I hope this is not the first year you are hunting with a flinter...It takes awhile with any muzzleloader to work up a good accurate load...I have hunted with flintlocks since the mid 70s...First was a .45, then built a .54 in the late 80s...When I was younger and shot competition, I could keep all my shots in a 1 1/2 inch circle at 50 yards...Using 75grs FFF with the .45 and 80 grains FF in the .54, I have killed somewhere around 50 deer with, using a patched round ball....Hit in the heart/lung area most drop within 35-60 yards....It doesn't matter if you are in a tree, or on the ground...Hold where you want the ball to exit and you will have no problems...

btw...To pull up into your treestand...Buy, or make a cover for the frizzen, put a leather tie on to wrap around trigger guard...Empty pan, brush out with pan brush, put hammer all the way down, cover frizzen, tie rope around sling and you are good to go....I do prefer to tie where the gun come up parallel with the ground...

Also....A flintlock will discharge with NO powder in the pan...If you have to knap your flint, don't check for sparks with the gun charged....They will go off....