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I'll start by explain it was my first year huntin with a flinter,after "missin a doe,the last day of the year before with a caplock "misfire" to which my first thought was "Hell, I could do that with a flintlock!" and having "missed" THEE Biggest Buck I had ever seen with a errant set trigger miscue..(reaction? went back to camp took hammer, broke off set trigger,haven't had one since,never will!) okay,... New Season, 50 cal. Flintlock that I have all the confidence in the world in, I CAN kill a buck with this! and into my beloved Adirondack Mtns. we go!
... Second friday of the season, sneeked out in the dark, right to same spot where "Thee Buck" came the year before..beautiful cool day,and sunshine, jus a nice day to be in the woods!(okay, a nicer day)then, long about 8:30, to my shock! a buck,,not 30 yards away,dang thing had walked up totally hidden by a medium sized maple 10 foot in front of me! the buck was jus walkin along slowly... I pulled the hammer back,CLICK!, the whitetail stopped! and looked right to me! the STARE!!! seemed like hours..well it was a while, then evidently convinced the noise came from an ironwood tree,he moved on a bit. I had the flinter to my shoulder,hammer back...looking.... watching.....hmm....young deer,..2?.... maybe 3?..............1..2.3.4..5.6.7.8 ..8 pointer! (thats 4x4 fer you westerners..an lo counters) the buck was maybe 15 yards away ....nothin but air between us!....I thought...it AIN'T HIM...it AIN'T THEE Buck...but,would make a nice buck fer the nephew when he came up..,,,...so I watched the young buck mossey on...not too long , he was outa site.....then it hit me!...you IDIOT!..... yer sittin in the God fersaken Adirondacks with a flintlock and ya jus let an 8 POINT GO! DUMMY!!!!...........oh well..least I see one! (that's that optimistic garbage they talk about..) okay...huntin goes on...................
the following friday,,(oh, nephew sat there all weekend..got a sliver(splinter),he didn't even see that!) so I sneeked out in the dark, right to same spot where the buck came the week before (sound familiar?) and I sat...(sliver free,(splinter free2) hee hee!).. well, round about lil after 7, I looked waaaay down towards the pines,,..there was a deer! grabbed my "eyes" and looked,,far as I could tell, was a doe, a nice doe but a doe..well..(insert optimistic BS here..)....down in the pines she went,jus walkin towards the swamp...well, that was nice (it was)...about 10 minutes later, more movement waaaay down there..look a deer...and even without my "eyes" I could see horns..OH BOY!.. then... reality (yep.. you've been waitin) ""BLEEP""!......"BLEEP"!!! he'll follow her! gees, he's probably 100 yards or better away..oh poo!....ahhhhhhhhh!! Plan B! (well G actually).. the Grunt call!! ..ha! well, reached it the pocket, got it out and did 3 short lil grunts.........................................he stopped! he's lookin!! (heart rate picks up here..!!) dang! he seems interested......but then he looks towards the pines....right where that lil hussey went...BLEEP!... he starts movin...but not towards me,, but not towards where the hussey went either...but straight between us....what to do?.... what to do?.. too far to shoot, way to much in the way..trees, limbs, branches, leaves, lil pine needles, pine cones..ferns ...(yup lotta stuff!) well, grunt again....no..it might spook him...he's not goin her way..bleep..decisions..dang,bleep.. okay,bleep, he's outa sight,...still headed towards the same hump I'm sittin on....but way down.. okay, three more,,jus 3 lil grunts...then wait and see... grunt,, grunt,,, grunt...(hush! lets see you make that noise with a keyboard!) we wait,,we watch..we wait...an wait...and think..(oh bleep!) well, if he goes over the hump..bye bye! into the swamp..never ever see him...goes down the hump..pfft! gone! if he comes up the hump..hmmmmm.. gees, it's ferever!........... finally...a movement! a branch moving,...? yup! there he is! BLEEP! oh my look at all the stuff in the way... ooops! bleep! he's gone? wait there he is..! he's comin! he's comin! he's headed straight for me!LOOK..1..2..3..4...ouuu! another 8 pointer, but wider,taller..hee hee! the trusty flinter is up,,the hammer is back, yup frizzen is down..(hey I had time,,I hadda check!) he's comin, gees..he knows! BLEEP! he knows somethin's wrong..double BLEEP! he's lookin....he can't know I'm here..he can't ..wind is right, fer me,,,lil evergreen blockin me.. oh wait! he's movin again..closer closer..step by step...watch'em RC...he's there...he's close..he STOPS! ...BANG!........ oh the smoke! where'd he go? look over the hump,down by the water,,,listen,....where is he? look over the other side...hmm, no flag?? where is he? stand up! stand up! reload quick! up I stand...(at this point you have to realize I spend alot of time alone up in the woods,so I tend to talk to me alot...........and listen! scary huh?) so up I go,grabbin fer a quikload..and lookin in the direction where I shot.....BLEEP!!!.... THERE HE IS!! HE'S DOWN! HE'S DOWN! MY FIRST FLINTLOCK BUCK!! in the Adirondacks Hell! that's cool! oh, 4 points on one side...3 on the other..ha! don't care! I'M HAPPY! and thats how that was..hope ya liked it! I Shurly did enjoy tellin it!
