bullets. In one of those cases, the shot placement wasn't great and a second follow up shot would have been ideal. If I didn't tolerate recoil, I'd probably just stick with my grandpa's old .257 Roberts with which I killed my very first deer at age 11. What is the best ammunition and powder combo to use? Need help zeroing my CVA Wolf. i now have a 3 shot/2 inch group at 100 yards. CVA Wolf Stainless Steel Black FOS 50Cal The CVA Wolf 209 is more gun for less money. I'm shooting 110 grains of blackhorn 209 with Barnes TEZ 250gr. hollow pt. I shoot the 385 grain Hornady, or one of my 360 grain cast conicals, in my CVA. I like to actually hunt my deer, not just shoot them so I wont be shooting more than 100 yards, in most cases it wont be more than 75 yards. 2018: Wisconsin’s wolf population is estimated at 978 animals. I prefer full caliber, don't mess with the sabots. Sure, it kicks. All the rest I got with a CVA Optima .50 cal muzzle loader. CVA Wolf is an awesome gun for the money.. Have shot one a quite a bit.. ... and my brother-in-law says it's better and he has a Bone Collector sticker on his truck window and he killed a deer with a muzzleloader once, so he has to know what he's talking about. I don't know how much more I could ask for. And I'll say this, if your groups all together averaged 1.5 MOA, that is much better than the average guy. Good shooting. … I've killed 2 deer with this setup this season but not comfortable with shots over 50yds because of this. Father: CVA Wolf .50 cal with scope, 120 gr. report. i went and picked up some 250 grain t/c shockwave spire point sabots. I did retrieve the deer, but it wasn't a very clean kill. I'd hate to buy the Wolf and end up thinking this gun is more for a child and be stuck with it. 2nd deer shot broadside behind front shoulder at 7pm at 40 yards, ran 100 yards. share. I killed a bull elk at 538 yds with a used $250 cva accura v2 $150 vortex crossfire ll 3-9x40 327 gr Parker products black max a magnum sub base and 104 gr blackhorn 209 the gun puts 3 touching at 100 yards Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk Im zeroed at 50 yds right and is dead on at 25 as well. 2019: Wolves kill more deer than do gun-deer hunters in four Wisconsin counties. The picture I posted earlier this week showed a t/c mag express xtp bullet that I recovered from a deer it was pushed along by 150 grains of pyrodex pellets and the deer was only 15 yards away and the bullet stayed together after busting both shoulders. That will take a lot of guess work out of the required holdover. cva wolf .50 cal muzzleloader accuracy problem. Discussion in 'Guns ... You could use 60 grains of powder and it would easily kill a deer at 100 yards. ... went and sighted in my wolf early this am. It is all the gun you will ever need! 2.) hide. Both deer found with No bloodtrail but both were extremely tore up on the inside and both obviously were pass thru shots. And you get 30 per pack of the t/c sabots. to late for this season but my cva love hornady FPB 350gr with 2 777 pellets I have only had luck using 3 pellets with bullets over 400gr, also with the FPB I can easily kill deer out to 300 yards and the bullet is still blasting clean through the deer. save. Im looking to pick up a basic model cva wolf just to have a muzzleloader to use for deer. Wolves are also responsible for more than 31% of the white-tailed deer (15,280) killed in the 17 counties that comprise Wisconsin’s “North Woods.” Courtesy of Wisconsin Wolf Facts, 2019. 4 comments. I think it would be better to sight in for a 100 yd zero or maybe 125 if you are planning to shoot at a deer out to 200.