RE: I finally saw a deer today..
 

That was a great picture and a really great story. I'm really glad it ended so well for you. Makes a person think about the challenge in hunting with a Flintlock.Good luck tommorow. Tom

RE: I finally saw a deer today..
 

I can't use the Wolverine as the muzzleloader season does not allow scopes. I was thinking perhaps a Renegade with a fast twist barrel of Stainless Steel shooting 100 grains of Triple Se7en 2f and a 300 grain Hornady XTP. That would be good deer medicine.

RE: I finally saw a deer today..
 

congrats cayugad great story and i bet it fells great to do it with a flinter and round ball good luck on a buck

RE: I finally saw a deer today..
 

Well after what that supposedly lowly ol' crappy roundball did to the young lady in your freezer, well that's going to take an even better story from you.:D

I would be shocked if that XTP did more damage than that roundball did. We all know a 300 gr should out-perform a .177 grlead ball, butI don't think you can aim that perfectly two times in a row David!:)

I can't wait to find out thou! ;)
Good luck to ya'

RE: I finally saw a deer today..
 

I could use the White with a big conical ... that should clean house on them as well...

RE: I finally saw a deer today..
 

Great looking deer. and with a flintlock to! Doesnt itfeel great to do something with that old rock hammer? I know when i shot my 4x4 mulie this year with my flintlock, that was the best feeling in the world. as for the roundball, how did it do? Thats a silly question to ask seeing how its dead lol but im just wondering what kind of damage that .54 roundball did.
Triple, a .50 is 178 grain. 54 is 210 or 218, somewhere around there.

RE: I finally saw a deer today..
 

Aaahhhh!
So it was a 54 ball that whacked that deer so hard.

That's why I luv' my lead bullets. I usenuttin' butleadin all my MLs these days.

RE: I finally saw a deer today..
 

Great story and congrats on the deer!

RE: I finally saw a deer today..
 

Congratulations. A deer is a deer no matter what time it is in the season. You sure have light colored deer up there. InMissouri they have a darker color, yours are similar to the coats they have here in the summer. Great story and one heck of a shot even with a flinter. Glad it all came together for you. I was wondering if you were having any luck this year.

RE: I finally saw a deer today..
 

Congratulations on the flinter-kill. Sounds like tough conditions. That will some tasty venison.....