Mike, When I was younger that used to happen to me a lot. The dry fire. When I shot at the range I used powder solvent for my patch lube, and did the same when hunting. It took my Dad to figure it out for me. He watched me load like I usually do and said the he thought that my solvent/lube was seeping down into my powder as I sat and waited for the deer to come. At the range, we just loaded and shot, but in the woods I loaded and waited. Hence giving the solvent time to seep into my powder and wet it. Now I use spit. Could this be a similar case? Just a thought? Good luck this year, that's a nice buck, dpgratz