Who routinely squirrel / deer hunts with .45cal patched round balls out of Traditional Muzzleloaders?
Being fairly new to traditional muzzleloaders, isn't a 45 a little big for small game? Or do you just download the charge? Seem the ball would still be pretty big for a squirrel. I'm hoping to find a 32 flinter sometime in the near future for squirrel hunting.
Speaking only for myself, I decided buying anything smaller than a .45cal was tying up too much money in a very tiny limited purpose caliber. The only part I ever bothered cooking were hindquarters anyway, so I always just took head/shoulder/chest shots as they were presented.
I have a .32 percussion cap in left handed version I use for squirrel hunting. Very fun
Who routinely squirrel / deer hunts with .45cal patched round balls out of Traditional Muzzleloaders?