Flintluck buck

[Tony Logan]

I spent the day in a tree 10 1/2 hours with out seeing anything, except for 1 squirrel and a buzzard. Anyway I knew their was a buck in the area, I was watching an intersection of several main trails where three ridges came together. There were several fresh scrapes under beech trees, and I took a lot of deer out of that tree last year so I waited and waited. My neck must have been sore from turning around everytime a leaf rustled or acorn fell, the wind blew a lot that day, because I let this guy sneak up on me. At 3:30 I looked down to my left and this guy was standing under a hack berry tree 7 yards away. I had to stand up and turn my 44 inch barrel TVM Early Virgina around as he moved to 5 yards from my tree. I did this without him detecting me, i was about 20 feet up an oak tree in an climbing stand. I put a .562 ball in front of 85 FFF in his spine behind his shoulders. He feel and then it all sank in. After seeing nothing all day i was so tempted to change locations or worse go home.
My 73 year old Dad also took 2 does on Sat and a nice 4 pt on Sunday with his 54 cal. TVM Leman Rifle. I get to process 3 of them. We gave one to the land owner

 

[will5a1]

Nice rifle, nice buck, and congrats to you and your dad.

 

[dhaverstick]

Congratulations from a fellow left-handed flintlock shooter!

Darren

 

[house]

Holy smokes that's a nice deer! Great looking rifle too!

 

[Britsmoothy]

That was close! Well done :hatsoff:

B.

 

[roundball]

Fantastic all the way around, congratulations to you both !! :hatsoff:

 

[smo]

Congrats Tony :thumbsup: I saw three bucks yesterday myself none were the one I was looking for. :idunno: Congrats again on a nice Buck.

 

[gsday]

Nice buck. Congratulations.

It is the time of year to fight the urge to leave when it gets quiet.

 

[Patocazador]

Very nice deer, congrats.

 

[robinsroost]

Congratulations to both you and your dad. That is a nice looking buck and a nice looking rifle. All good things from the greenest state in the land of the free. Keep yer powder dry......Robin :wink:

 

[Grumpa]

You and your Dad did well. And that is a nice looking rifle. Good on ye!

 

[Spikebuck]

Very nice. Congratulations! :hatsoff:

 

[Tony Logan]

got 2 hind quarters grilling, and just ground up one of the deer, I need to quit so i can drive up to my Dads house (2 1/2 hours) and go tommorrow, Thanks Vets.

 

[BradCayton]

That's a dandy!! Buck and rifle! Congratulations

 

[agill]

Nice! :hatsoff:

 

[jackpine54]

Nice buck and nice rifle! :hatsoff:

 

[S.Kenton]

Nice buck! i do have a question though, how in the thunder did you get that LONG rifle up with your climbing stand? That HAD to have been a pain!...I have a nice climber and often have wondered how i would get my M'ler up without a sling on it?

 

[nchawkeye]

I don't know how he does, but I use a shotgun sling, pull her up and take the sling off...No problem...

 

[trent/OH]

Well that's a different version of "Buck and Ball"!!!

 

[daniel collums]

nice buck, sometime it pays off big time to just sit and wait. the mailman told me about seeing a huge buck a 1/4 mile from my house one year,then after a couple more folks telling me they saw the same buck i set up shop on him. i sat that crossing 4 days from sunrise to sunset that 4th day at 3:00 here he comes like a old cow just barely walking dragging his feet. i hit him with a 50. t/c maxi ball out of a renegade. he went about 50 yards and ran out of gas. hes a 7 point with a 20 inch spread. 2 of his tines are over 10 inches.