Last day of flintlock season... no luck, but...

[Sidney Smith]

Had a blast anyway, 16 degrees. Saw 10 deer where I was sitting. Called it a season around 5:45 pm. On the walk out had 3 doe just over the crest of the hill at about 60 yards. Gently laid my cushion and seat down, set the trigger, took aim at the lead deer, click, whooosh......silence....... Off they ran. I loaded the gun in November. Had the same charge all season. I have been using 2fg in the pan. I think the cold Temps played a role in the misfire, as the primer lit off pretty slowly. The gun stayed cased in the garage the whole time to avoid temperature changes and condensation. Oh well, there's always next season.

Here are a few photos I took. Mr. HOOTY paid a visit just as I was getting ready to leave. The shot of the woods, the sunny spot right in the upper center, is where the first two deer were spotted. It's about 200 yards away. This is why I love hunting in snow. On a normal non snow hunt, Id have never seen those deer.

 

[good ole boy]

 

[3Setters]

Not a bad way to end the season.

 

[moose23]

Give you credit going out in 16 degrees! That’s pretty cold!

 

[bushytail]

They say, “you can’t get anything if you don’t go”. At least you seen deer. And they’ll be around next year.

 

[good ole boy]

Give you credit going out in 16 degrees! That’s pretty cold!

I,ve ridden my motorcycle in colder temps.

 

[jackpine54]

Sounds like a great day.

 

[Patocazador]

You are "gutsier" than I. 16 deg. means sleeping in to me.

2F in the pan sounds like a disaster waiting to happen, at least as far as my flinters go. I use 4F.