Shawnee 8Pt.

[Hoyt]

Shotgun season opened up in Illinois Fri. and I drew the full shotgun season and full muzzleloader.

Don't own any modern guns anymore..except one handgun, been hunting with only flintlocks for five or six yrs or so. Anyway I killed this 8pt in Shawnee National Forest with my .58cal. Berk's Co. flintlock I built several yrs back. I passed the buck up at about 15yds broadside the first morning...I know there's two more in that area a whole lot bigger and I thought I could only kill one buck. So hard as it was for me I let it walk that first morning.

Talked to a friend that night and he informed me I could kill two bucks. As fate would have it the same buck walked behind me the second morning..yesterday and I shot it at 30 steps using .570" round ball, .018" pillow ticking and 85grs Goex 3f.

 

[chance]

Really nice congrats!!!!

 

[lonehunter]

nice :thumbsup:

 

[rabjr]

Beautiful animal grats! :thumbsup:

 

[luieb45]

We had some great weather for our firearm season opener this year. Except I hunted with my slug gun with a scope. I wish I used the ml because Saturday night I had 2 button bucks come within 5-10 yards then a spike at 20 yards. Would of been a perfect oppurtunity and I passed on them because I had already gotten a button buck that morning and was holding out for a buck.

 

[roundball]

Great buck and rifle, congratulations !
:hatsoff:

 

[Snow on the Roof]

There you go... I've been trying to convince all these out of state hunters{ mostly Hoosiers cuzz they'll believe anything...} that there aren't any big deer in Illinois. Well now you went and made me look like a liar...thank you very much!!
...'course I guess I could tell the Hoosiers it came from Kentucky...yeah they'd believe that :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

Nice deer by the way...be proud :thumbsup:

John

 

[Tim Ott]

Very nice pic,congrats

 

[Hoyt]

Thanks men..I'm sure you all know I meant .570" round ball instead of the .270" I posted..can't figure out how to change it.

 

[smoothy]

Nice looking deer. I won't be going hunting in Illinois until the Muzzleloader season in Illinois, but you got me anxious. I'll be taking a 54 caliber flintlock. My sons will get preferance over me since they haven't got their first deer yet.
Happy for ya.

 

[Little Wattsy]

Shotgun season opened up in Illinois Fri. and I drew the full shotgun season and full muzzleloader.

Don't own any modern guns anymore..except one handgun, been hunting with only flintlocks for five or six yrs or so. Anyway I killed this 8pt in Shawnee National Forest with my .58cal. Berk's Co. flintlock I built several yrs back. I passed the buck up at about 15yds broadside the first morning...I know there's two more in that area a whole lot bigger and I thought I could only kill one buck. So hard as it was for me I let it walk that first morning.

Talked to a friend that night and he informed me I could kill two bucks. As fate would have it the same buck walked behind me the second morning..yesterday and I shot it at 30 steps using .270" round ball, .018" pillow ticking and 85grs Goex 3f.

OUTSTANDING!!! :hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

 

[buttonbuck]

Beautiful animal, The Shawnee is an awesome place for just about anything.

 

[Skychief]

Great buck, purdy rifle and a classy photo Hoyt! Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

 

[packer75]

grats on another fine southern illinois buck!!!!

 

[Stumpkiller]

Jinkies! You've got iron convictions to pass him up on the first day. Nice enough, I'd say.

Congrats.

 

[gmww]

Very Nice! :thumbsup:

 

[jethro224]

Nice buck! :hatsoff: Beautiful pic. too. :thumbsup:

You were sorta right about the one buck- one buck THIS weekend. The ML tag won't be good until 2nd season. 2 bucks per hunter / per year limit, all weapons, no matter what tags you bought.

 

[XXX]

Great pic.

 

[Jason Lewis]

great deer! which part of the shawnee did you hunt? i used to live there and always did good in the shawnee, i don't deer hunt down there anymore but still turkey hunt each spring in the crab orchard. good job!

 

[Hoyt]

great deer! which part of the shawnee did you hunt? i used to live there and always did good in the shawnee, i don't deer hunt down there anymore but still turkey hunt each spring in the crab orchard. good job!

I live and hunt in Gallatin Co...Shawnee is right behind me, don't even have to crank the truck.

I put in for spring gobbler in Gallatin and for a later choice crab orchard. Bout time to hear something I would think.


I was back in the woods this morning where I killed this buck and found the place tore up with big fresh telephone pole size rubs. The buck making those rubs is the one I was hunting and reason I passed this buck the first time. However he had not put any sign down this yr. He has now and I will be after him now with bow and flintlock for the second gun and muzzleloader season. This rub is from last yr and is the size he's putting down now..only he's rubbing cedar and tearing them up.