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...

Good job Mauser!

I remember the first time i pulled the trigger on a buck with my first flintlock, I darn near passed out when the smoke cleared and saw that it was on its back with its legs straight up in the air lol.

Now ya see why i say inlines arnt any fun?

Looking forward to the pics!

ive always loved hunting with the rocklock...just something about carrying it and my "camo man purse" as the guys often call it with a pan primer, vent pick and pan brush hanging from leather lace around my neck...you guys understand what im talking about...the first kill felt great...not going to start an inline debate, but i picked up the flintlock for the challenge and added excitement/thrill/feeling...really dont know if i will rifle hunt anymore...took my first bow buck this year and my first flintlock kill...been an awesome year...and both kills felt amazing..still like rifle hunting and have nothing against it...but it lost its spark with me for alot of my hunting...

you'll also be glad to hear we went back to where i shot at the one deer twice the other day and we couldnt find any sign at all and had more guys and combed the area and surrounding areas hard just to check...didnt think i hit her...didnt act hit...but always better to be safe...

sure was awesome to watch the cloud of smoke clear and see the deer laying there...i really have no idea where the other one went or what happened after i shot...i didnt even reload i was jumping like a little kid...believe it was my 12th deer(atleast 12)..you woulda thought it was my first...guess it was...first with the rocklock...







neck shots are pretty bloody...and dont ask how i couldnt see those buttons...i guess i didnt look hard enough..i just knew it wasnt an "antlered" buck which made it legal and fair game for my "antlerless" tag..


before anyone asks....TC 50cal hawken flinter...90gr of Schuetzen 3fg with a .015 patch and .490 hornady roundball primed with 4fg Goex.

curious about the exit...i will really be surprised if there isnt one...i guess the backbone could stopped it...but thats a pretty powerful load...my gun wont throw anything but roundballs...a 50cal entrance hole isnt anything to shake a stick at...but im concerned about penetration...maybe it did exit and i didnt notice the exit...i'll find out tomarrow morning...

thanx for all the help through the years guys....i owe it to you all....

hmmm that was the first deer ive ever shot without a scope thinking about it now...minus the bow kill of course..

normally i wouldnt say much .. and kick me off this forum if you must but, i do know if anyone in our hunting party were to have shot this they would have been kicked in the crotch. other then that .. ill hold my tounge....

Kicked for what? Shooting a button buck?


Congratulations Mauser06 on your deer!

Congratulations!!!!
Too many people have the idea you must kill only huge antlered bucks to be proud of your accomplishment. I'd much rather kill one like yours for eating. Matter of fact, I've killed 2 button bucks already this year. One with the crossbow, and one with the muzzleloader. Both provided fine table fare, and it hasn't seemed to hurt the local population a bit. Those young deer have a high mortality rate the first winter and you might as well take a few out of the herdfor food.

MI Redneck, if you would read the post, youd know im not 100% thrilled it was a button buck...but im not hurt by it. it was a legal animal for me to take...i took it...im happy..just so happened that it was a yearling male and i didnt notice. i try not to take them and learned how to ID them pretty good, but this was also a new way of taking a deer for me. i was excited, time was limited, and i didnt have a scope or binocs with me to look it over, not that i had time to. i identified it as a legal deer and decided to take it...

thanx for the congrats guys...im proud of my kill. those steaks are gunna melt in my mouth...and the hide and pictures are gunna look awesome in my room...me and the group had a blast yesterday...thats what matters.

Don't make excuses. You don't need to. Fair chase and a clean kill. Enough said. Enjoy and congradulations!!!

nice deer and great shooting with a flinter

If it's legal, it's edible.

Congrats on your first flinter deer.

I'm still waiting for mine and trust me, if it's legal, it's edible.