Last hour, Last day...got my deer.

[Grumpa]

Saturday, January 25th, the last day of the extended flintlock Deer Season in Allegheny County PA. I could get in two hours of hunting, so I grabbed my rifle ( a .54 caliber Harpers Ferry repro - custom, PRB, and about 140 gr FFg "GarryOwen"), and my pack, and entered the woods at 3:45 pm. After 40 minutes, snow came down like a blizzard,

 

[robinson]

Enjoy every bite!!

 

[Spikebuck]

Congratulations on sticking to it to the very end. Sounds like a great shot too! :hatsoff:

 

[lonehunter]

Congrats, Way to tough it out! :hatsoff:

 

[house]

Congrats on the deer. Sounds like a great hunt!

 

[MDK_WV]

Congratulations :hatsoff: Great story, you hunt and hunt and then it all comes together. :thumbsup:

 

[Wes/Tex]

Heart felt congratulations for your success. Nice to see one of the Harpers Ferry rifles turn out to be a reliable shooter. They can be a bit contrary. Enjoy those venison steaks, you earned it! :thumbsup:

 

[George]

have been hunting with the flintlock since 1975, and this is the first deer I've ever taken with flintlock! Lots of stories, but no meat, until now.

Congratulations. Feels good, doesn't it? :grin:

Spence

 

[trent/OH]

Paul Valladigham is STILL helping out other shooters, a couple years after his death.

 

[Wes/Tex]

Yeah...Paul was one nice guy, we all miss him.

 

[TLanoy]

Great story and congrats on your efforts! Glad it finally came together for you. :hatsoff:

 

[smo]

Congrats on your hunt, It just goes to show it's never to late. A couple of hours in the woods is better than 0 hours in the woods. :wink: :thumbsup:

 

[will5a1]

What better way to end your season, with a rifle from a friend that you improved, your persistance paid off and you made meat this winter.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Bravo! Well done! :applause:

Your persistence paid off not only with meat, but with a memorable hunt.

LD

 

[Carl Fowler III]

Nice going...enjoy the venison while rehashing the experience over and over in your own mind as well as with others...you as cold down there in the burgh as I am up here in the rock? If that dang groundhog says 6 more weeks of Winter I say we take our flintlocks and take him out...and I don't mean to dinner...oh wait maybe I do mean dinner...with him as the main course! :wink:

 

[agill]

Congratulations! :hatsoff:

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Congrats on your doe! Your drive to make meat with your flintlock is quite a story in its self. Glad it came together for you and it was with a gun from a friend. My good friend that got me into ml shooting-hunting died this past Saturday and I have a couple of shooting bags that he helped me make that I will always remember him by. Dan.

 

[Clovis]

Since 1975??!! Your dedication should be legendary! :hatsoff: :thumbsup:

 

[hanshi]

That is the way to get 'er done, alright.

 

[Leon/Iowa]

Congratulations on the deer. Great story, thanks for taking us along. Leon