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2damnold4this · February 14, 2017, 09:52 PM

I climbed into the stand before daylight and got situated and ran the bolt on a Savage .308. A few hours later, a jet black coyote came sneaking by. I waited until I had a perfect shot and SPROING! No cartridge in the chamber and the coyote lived.

Another time, I had an easy shot on what was then the biggest buck I had seen in the woods with an inline CVA muzzleloader. I pulled the trigger and click! The cap wasn't all the way on the nipple. The buck heard the noise and changed direction but I cocked the gun again, took off the safety that automatically engages and killed the biggest buck I'd ever seen at the time.

February 14, 2017, 09:52 PM	#8
2damnold4this Senior Member Join Date: August 12, 2009 Location: Athens, Georgia Posts: 2,526	I climbed into the stand before daylight and got situated and ran the bolt on a Savage .308. A few hours later, a jet black coyote came sneaking by. I waited until I had a perfect shot and SPROING! No cartridge in the chamber and the coyote lived. Another time, I had an easy shot on what was then the biggest buck I had seen in the woods with an inline CVA muzzleloader. I pulled the trigger and click! The cap wasn't all the way on the nipple. The buck heard the noise and changed direction but I cocked the gun again, took off the safety that automatically engages and killed the biggest buck I'd ever seen at the time.