Muzzleloader deer hunt in the canoe

I took my muzzleloader down the creek in the canoe an got a nice doe #muzzleloader #whitetaildeer #deerhunting #canoe

[@mrjeffgray]

I enjoyed this episode here, Justin. Simple. Basic. Good stuff.

[@triscotsman8431]

"Ya'll I'm getting too fat and old to be drag'n deer." I'm right there with ya, lol.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Especially when they dont have handles on their head

[@dort7402]

Congrats, Justin what a blessing ima head out tomorrow got only hand full of days left. Been bust with other things. But I got some jerky made and burger ground. Enjoy

[@reedmitchell6716]

I hunt Allegheny National Forest PA. I am also getting to old and bad knees to drag. Debone on spot this year. Put in game bags threw in pack. Left all waste there for critters to eat. I will never drag or pay a processers again. Love remote hunts. Happy New Year brother.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

I paid for processing once. Said I wouldn’t make that mistake again

[@jamiejohnston4983]

My gun likes 80 gr. Of powder. Most folks thinks you got to have at least a 100. Round balls rarely pass through especially if they are cast fairly soft which are the most accurate. They flattened out some and the hide usually holds it in. Enjoyed the video man!

[@craigcook1571]

Congrats, I’ve a mold for some maxi ball type bullets, in .50cal if you want some

[@martinmeltzer2696]

Hey Justin! Congrats on a successful hunt! There is no feeling in the world like it. Thanks for taking the time and trouble of sharing this experience... so we can live though you.... vicariously!

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank uou for joining me

[@randallross7683]

Congratulations on the doe

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you

[@jameslandrum555]

Congratulations on your smoke pole deer!

[@larryreese6146]

Glad you got your doe and made it back in good shape. A couple years ago my new boss wanted to go fish a creek that was pretty well known for small mouth, so I invited him out for a canoe float. He took the front and the rod and I took the back and the paddle. Now, it's a pretty fast running little stream in some places but I was managing the bends and upturned tree roots and such until we got to a certain bend with some faster water and upturned tree roots. Boss said, "think we oughta carry?" "Awe, trust me Joe." Well, we ended up pushed into a giant tree root in deep fast water, teeters a little bit, and over she went. Both of us came up but on the way up a root ripped my pocket and I lost my billfold and all my summer wages. Never did find it. Don't know what he lost but it didn't do his camera or cell phone any good. Now, I'd spent a big part of my childhood on that creek and thought I knew every Bend and turn. But things change over the years. Come about dark and I finally recognized some funny rocks that I well knew and we had come well past our takeout spot. Besides that the water was full of logs and roots and stagnant snakey looking slough and we didn't even have a flashlight. Boss said, "I can hear the highway, we can walk out." "Nope, not me. " "well, what are you gonna do?" "Well, I'm not about to wade through those waste deep weeds after dark and without a flashlight. Those eyes glowing over there on that opposite bank don't look none too friendly. Think I'll pull this canoe up on that gravel bar and use the moon.ight to watch my feet for snakes until daylight." Well, we spotted my friendly neighbors 4 wheeler lights and paddled to them. But the worst thing about everything, the whole affair, was that my wife had gotten worried and checked the houses up and down the creek and splashed the whole thing all over the internet, "Larry reese, lost on the Barren Fork!" I will never again utter the phrase, "trust me Joe, " and I will never live it down.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

😂 its always that “aw i got this” attitude that gets me in a fix too

[@larryreese6146]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors you know that wasn't all of it. After we dumped the canoe we were floating along, turned another corner on a good fishing hole and saw a lady and the darndest sight you ever saw. She invited us to get out and fish with her. She had on a straw cowboy hat, a pair of cowboy boots, a kerchief around her busom, and a pair of cutoff jeans cut so high you could see her neckline. She was alone and she was adamant that we get out and fish with her. Now, I was casually acquainted with the lady and knew she was a big Tom boy, just as comfortable around men as she was around women and that she wasn't thinking anything about it being somewhat improper. She was friendly to everybody. But she hadn't been married long and she and her husband were already having trouble. We made our salutes, gave our apologies and excuses and I paddled that canoe out of there like a 4 horse outboard. Joe laughed at me and asked why we didn't stop to fish. I told him I'd heard her husband was mean but I knew my wife was meaner. Sad to say, but that lady and her husband did get a divorce. But I guess everything turned out OK. Heard she moved back to her home state and was making a good living driving the Amish to get their groceries.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@larryreese6146 yea i bout had a ruckus once cause this ole gal aske me to take her fishing in my boat on Facebook. My wife came completely unhinged and gave that girl an education on who I belonged too and i felt like a slave on an auction block. I looked to see if i had a tag somewhere but ole girl decided she didnt like fishing as much as she thought she did.

