Category Archives: muzzleloader

How to Choose the Best Bullet for the Type of Game You’re Hunting with Russell Lynch of M.A.X.

There are some exceptions to these rules, just like there are to any other rules. For instance, if you’ll be shooting a black bear or a hog or a big feral hog at close range (100 yards or less), you can use a 300-grain bullet and 160 grains of powder, not loose powder, or pellets on game like that at that range and knock that bear or that hog off its feet. Now, when you’re shooting a big animal like that, you’ll only be able to shoot about a 3-inch group. Continue reading

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Why and How Deer Lure Works for CVA Muzzleloaders Hunters

Puzzled by why a big buck would come to a scent he’d never smelled before, CVA interviewed deer researcher Dr. Karl Miller, professor of wildlife management at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. Dr. Miller explained, “A deer will come-in to check-out any strange smell he finds. He wants to know what that new odor is, and what’s causing it.” Continue reading

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How to Take More Deer with Your CVA Muzzleloader Rifle with Outdoor Writer John E. Phillips

For many years, muzzleloader enthusiasts were limited to the effective ranges of their muzzleloader rifles. However, in the rapid succession of shooting flint locks to sidelocks, to inline rifles and from round balls to conical bullets, to the most-modern PowerBelt bullets, the muzzleloading industry has extended the range of the muzzleloader hunter up to 200 yards or more. For the western hunter, this extended range is often a real advantage. But for the eastern hunter, I wonder if the extended range has caused us to forget how to be effective deer hunters. Continue reading

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CVA’s Tony Smotherman Recommends Using a BDC Reticle on Your CVA Muzzleloader for Western Big Game

. I print-out that chart and cover it with clear packaging tape to waterproof it, and I tape that ballistic chart to my rifle stock. Having this reference on my stock enables me to range an animal and, based on the chart, know exactly where I need to aim. When I hunt in the West, I use the Leupold UltimateSlam riflescope with its BDC reticle on my CVA rifle, because I may have to take a long shot. Continue reading

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Getting Ready for Western Big Game Hunting with CVA’s Tony Smotherman

whether I’m shooting in the East or the West, the CVA rifles are still extremely accurate at ranges from 200 to 300 yards. Continue reading

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