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There’s nothing ferrous about gunpowder — the nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin in modern smokeless powder have no iron, and neither does old-fashioned blackpowder, which is charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter — so I assume Indy is setting up some kind of ruse.
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I read an account where a man shot 286 in the Mississippi river delta in one day with a blackpowder gun 150 years ago.
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This is NOT a knock on inlines, if you're hunting legally and ethically, have at it, I just feel that the more modern blackpowder rifles are not primative and perhaps should not have a seperate season of their own.
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This is NOT a knock on inlines, if you're hunting legally and ethically, have at it, I just feel that the more modern blackpowder rifles are not primative and perhaps should not have a seperate season of their own.
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No surprise on the high standing of the "primitive" bows, crossbows, shotguns and blackpowder weapons.
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This is my first deer that I took last year with blackpowder equipment.
Field & Stream 2009
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And as a hunter in Ontario I can say that there are rifle, blackpowder and archery seasons for blackbear.
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I read an account where a man shot 286 in the Mississippi river delta in one day with a blackpowder gun 150 years ago.
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And as a hunter in Ontario I can say that there are rifle, blackpowder and archery seasons for blackbear.
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No surprise on the high standing of the "primitive" bows, crossbows, shotguns and blackpowder weapons.
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