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\"Either<\/a>

Either this is the worst place I’ve ever seen to park a bus, or the greatest deer stand ever.<\/p><\/div>\n

1. Sheet metal deer stands suck<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s something attractive about a big metal box on stilts. Even if it is reminiscent of a German pillbox, circa 1942, it offers a wide view and predictable comforts.<\/p>\n

It also rings like a kettledrum. Any movement inside one of these damn things tends to reverberate and echo across an otherwise silent field. And movement may not be as free or as easy as it would seem. Even though I had a nice view that extended in a wide arc, said arc was split by a couple of support poles holding up the roof. Getting a rifle into the stand and back out on the other side of the pole was complicated and noisy.<\/p>\n

And the worst part was the wasp nest in the wall. I\u2019d been down to check the stand for spiders and such, and hadn\u2019t seen any wasps, but as the sun started to descend on the horizon, the angry little bitches started buzzing back home. They\u2019d built a nest in between the plywood lining and the corrugations of the metal. And, according to them, I wasn\u2019t an invited guest. So much for the tree stand. I think the deer might have put up<\/em> the stand, as a joke.<\/p>\n

\"Ok.<\/a>

Ok. This deer isn’t terribly bright. This is what testosterone will do to you, though. You look at a Bison and think–“I can take him.”<\/p><\/div>\n

2. Deer aren’t as stupid as they look<\/h2>\n

I see deer everywhere I go. I was at a metropolitan airport recently and watched a group of whitetail bucks cavorting and playing on the side of a runway. I\u2019d been scouting the acreage where I was hunting this year and I have video footage and pictures of countless deer. Almost all of these deer have the same look on their face\u2014and it doesn\u2019t really instill confidence in their intelligence.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019ll be damned if they don\u2019t know how to tell time. I can hunt here until 30 minutes after the sun goes down. The deer that had been cavorting all through the afternoon the week before had all donned ghillie suits and laid motionless until 31 minutes after the sun had set. These bastards had been coming up to the game cams and posing for selfies the week before.<\/p>\n

\"Secret_Squirrel\"<\/a>3. Squirrels are much smarter than they look.<\/h3>\n

The squirrels I see here in town are fast, but they\u2019re incredibly stupid. Incapable of making decisions, they\u2019ll zipper back and forth across the road in a misguided attempt to confuse oncoming cars. Their fuzzy grey corpses litter the streets.<\/p>\n

The squirrels I saw in the woods were much smarter. While not nearly as fast, they\u2019ve worked out a series of barks that function somewhat like triangulation. As soon as I\u2019d settled in the stand, a spotter squirrel bark out my location. Moments later, a second, on the opposite side of the stand, confirmed the sighting. The third, somewhere behind me, picked up the call and sounded the alarm. I\u2019m not sure what the deer are paying them, or if this level of rodent hysteria was simply woodland philanthropy, but it worked. I didn\u2019t see any living thing besides the wasps. In fact, I never even saw the damn squirrels.<\/p>\n

4. Not all rifles are created equal<\/h2>\n

So I didn\u2019t kill anything with my well tested and perfectly sighted in muzzleloader. After abandoning my pillbox, I bellied out in the field and waited, most uncomfortably, near a trail I know the deer used earlier that day (and later that night). The next morning, I tried a different spot. After giving up, I walked the trails, and edged fields until about noon.[one_half]<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Vortek plug can be unscrewed by hand, or with a simple wrench.<\/p><\/div>\n

[\/one_half]<\/p>\n

[one_half_last]<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Remington plug is far more complex, and requires a deep socket on an extension.<\/p><\/div>\n

[\/one_half_last]<\/p>\n

I learned two things. The Remington 700 Muzzleloader<\/a>, considered by Remington to be the Ultimate Muzzleloader, is really heavy. I\u2019m not sure how it happens, but that rifle packs on pounds like a new bride. I think it weighed close to 9 pounds when I started\u2014but it would have topped the scales at 15 pounds, easy, by the end of that day.<\/p>\n

And it also has a curious feature that I hadn\u2019t considered earlier. Unloading it isn\u2019t easy. I\u2019d gone hunting with another GunsAmerica writer, and he was carrying the Traditions Vortek<\/a>. When he didn\u2019t kill anything, he simply unscrewed the plug at the breech and pushed the powder and bullet through. He swabbed it down and was done. In order to unload the Remington<\/a>, you need a serious wrench. Even then, a vice is helpful.<\/p>\n

Yes, you can worm out the bullet\u2014but that\u2019s a bitch. You can also pull the trigger and unload it the loud way, but that means you\u2019ll still spend an afternoon with that vice and wrench and a lot of cleaning supplies. Cleaning the Ultimate Muzzleloader is hellish.<\/p>\n

5. A Daisy Red Rider is hell on Rats<\/h2>\n

I didn\u2019t kill anything with either muzzleloader. I\u2019m a terrible hunter. But I\u2019m hell on rats. On the first night, after the deer had come out of hiding to stand around our cabin and point and laugh, I thought my hunt was a bust. But we weren\u2019t alone in the cabin.<\/p>\n

The cabin is, to be polite, rustic. It is also perfect for this sort of excursion. And there\u2019s an air of mystery, too, as you never know when you might fall through the floor. But, as far as hunting cabins go, it is a palace.<\/p>\n

\"Who<\/a>

Who knew that these things were so dead-on accurate?<\/p><\/div>\n

While we were eating dinner (which, sadly, included no venison), a rat emerged from under the sink and made a food run\u2014stealing dried corn from a bag we\u2019d emptied earlier in the day. I\u2019d found a pink Daisy Red Rider that lives in the cabin, and quickly loaded it back up. The rat took a predictable path, emerging and returning to the same spot each time he made a run. So I timed the run\u2014he ran\u2014and on his return I capped him from across the room. One shot kill. I got him in the base of his skull, and he dropped. It was the best shot I\u2019ve ever made with any gun, ever.<\/p>\n

The last thing I learned is that black powder season is Arkansas, where I’m now a proud resident, is painfully short. One week? Ludicrous. If I lived in the woods where I hunt, I might be able to pull it off. But I’ve got a lot of things I need to work out before I go out again–tomorrow–with more modern guns<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve just come back from my first black powder hunt and I’ve learned a few valuable life lessons that I’d like to pass on. 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