I had trouble with my muzzle loader on a 3-day hunt to Sask a few years ago. I left it charged, and in the truck over 2 nights. The weather was below freezing both nights and slightly above during the day, with high humidity. At the end of the hunt, the charge finally ignited - on the 3rd primer! I'm glad that I never got a chance at a big deer that trip - I would have kicked my own butt around the block!
Lesson learned. At Wainwright last week, I fired off the load at the end of the day, swabbed & reloaded the following morning.
I used to think that those shots you hear fired just after dark were 'Hail Mary' shots at deer by hunters pushing their luck. Now I'm one of them - just clearing my load.
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