them up?
Has anyone else had this happen where you found the deer but no blood? Did you try anything different? Do different projectiles do a better job of opening them up?