cayugad and everyone else that helped me learn the ropes of shootin a rocklock, your gunna be glad to hear the news!

i made smoke this afternoon and a deer finally died death due to my roundball!!!

i was setup along a trail and deer were going high left and far right...no shooting...drivers kept comin and so did the deer...2 more came far right, but instead of following the other 4s tracks, they hung a right and climbed the bank..knew they were both yearling deer. they got on the trail i was standing on and bolted right at me...i already had the hammer back from when i was trying to get a shot at them a second earlier..gun on them...picked out the one i thought was the doe...hit the hair trigger and it frozen looking at me...put the front bead on the center of the white patch and KARACK! smoke cleared and it was down!

i will probably take some bashing over taking that shot...and after i did, i realized i was shooting a roundball not a 165gr ballistic tip moving at 2800fps from my 3006 and was thankful for the good results...also was a mere 10yds away and i had a solid rest...once the smoke cleared i realized what i was hunting with though...just glad it all worked out...and i was shocked to see the roundball didnt exit as far as i could tell. never found it..but didnt look hard and couldnt find an exit. entrance was very evident...maybe i will find the ball in the morning when i skin it..

turned out to be the button buck...wasnt too thrilled over that and try not to do that...but it happened...

did find my patch about a foot away from the deer...thought that was pretty neat...

mauser finally did it..his first flintlock deer!! going to have the hide tanned so i can keep it and tack it on the wall so i can keep the memory...been wanting a deer hide tanned for a while..kept saying "first flintlock kill" well...it happened!! also going to put a brass tack or button or something into the stock of my rifle...and will do that for each kill with it...i see some guys decorate their stocks with metal pieces...figured i will keep tally with them and decorate at the same time

pics will be on after i clean the rifle!! gotta clean the rifle and take a shower... before i killed the deer, i managed to get my truck stuck..had a buddy drive me to the next spot we were supposed to stand and wait on the drivers..so i had to get the deer out, get the truck unstuck and get the deer hung so i could make it to work...was only and hour late boss didnt mind i was doing him a favor in the first place...