Texas hill county buck

[Buff1958]

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.

 

[SDSmlf]

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.

120 grains of powder in 54 is more fun than I prefer, but no doubt it can be effective.

Nice story, nice gun and nice deer. Hard to get things much better.

 

[Stykbow]

Nice buck and rifle! Congrats!

 

[deerstalkert]

very nice buck and the rifle isn't bad either!
those drop tines in front just about had him blind on the one side. never saw another like him!
can't beat that hunt!

 

[BackDraft]

Very nice!

 

[VA Hawken]

Nice buck!

 

[WALT53]

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.

Nice hunt thanks for sharing.

 

[Spikebuck]

I love bucks with nontypical antlers!

 

[Yanqui]

Great job and pics! Thanks for posting.

 

[LonestarShootR]

Nice buck. This was a MLD deer, high or low fence?

 

[Dave Marsh]

Sorry to sound stupid but what is an MLD deer?

 

[LonestarShootR]

Sorry to sound stupid but what is an MLD deer?

It's managed land deer program in Texas.
It's where property owners work with the state (biologist) to help improve the herd through managing the deer heard numbers/quality etc.in a nut shell the state comes in and does surveys and recommend/tell you what number/sex of deer to take. The season starts in October and runs to February. That's opening a month before regular season and 2 months after for most folks.
It's a good way for ranches to take/sell/offer trophy bucks before they go into rut and get broken up and run down. It does require that you do as the state recommends. Bigger places make a lot of money off of this and sell does hunts to help reduce the population.

 

[Dave Marsh]

LonestarShoorR, thanks. Sounds like a good program.

 

[Okie Hog]

Congrats on the fine buck.

 

[ckwilli]

Very nice buck and rifle! Congratulations and thanks for the story.

 

[Percy]

Well done. Thanks for sharing story and pictures.

 

[Mogadishu Meanderer]

Beautiful deer and story! I hope you mount it! And with a flintlock makes even more cool!! Thank you for sharing!!

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

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 ntime 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.

Nice buck. Congrats. Well done