Went out at 3:00 this afternoon to set in the heat. Giant moon last night and nothing moved this morning so I was betting they would get hungry early this evening . I hadn’t sat an hour when I heard the rocks clicking on the hill behind me.
Sure enough the freaky horned buck i have been after came down the trail and stopped at the corn I had spread out at 30 yards. He stood facing me for an eternity ( probably 5 minutes) as my sights stayed glued to him, my rifle resting on a shooting stick.
He would turn his front end picking up corn but he kept his body facing straight at me. I suppose he had his fill and turned to carry on down the hill. I was on auto pilot just keeping the front blade on his shoulder when the .54 went off. Most of the time when I shoot something with a Flintlock there is a moment of panic after the shot as the heavy smoke blinds you.
Not this time as the 120 grains of FF rolled him over and I could see the white belly through the smoke.
I just finished this stock Thursday, which only added to the thrill of taking such a cool buck.
Sure enough the freaky horned buck i have been after came down the trail and stopped at the corn I had spread out at 30 yards. He stood facing me for an eternity ( probably 5 minutes) as my sights stayed glued to him, my rifle resting on a shooting stick.
He would turn his front end picking up corn but he kept his body facing straight at me. I suppose he had his fill and turned to carry on down the hill. I was on auto pilot just keeping the front blade on his shoulder when the .54 went off. Most of the time when I shoot something with a Flintlock there is a moment of panic after the shot as the heavy smoke blinds you.
Not this time as the 120 grains of FF rolled him over and I could see the white belly through the smoke.
I just finished this stock Thursday, which only added to the thrill of taking such a cool buck.
