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Nice buck Tar Heel!
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Originally Posted by TheCelt
That is just to Cool !!!
Ammohead,its a savage 99.That counts in my book.:smile:
Thank taco650....that was Clark County Virginia just along the Shenandoah River. Got that rascal with a Isaac Haines 50 cal flintlock I built.Quote:
Originally Posted by taco650
What was your range, situation, etc?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tar Heel
I was still hunting after having scouted the area for sign. I picked the best area on a perfect day which dawned clear and cold after a few days of miserable weather. The bucks were hungry and horny and I knew they would be moving. Nothing appeared in the morning hours, or at least I didn't hear or see anything since the wind was still blowing some as the low pressure system moved out of the area. I had a nice lunch, pulled the cows knee off the lock since the weather was clear. I checked the pan for the 50'th time being alert for any noise.Quote:
Originally Posted by taco650
Along about 2:30 in the afternoon, just as shadows began appearing and fooling me, I heard some rustling off to my right. Sure enough, here comes the buck looking a lot like we do when we are hungry. He definitely had a goal in mind as he purposefully made his way through the pines and into the thinner area which was at the edge of his marked territory. He was angling away slightly but I reasoned he may turn broadside to me to follow the contour line of the high terrain. At just about 75 yards, he turned to the right and pretty as a picture, stood fully erect, head turned away but on full alert. As I brought the cock rearward and the click was heard by him, he turned his head in my direction trying to locate me. I knew I had a very small window to take the shot before he bolted. I lined up the sights and squeezed the trigger for what seemed like hours but was actually about a second or two.
The shot went off, smoke filled the clearing and the deer disappeared. I reloaded as fast as I could and approached the area where he was standing. There he was. A nice clean shot at 75 yards. I was using a patched RB with 90gr FFG GOEX. That rifle is a shooter and is deadly accurate. She has a very fast lock time which of course helps shoot her accurately. Every deer I have taken with a RB in 50 or 54 caliber drops like they were pole-axed. The killing power of the patched RB is uncanny. I never saw the need to use anything "better" than those.
I have to admit that I feel that the primitive weapons season should be for primitive firearms only. Just call me old fashioned but jeez...those rifles work just fine if you do your part. That hunt was one of my more memorable BP hunts. Others have been great but for some reason, all of the factors aligned that day to provide me with one of the best days afield I have had.
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Originally Posted by RugerFan
Yep, all good.Quote:
Originally Posted by ammohead
It just needs to be a Quality photo from "your" hunt or "your" hunting group, preferably from the recent past...So if your Buck is strewn across the hood of your minty 1964 Ford Fairlane wagon, be sure the dealer's window stick is cropped out :-P
Jon,
My 2014 buck.
Sav300,
A rare 99 in 284 Win.
Great story! Thanks for sharing. Makes me want to get a flinter and go hunting!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tar Heel
Tar Heel: you da man! left handed flintlock?
RugerFan: did you pack that buff out on the cat?
and 99's are cool!
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Yup. I am a south paw with a long gun and a RH shooter with a hand gun. I was real popular on the teams. With the rock gun, you really need the flint on the correct side. Modern firearms do not matter. I can work a RH bolt just as fast as a RH shooter. Practice......Quote:
Originally Posted by Beerd
IllinoisCoyoteHunter
"Ya think you used enough powder Butch?"
Tar heel
Nice story
Kevin
All great pics and stories guys. Celt, I am sure glad that thing didn't climb your leg, they can get a little testy ya know. JW
Winelover, very nice!!! Always nice to see a woman that can handle a bow!!!!!
Ya, but you ab-so-lutely ruined the hide!Quote:
Originally Posted by IllinoisCoyoteHunter
A hunting buddy and myself with some ducks and geese.
Ric, I don't keep the hide anyway. I know...unbelievable, right?! LOL I was more on pest control because over the past couple years these tree rats have been damaging the trees we grow on our tree farm. In years where food may be on the slim side (ie, nut trees don't produce as many nuts) these pesky rats chew the outter bark on young trees to get to the softer inside layer. They literally peel the outer bark back and eat the inside layer. It's crazy...up until a few years back when we had a very low mast production on the native trees, we never saw anything like it. Most of the damage was at ground level, but then we started noticing more damage at the first set of branches. They were sitting on the first branch and devouring the inner layer of bark!! LOL
This is a grand memory. Made me think of my step dad & dad - neither hunt, but there are memories of other times together. Thanks for posting it.
You guys are the best. Looking at your pictures at the end of a hard day's work has made my day!!
re Djones' little brother: "The army is lucky to have this guy behind the trigger!"
and the rest of us are pretty darn lucky too! Thank you for your service!
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Please thank your brother for his service to our country. My middle son did two tours in Iraq with the USMC. He said Iraq was a **** hole and the Iraqis were welcome to the place.
+1. And tell him I'm ashamed that all my efforts to get him a better boss were wasted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beerd
Gear
p.s. Pete, that's MY kind of winter! Sunny, calm and 82F here today, gotta love it except in the summer when the pork will spoil before you get the hide off unless you have a lot of ice and rock salt handy.
Thanks guys for all of the messages. I will let him know the castboolits guys have his back. I need to work with his rifle to get it to shoot cast. My go to load didn't shoot too well in his 35 so we were loading and shooting the Hornady ftx
Cbrick,
Nice hog! Where abouts in Oregon was that taken? Not to many around here from what I have heard.
Yes Sir JW, the little rascal was "bowed up" pretty good and I thought for awhile it was gonna take me on!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Idaho Mule
RugerFan is the winner
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Congrats RugerFan !!!
Congrats RugerFan, just how long did the buffalo take to pack out?
Congrats Ruger Fan. A fine picture and a fine big shaggy.