... Second friday of the season, sneeked out in the dark, right to same spot where "Thee Buck" came the year before..beautiful cool day,and sunshine, jus a nice day to be in the woods!(okay, a nicer day)then, long about 8:30, to my shock! a buck,,not 30 yards away,dang thing had walked up totally hidden by a medium sized maple 10 foot in front of me! the buck was jus walkin along slowly... I pulled the hammer back,CLICK!, the whitetail stopped! and looked right to me! the STARE!!! seemed like hours..well it was a while, then evidently convinced the noise came from an ironwood tree,he moved on a bit. I had the flinter to my shoulder,hammer back...looking.... watching.....hmm....young deer,..2?.... maybe 3?..............1..2.3.4..5.6.7.8 ..8 pointer! (thats 4x4 fer you westerners..an lo counters) the buck was maybe 15 yards away ....nothin but air between us!....I thought...it AIN'T HIM...it AIN'T THEE Buck...but,would make a nice buck fer the nephew when he came up..,,,...so I watched the young buck mossey on...not too long , he was outa site.....then it hit me!...you IDIOT!..... yer sittin in the God fersaken Adirondacks with a flintlock and ya jus let an 8 POINT GO! DUMMY!!!!...........oh well..least I see one! (that's that optimistic garbage they talk about..) okay...huntin goes on...................
the following friday,,(oh, nephew sat there all weekend..got a sliver(splinter),he didn't even see that!) so I sneeked out in the dark, right to same spot where the buck came the week before (sound familiar?) and I sat...(sliver free,(splinter free2) hee hee!).. well, round about lil after 7, I looked waaaay down towards the pines,,..there was a deer! grabbed my "eyes" and looked,,far as I could tell, was a doe, a nice doe but a doe..well..(insert optimistic BS here..)....down in the pines she went,jus walkin towards the swamp...well, that was nice (it was)...about 10 minutes later, more movement waaaay down there..look a deer...and even without my "eyes" I could see horns..OH BOY!.. then... reality (yep.. you've been waitin) ""BLEEP""!......"BLEEP"!!! he'll follow her! gees, he's probably 100 yards or better away..oh poo!....ahhhhhhhhh!! Plan B! (well G actually).. the Grunt call!! ..ha! well, reached it the pocket, got it out and did 3 short lil grunts.........................................he stopped! he's lookin!! (heart rate picks up here..!!) dang! he seems interested......but then he looks towards the pines....right where that lil hussey went...BLEEP!... he starts movin...but not towards me,, but not towards where the hussey went either...but straight between us....what to do?.... what to do?.. too far to shoot, way to much in the way..trees, limbs, branches, leaves, lil pine needles, pine cones..ferns ...(yup lotta stuff!) well, grunt again....no..it might spook him...he's not goin her way..bleep..decisions..dang,bleep.. okay,bleep, he's outa sight,...still headed towards the same hump I'm sittin on....but way down.. okay, three more,,jus 3 lil grunts...then wait and see... grunt,, grunt,,, grunt...(hush! lets see you make that noise with a keyboard!) we wait,,we watch..we wait...an wait...and think..(oh bleep!) well, if he goes over the hump..bye bye! into the swamp..never ever see him...goes down the hump..pfft! gone! if he comes up the hump..hmmmmm.. gees, it's ferever!........... finally...a movement! a branch moving,...? yup! there he is! BLEEP! oh my look at all the stuff in the way... ooops! bleep! he's gone? wait there he is..! he's comin! he's comin! he's headed straight for me!LOOK..1..2..3..4...ouuu! another 8 pointer, but wider,taller..hee hee! the trusty flinter is up,,the hammer is back, yup frizzen is down..(hey I had time,,I hadda check!) he's comin, gees..he knows! BLEEP! he knows somethin's wrong..double BLEEP! he's lookin....he can't know I'm here..he can't ..wind is right, fer me,,,lil evergreen blockin me.. oh wait! he's movin again..closer closer..step by step...watch'em RC...he's there...he's close..he STOPS! ...BANG!........ oh the smoke! where'd he go? look over the hump,down by the water,,,listen,....where is he? look over the other side...hmm, no flag?? where is he? stand up! stand up! reload quick! up I stand...(at this point you have to realize I spend alot of time alone up in the woods,so I tend to talk to me alot...........and listen! scary huh?) so up I go,grabbin fer a quikload..and lookin in the direction where I shot.....BLEEP!!!.... THERE HE IS!! HE'S DOWN! HE'S DOWN! MY FIRST FLINTLOCK BUCK!! in the Adirondacks Hell! that's cool! oh, 4 points on one side...3 on the other..ha! don't care! I'M HAPPY! and thats how that was..hope ya liked it! I Shurly did enjoy tellin it!
