thanx guys...

still thrilled over the kill. woke up bright and early to skin him running on verrrry little sleep..then hunted all day (guided a younger hunter and set him up for our drives...didnt even carry the gun though i could have)...he was buck hunting..his pap said no does till the last day for him..i saw 2 buck but they snuck out before they made it to him..other than that we had piles of slickheads moving around...good day...got back to the farm and quartered him up and put him in the freezer till monday morning. dad like kilbasa and sausage made...going to make an hour trip to his favorite butcher just for dad..

that ole roundball did indeed exit. dead center of the neck shot and busted the backbone and spine clean...must have busted the main arteries too...it was a bloody shot.

i will never forget the sound of the flint smashing into the frizzen(i can hear it and my lock is fast..wierd i know..) and watching the smoke cloud clear to see him down infront of me.

also salted the hide to have it tanned today. everything but the head..some reason ive never seen a tanned deer hide with the head tanned that i liked. just looks wierd IMO...should be a good looking hide...small, but good looking none the less...

what a year...first bow kill and first flinter kill...and my name is "Mauser" poor ole Mauser of mine might not get touched for a long while...