Flintlock elk hunt (not mine, but...)

[tnlonghunter]

Clays Hayes is a pretty well-known guy in the traditional archery world. Hunts with his hand-carved self-bows and won a season of Alone. He just put out this vid of a late season elk hunt with a flintlock. Thought some might enjoy it.

 

[VA Hawken]

Nice video. Thanks for posting it. !

 

[deerstalkert]

that long rifle is not a wall hanger! it has been used for what it was made for!
nice video. that was me about a hundred years ago!

 

[Dave Marsh]

Great video and thanks for posting. Made me shiver just watching it........and cooking elk tenderloins on an open fire of course made me hungry.

 

[deerstalkert]

Great video and thanks for posting. Made me shiver just watching it........and cooking elk tenderloins on an open fire of course made me hungry.

those tenderloins made me go ransack the garage freezer! no joy. but i did find some back strap!

 

[Andrewmtnman]

That made me cold and hungry. Great video. Thanks for sharing with us

 

[Britsmoothy]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed that

 

[Christophero]

That was slices of the heart. Clay relishes this tradition according to his other videos.

 

[KDJ B10]

Makes me want to build one this winter to try next season. Thanks for the share.

 

[FiremanBrad]

Clay mentioned elsewhere that he built that rifle several years ago.

 

[Eric Krewson]

I met Clay at an archery tournament, we talked for a while and I showed him one of the bows that I made, he is a really down to earth guy and very focused on what he does. I asked him about his rifle and load in the video comments, he told me about it but didn't remember where he got the kit because it was 20 years ago. It looks like a TVM Tennessee rifle to me.

 

[Texas Gil]

That is impressive.

 

[Oregononeshot]

I follow him on YouTube and was looking forward to that hunt after he didn't get anything on his traditional archery hunt. Excellent video! I plan on doing a similar hunt in the upcoming years and hope I don't get stuck laying down for an hour in -10 degree weather!

 

[ElkStalker]

Great video!
He posted load info on his channel. Incase the screenshot doesn’t post correctly
90gr FFFg 275gr maxi-hunter
Sighted 3” high at 50yds, he said it’s 3” low at 100yd.

 

[Greyrider]

I’m guessing it’s a 50. I thought it might be bigger

 

[30338]

Put a whoopin on that cow. No need to worry about meat spoilage at those temps lol. Glad I watched till the end. That sled worked pretty well.

 

[bushytail]

Nice video! Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I’m guessing it’s a 50. I thought it might be bigger

With a 275 grain Maxi-hunter, that's a .50 alright.

LD

 

[ETipp]

Clays Hayes is a pretty well-known guy in the traditional archery world. Hunts with his hand-carved self-bows and won a season of Alone. He just put out this vid of a late season elk hunt with a flintlock. Thought some might enjoy it.

I saw that video not long ago. That fella deserves a well done.

 

[Sun City]

Outstanding!