Hunting with a blunderbuss?

[MJB]

That video is actually a pretty good demonstration of why its a bad idea. Blunderbusses are rare because even in their day, they weren't all that useful, even for their intended purpose. If they had any utility as hunting weapon, you would have seen them used in colonial times.

I swear, I see stuff in this forum on a regular basis that I have not seen or heard of anywhere else in my life. Hunting is not target shooting and its not a joke. It is about setting out to deliberately kill a living, breathing, sentient animal cleanly and quickly without wounding or otherwise injuring or harassing or causing suffering. There are practical, moral and ethical dimensions to what you use and how you use it.

That last paragraph was a little over the top. Killing is not always pretty.....head stomp, dogs go in and finish the runner, a bow shot that just missed the vitals....it happens

Ive seen worse with better suited guns......

[ScottB]

Use your own language then. I do read a lot of WTF? posts on this forum. I do not kill things indiscriminately or without thought. My point was, why employ tools or methods that increase the chances of non-optimal outcomes? Especially considering we are talking with inexperienced hunters. Minimize the chances of a bad outcome by using the right tool for the job. Simple enough.

[leadstorm]

I swear, I see stuff in this forum on a regular basis that I have not seen or heard of anywhere else in my life.
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I do read a lot of WTF? posts on this forum.

I'm with you there, 100%.

My point was, why employ tools or methods that increase the chances of non-optimal outcomes?

Because slippery slope and all that (muzzleloading seasons, archery, spears, etc.). If emotion is removed, it's a sport and we do it for enjoyment and sustenance (they aren't mutually exclusive). If a method is legal, it then comes down to personal morals and decisions.

[lewdogg21]

Use your own language then. I do read a lot of WTF? posts on this forum. I do not kill things indiscriminately or without thought. My point was, why employ tools or methods that increase the chances of non-optimal outcomes? Especially considering we are talking with inexperienced hunters. Minimize the chances of a bad outcome by using the right tool for the job. Simple enough.

You have a great point and I wonder the same things. Sometimes I even think that the person asking is more likely trolling than actually asking b/c the ideas are so far out there.

[God Bless America]

I swear, I see stuff in this forum on a regular basis that I have not seen or heard of anywhere else in my life.

You never heard of blundetbusses before? Or primitive hunting? That's a you problem.

Hunting is not target shooting and its not a joke. It is about setting out to deliberately kill a living, breathing, sentient ...

wut?

Animals are not sentient. They are food, meant to eat and be eaten. I am not sure being eaten by a coyote or a hawk is a better way to go than a blunderbuss.

Disney movies are not real, you know that, right? Rabbits don't talk to deer and stuff.

[God Bless America]

You should try that on a deer like the dude in that blunderbuss video that you posted has posted on you tube. Well from what I get out the blunderbuss deer video is that the guy shot a trophy whitetail and it ran off. I guess he found it the next day and couldn't figure out what had savaged the deer that ran off after a load from his blunderbuss. He ponders after finding the deer, did it get finished off by a car, or coyote/s. You should try that on a deer, then when it runs off and is lost forever you'll remember what the Calgun crew tried to tell you. Here's a screen of the coyote ravaged deer that he shot:

Antlers are still good, so there's that.

Lots of deer run off after the shot, a blunderbuss sample of 1 does not help much.

[ElvenSoul]

My cousin used to load his with Pesos!

[tony270]

I think that a blunderbuss was weapon designed for close quarters combat, not designed for multiple use. Now changing the shot load to take an animal like a firearm such as a smoke pole, or an arrow, spear, knife, are different to me, specifically the ones that are designed as primitive hunting implements. I've learned that with a firearm shot placement is most important thing, period. I also know how it feels to loose a trophy deer, shot placement is what counts.

[tony270]

I remember placing a full bead on a monster swamp moss antlered whitetail at 20 yards and letting him have it, it got away. I was using an open choke simi auto Browning bird gun loaded with 2 3/4-00B Remington Express. The only guns that I had access to besides a .22 rifle were a 36 inch 12 gague crack barrel, an old short barrel side by side 12 gague, and an old Browning open choke 12 gauge bird gun. I was told over and over again to use the 36" crack berrel (they called it a "12 gage long tonge"). After that I listen, but I and never got another shot on a deer like that.

[NickTheGreek]

Jesus...Calguns come on. *smh*

[DSMeyer]

Just another Calgay thread that started and just kept going full retard.

[Shoot-it]

Highly get yourself a percussion 50 cal bp rifle and then you will be fine to hunt with it.
I have one and its a fun to shoot just stay away from the 385 gr slugs and 80 gr of powder the recoil is real great and you will only do that once...Haha
I can kill any big game animal with it as long as I am 50 yards from it...
I mostly stick to round ball but did buy some 240 gr conicals to try out..