Saturday was opening day of primative weapons season here in Georgia. I was in my stand at daylight and sat untill noon. I decided I would sit untill 1:00 and decided to eat my sandwich and drink some coffee.
At 12:15 I cought some movement off to my left and saw two deer moving into a thicket. They were feeding on acorns. I continued to watch and could see parts of them every now and then. Finally, at 12:45 I could see one of them moving toward one of my shooting lanes. When it started to cross the lane I was ready and made my shot. She dropped in her tracks. She was a nice fat doe and field dressed 80lbs. The range was 55 yards.
I was shooting a little 50 caliber flintlock that I built earlier this year. The load was 70 gr of GOEX 3-f behind a pached round ball. The patch was lubed with bear grease.
What a nice way to staart the season.

Congratualtions on the doe. Its a great feeling to pull a shot off like that with a flintlock. Did you get complete pass through with that ball? Amazing how a roundball will plant these deer.

Nice! Good ol' roundball proves itself again.

Should make for some good eatin'

Congratulations. That is some fine eating.

Mighty fine Mr. Flinktlock. Where did you hit her?

Great and even grreater in thta you built the gunthat put food on the table! Family should be proud as well.

Congrats on the doe!

Congrats on the doe. That flint lock did a good job.

It is a good feeling to put meat in the freezer with such a simple but effective tool. The ball struck high and behind the right shoulder. Surprisingly , I did not get a complete passthrough. The ball stopped just under the skin on the opposite side of the chest.

Nice shooting. I got a .50 Hawkens I built early this yr also, cap and not flintlock though. Can't wait to get into the woods with it.