First Deer!

[Onojutta]

Got my first deer on Saturday! Not just my first deer with a flintlock, but the first deer of my life after almost 15 years of hunting. Hunted in the pouring rain for two straight days, and after giving up late Saturday morning after hearing thunder and heading back to the cabin, I saw this guy out of nowhere. He trotted right toward me, got about 5 yards from me then turned and ran about 30 yards away and stopped. I knocked the calf's knee off my lock in the drenching rain, aimed and fired. After being loaded almost a week and after two straight days of soaking, my Lyman Trade Rifle fired and down he went! I thought it was a doe, but turned out it was indeed a button buck. Either way, it's a trophy to me. I don't know if I was more excited to have killed my first deer, or more excited that my flintlock fired. After hunting extensively with compound bow, modern rifles, and flintlock, I couldn't be more happy to have gotten a kill with the smoke pole. If I had to pick one way to be successful, it would be with a flintlock.

 

[RC]

AttaBoy!! :thumbsup: Congrats!!! :hatsoff: good fer you!

 

[410-er]

A true trophy! :thumbsup:

 

[dbutch]

Let me be the Third to say well done!.you beat the weather God's and won Congratulations on your first deer, save the hide ..make a rack with the hoofs.do something with your first deer that will last!There's only one first deer..and with a flint no less in the rain.Outstanding..Enjoy the fall...Dan

 

[rabjr]

Absolutely a throphy! Nice job and grats on your first deer, nothing like it.! :hatsoff:

 

[Onojutta]

Let me be the Third to say well done!.you beat the weather God's and won Congratulations on your first deer, save the hide ..make a rack with the hoofs.do something with your first deer that will last!There's only one first deer..and with a flint no less in the rain.Outstanding..Enjoy the fall...Dan

Indeed! I told the butcher I wanted to keep the hide, and after giving me a funny look, I think he understood.

 

[gmww]

Congratulations! :thumbsup: It's going to be tender meat.

 

[Carl Aldridge]

:thumbsup: It's a good feeling isn't it!

 

[Skychief]

I hope it is the first of many for ya!!!! Welcome to "The Club". :thumbsup:

 

[bdhutier]

Awesome, man! Congratulations!!

 

[jan buck]

good on ya man! :thumbsup:

 

[kherring]

I've killed deer with centerfire rifles, percussion rifles, recurve bows, and flintlocks. Nothing matches the thrill of taking game with your flintlock. You have been bitten by the bug. There is no cure.

 

[Trench]

Way to go!! My first deer was taken with a flintlock at age 30, so I know how you feel. Do consider yourself fortunate that your rifle went off in those conditions and being loaded for a week. Can you imagine what you'd be doing to yourself right now if it didn't go off? :rotf: However, it did, and you're riding high, eh? Nice job! :thumbsup:

 

[alaskasmoker]

Wow. That is one of the best hunting stories I've heard in along time. 15 years to get your first deer and you did it with a flintlock. Not many people have that story I bet! Besides trench I guess anyway :grin: .

Yep you are in a rare club.

Ill just be an echo and say congrats. way to stick it out too!

 

[bucktales]

Congrats! :thumbsup:
You'll never forget your first.

 

[Goshawk]

Congratulations! Well Done, a True Trophy.

 

[chance]

Congrats on a true trophy!!!

 

[Idaho Ron]

Now that shows dedication. Good job. Ron

 

[JayDee Flohr]

Congrats :thumbsup: The smile say's it all.

 

[dalejrfan308]

Congrats!! :hatsoff: I hope to get my first flintlock deer this season.