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Old 01-08-2009, 07:14 PM
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Flintlock 8 pointer in the rain...

Not the biggest 8 pointer in the world but I’d sat in the woods for 5 days and was tired of letting deer walk...it was raining when I left the house but I kept the lock up under my rain jacket like normal and refreshed the prime periodically.

The woods had been dead quiet except for the rain then I heard a muzzleloader way off in the distance...checked my watch and it was 2:30pm...couple minutes later heard another boom off in the distance in a different direction...and not 5 minutes after that heard a 3rd muzzleloader go off in the distance from a different direction. I had no sooner begun wondering if this might be one of those “major activity” time slots when I caught movement through the trees way off on my left and here comes this 8 pointer.

He was on a line that would cross left to right in front of me at about 50 yards. I set the trigger and slipped off the stall and when he got out in front I whistled but he came to a stop behind trees...he started walking again, I whistled again, and again he came to a stop behind trees...I had one fairly open alley left and knew I would have to shoot him while he was walking...he started again and as soon as I saw him clear the tree I touched the set trigger...in spite of all the rain, when I needed the Flintlock to do its thing, ignition was instantaneous and down he went.

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Old 01-08-2009, 09:36 PM
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Looks good to me.I can't wait for our muzzle loading season.
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Old 01-09-2009, 08:43 AM
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Nice job! Glad you connected!
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Old 01-09-2009, 11:41 AM
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roundball,

Great story and photo; congradulations.

DID that buck happen to drop on this side of that "posted" sign?

LOL.

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Old 01-09-2009, 12:25 PM
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Old 01-09-2009, 07:37 PM
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DID that buck happen to drop on this side of that "posted" sign?
That's just a small few acre woodlot I lease every year for the price of a Christmas ham and a few things for the landowner's family...I put up fresh posted signs every year...shot him about 200 yards in past that gate post...my truck was right behind me on the side of a road
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Old 01-09-2009, 07:53 PM
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roundball,

Many thanks for the clarification. I reckoned that was your "Posted" sign. It made for a good photo none the less. Well done!

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