Saturday was opening day of primative weapons season here in Georgia. I was in my stand at daylight and sat untill noon. I decided I would sit untill 1:00 and decided to eat my sandwich and drink some coffee.
At 12:15 I cought some movement off to my left and saw two deer moving into a thicket. They were feeding on acorns. I continued to watch and could see parts of them every now and then. Finally, at 12:45 I could see one of them moving toward one of my shooting lanes. When it started to cross the lane I was ready and made my shot. She dropped in her tracks. She was a nice fat doe and field dressed 80lbs. The range was 55 yards.
I was shooting a little 50 caliber flintlock that I built earlier this year. The load was 70 gr of GOEX 3-f behind a pached round ball. The patch was lubed with bear grease.
What a nice way to staart the season.
Congratualtions on the doe. Its a great feeling to pull a shot off like that with a flintlock. Did you get complete pass through with that ball? Amazing how a roundball will plant these deer.
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Mighty fine Mr. Flinktlock. Where did you hit her?
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Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
Great and even grreater in thta you built the gunthat put food on the table! Family should be proud as well.
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It is a good feeling to put meat in the freezer with such a simple but effective tool. The ball struck high and behind the right shoulder. Surprisingly , I did not get a complete passthrough. The ball stopped just under the skin on the opposite side of the chest.
Opening Day of Primative Weapons Season
