today was the opener of a week long muzzleloader doe hunt...i was out with dad in the morning as he squirrel hunted along a ridge trying to get the deer to move my way....weather was cold REAAAAAALLY windy and sprinking..i had my tc 50 cal hawken flintlock..im fine in the rain i know how to handle it...went home and met up with 3 buddys...2 were going to drive for me and my other buddy...first drive they kicked a doe out but it snuck into the corn to quick....second drive they kicked out a 6pt...i didnt see him but couldnt shoot him either way..would been nice to see him though...3rd drive i was on the phone for the beginning of it..but it was a long one so they were far off...i had to talk to a guy about my truck being fixed...i get off....im sitting there waiting...got a cows knee on the lock just because it was raining off and on and the leaves were wet and i dint want a drop to fall off onto the lock...out of nowhere i see something sneaking through the brush 5yds away...im like hey a rabbit...then it came out...and it was a deer....then 2 more behind her....stopped right infront of me.....5yds away...i slip the cows knee off crack back the hammer and they bolt...they cross a creek 20yds away and i stop them....while i was panicing..swinging my gun and setting my hair trigger...i picked out the biggest and was starting t oget my gun in her direction when KABOM...the gun went off....while trying to move i bumped the hair trigger and off it went...stupid mistake....i learned my lesson...checked up on it to make sure i didnt accidently hit any of them and trailed them for a little ways to make sure....found where i hit and there was not a hair...i know i wasnt close....i cant believe i did that....i learned my lesson...dont set the hair trigger till your on target!!! im kicking myself so hard...i cant believe i did that...now i know why some guys say dont hunt with hair triggers....i know ill never hunt with gloves on using it....and gota watch next time..it was heat of the moment as they ran off and i wasnt thinking about it....im going to play with it tonite and see if i cant add a few ounces to it....its set as the book says to have it set....the regular trigger is stiff and creepy and it makes shooting a flinter accurately pretty tough.....so i like the hair trigger...just gota learn from my mistake...worst part is i had to tell the story to 3 buddys i was with....just thought id share my story...maybe someone will learn from my mistake....or have advice or some words or encouragement....i shouted some pretty bad words after the gun went off lol....i knew what happend.....live and learn....mondays another day i guess.....