Muzzleloader season has begun!

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Been a while since I have posted.  I have been actively hunting this season trying to get that big buck, and still haven't got him.  I have started watching and prepping (albeit late) my other spot I have scouted on my lease.  It currently has a small hanging feeder on it, and a tree I was using for my climber stand.  I have only sat in it once.  I bought a REAL nice Shadow Hunter blind at Academy in Conroe, and my good buddy Mark help me get it setup (the picture isn't great, but the blind is!).


This is it in my garage, nice and new.  I bought a pack of "Elevators" and mounted 3' legs to it and put it in the field.  During the summer, I'll probably lift it to like 8' or so to get better view into the woods.



So, I begin muzzleloader season with my new gun I got for Christmas!  I got a Thompson Center Encore Pro Hunter and a Nikon ProStaff scope.  Ready to rock'n'roll!

Here is the action I have been seeing after moving my game camera to this location on New Years weekend.  I am seeing some pretty nice bucks, in the videos below there are 4 bucks... 2 real nice 8pts, a small 6pt, and a spike.  I still have videos and pictures of the big 10pt at my tripod stand.  But, he appears to be feeding at midnight, so can't get him during the day.  These videos are from 9-10am, so I might have a shot at one of these.

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