My goal was to fill my buck tags this year by christening two new Flintlocks, mission accomplished!
Had gone every day but Sunday since last Tuesday November 1st, and had not seen another adult deer of any kind...finally accepted that I couldn’t just keep going early mornings and late afternoons with the full moon this week...so I decided to hunt mid-day today, 10:00-2:00pm.
I just got nicely settled into the stand at 9:15 and this 8 pointer caught me by surprise at 9:30, coming through the Oaks head down / nose on a hot Doe track, moving right along.
By the time I got my glove off, set the trigger, slipped off the hammer stall he was on me at 20yds...looked up at my movement raising the Flintlock and I shot him.
He lunged, fell, got up to lunge again, fell again, then just kicked a couple times and lay still.
Gave him to the same needy family, will try to get them some Does, then try some squirrels.
1770’s Early Virginia .28ga (.54cal) Smoothbore Flintlock
90grns Goex 3F / Oxyoke .022” Patch / Hornady .520”/220grn ball
Had gone every day but Sunday since last Tuesday November 1st, and had not seen another adult deer of any kind...finally accepted that I couldn’t just keep going early mornings and late afternoons with the full moon this week...so I decided to hunt mid-day today, 10:00-2:00pm.
I just got nicely settled into the stand at 9:15 and this 8 pointer caught me by surprise at 9:30, coming through the Oaks head down / nose on a hot Doe track, moving right along.
By the time I got my glove off, set the trigger, slipped off the hammer stall he was on me at 20yds...looked up at my movement raising the Flintlock and I shot him.
He lunged, fell, got up to lunge again, fell again, then just kicked a couple times and lay still.
Gave him to the same needy family, will try to get them some Does, then try some squirrels.
1770’s Early Virginia .28ga (.54cal) Smoothbore Flintlock
90grns Goex 3F / Oxyoke .022” Patch / Hornady .520”/220grn ball