[@larryreese6146]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I feel for you, Mississippi. It's a heavy burden to bear. Tell you what though. This old gal wasn't bad lookin'. She was a red head and that kerchief matched her freckles. I'll leave you alone, Justin.

[@edgarglover9608]

Yes Lord I had some bacon burgers last night off a big doe home processed by me and my brother Bryan Hughes dawgon good eatn

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Im gonna grind some of these. I saved some scraps off the buck and froze it. Im gonna thaw it and get the grinder out later this week

[@Ifitfitz22]

Nice one, I may slip out and check cameras and carry a scatter gun to see if I can put some rabbits or squirrels in a pot,l. It's finally gonna get above freezing today lol

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Same way here. I was gonna hunt today too but im gonna skin this and quarter it up. I got to make a couple sheaths for knives ive sold

[@larryalexander4833]

Old split toe . Reminds of some real funny hunting and fishing videos. Tk and Mike . Did you ever see them ? Make a fellow bust a gut laughing 🤣 . Thier is some short clips of them on the u tube.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Yea thats where i got ole split toe from. You can still watch them on the mossyoak app

[@larryalexander4833]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors ok I'll try and look that up ? Would be good watch for old times.

[@larryalexander4833]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors not as funny as I remember . Getting old I guess

[@justintice9330]

Love the videos

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Thank you

[@duanerogers1166]

I just wanted to offer my experience with home cast round balls if you make your own it's good to put them in a rock polisher and roll them for several hours add some steal balls makes them more accurate

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Like in a ball mill

[@duanerogers1166]

Yes like a ball mill the steel balls will make dents in the lead ball just like a golf ball and that makes them more accurate

[@UncleSasquatchOutdoors]

Congratulations. Most likely that ball didn't pass through.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Im finna skin it and ill see but im bout sure it didnt

[@UncleSasquatchOutdoors]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors I shot a buck with a conical and it stopped on the ribs on the far side.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

@@UncleSasquatchOutdoors well i got her skint and the ball did pass through high in the shoulders and damaged the spine

[@byronnelson2549]

Congrats on your deer with the ole smoke pole! I have a T/C Hawkins 50 I made from a kit in 1977. Still have it. Are you residing in Mississippi ? Is so what’s your location. My Father is from the Delta near Yazoo City.

[@larryalexander4833]

That's a cool way to hunt Justin . I don't have many areas like that at all in our area and those are private only. Does the swamp have a creek or river that feeds it? Brody was a happy farmer 👍 Gave me a big smile seeing him enjoy that tractor!! Was gonna hunt this Saturday but believe their calling for rain tho. Thanks for sharing.our season ends on the first ..

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

This swamp is the head of the Pearl River. The Naniah Wayiah creek runs into the tallahaga canal to form the head of the pearl river

[@charlesezelljr1420]

Nice one Justin, there’s not much more satisfying than bagging a deer with the cap and ball. Our alternative season opened December 24th and runs through Jan. 3rd. We can use bow, black powder, pistols, revolvers. Up till today it has been brutally cold, tomorrow there calling for the fifty’s. Heat wave I’m going to give it a whirl with my new to me Thompson center 54. Cal. White mountain. I have killed a few with my 50. Cal. Hawken. And the front shoulder shot is the best in my opinion, behind the shoulder with round ball most of the time they will run off and die but not leave a blood trail. You have really got to look for them.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Yes ive lost 1 maby 2 . Didnt know if i hit em or not

[@olskool3967]

the one i shot with a 50 cal. went through. i shot one last year with my 54 at 93 paces, the RB went through. entered the point on the front shoulder, the deer was quartering to me, and exited the third rib on the offside, the 100lb doe still ran about 70yds.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

How many grains were you shooting. Ive dropped back to 50 grns for accuracy

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

When i skint her today i found that this ball did pass through

[@olskool3967]

@@SpiritoftheOutdoors Justin 50gr. is fine. i think i was using around 60gr. in my 54 i shoot 75gr. of 2f my 40 likes 55gr. and my 45 likes 55gr. 3f in those,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@mr.mojorisin9999]

Nice morning

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

It sure is

[@keithmosley1859]

Congratulations

[@MarkBeck-lw5jq]

how is the grinell fishing in the winter

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Slow.

[@jasonandrus1981]

Meats meat in the freezer and a young doe taste better than the biggest set of horns in the woods.

[@SpiritoftheOutdoors]

Yep when im hunting i usually shoot the first one i see. Now that i have 2 i will let some walk just so i get to hunt