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Post by acorn20 on Jan 8, 2022 20:05:20 GMT -5
Well congrats, Ridge!!
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Post by Loggy on Jan 8, 2022 22:39:31 GMT -5
Congrats Ridge on your flintlock doe! Good day you had seeing more deer than I saw all hunting season. What load you shooting in your Firestorm?
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Post by ridgecommander on Jan 9, 2022 8:03:38 GMT -5
Thanks guys. Loggy, I was shooting a 245 grain Powerbelt Aerotip in front of 100 grains of Goex FFG. I can shoot cloverleafs with it from the bench, but I pretty much suck when shooting at game. I now carry shooting sticks with me when hunting and that has improved my hunting accuracy.
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Post by Loggy on Jan 9, 2022 8:13:54 GMT -5
Looks like you had a good lung hit. Did the Powerbelt get pass though penetration taking both lungs out??
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Post by ridgecommander on Jan 9, 2022 8:27:31 GMT -5
Complete pass through. I had great blood so I tracked her. After 80 yards I jumped her but was able to watch her through the binoculars and saw the hit looked good. She walked along a hill, crossed down into a creek bottom, up and across a road and bedded down on a neighboring property which I can access if I ask. I watched her for a bit and she finally expired and that fellow gave me a ride back to camp in his UTV.
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Post by davet on Jan 9, 2022 8:34:46 GMT -5
Ridge......just proves once again.....that whitetail deer are one of the toughest game animals out there!!
Nice doe!
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Post by Loggy on Jan 9, 2022 8:39:14 GMT -5
Complete pass through. I had great blood so I tracked her. After 80 yards I jumped her but was able to watch her through the binoculars and saw the hit looked good. She walked along a hill, crossed down into a creek bottom, up and across a road and bedded down on a neighboring property which I can access if I ask. I watched her for a bit and she finally expired and that fellow gave me a ride back to camp in his UTV. Amazing how some can travel & the next one with same hit drops in their tracks. I shot the 348 grain Powerbelt Aeroips out of some faster 1-28 twist inlines with good results. The shorter 245 is a good choice for your 1-48 twist FS. Any deer with a flintlock is an accomplishment to be proud of!! I remember my very first flintlock kill back in January 2000 like it was yesterday. A doe taken with my first flinter....a 50 cal TC PA Hunter with a roundball.
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Post by bushmaster on Jan 9, 2022 12:08:24 GMT -5
I was icing up in single digit temps yesterday morning. Saw 4 doe, no shots offered. Felt great to be in woods with snow.
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Post by acorn20 on Jan 9, 2022 12:45:34 GMT -5
Bushy, you should make that your avatar pic! I like fur on a man and ice in his beard!! It suits the season.
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Post by ridgecommander on Jan 9, 2022 12:50:02 GMT -5
Ridge you should make that your avatar pic! I like fur on a man and ice in his beard!! It suits the season. That is Bushy. Besides I look better than he does.............
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Post by acorn20 on Jan 9, 2022 12:52:04 GMT -5
Sorry about that Ridge. I had a brain fart at the last minute. I'll edit.
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Post by Loggy on Jan 9, 2022 17:30:09 GMT -5
Sorry about that Ridge. I had a brain fart at the last minute. I'll edit. A brain fart is better than a mistaken fart!!
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Post by Dutch on Jan 10, 2022 6:05:48 GMT -5
Ridge you should make that your avatar pic! I like fur on a man and ice in his beard!! It suits the season. That is Bushy. Besides I look better than he does............. Really,it doesn't take much. LOL
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Post by fleroo on Jan 10, 2022 9:48:45 GMT -5
MOST in that number are inline only, I'm sure. I THINK I'm remembering correctly, back to the 80's or early 90's, and say Flintlock hunters were in the 30 some thousand range ? This was when a Flint hunter had to give up his antlerless tag, and had to purchase a Flintlock/Muzz Stamp by end of July.
That was also before there were inlines in PA, and prior to the early muzz season for antlerless.... which is basically an inline season. That season is why there are so many muzzleloader stamps sold now. If that season were eliminated (basically eliminating inlines), you would see just how little Flintlock stamps would still be sold.
THIS is another reason why I think a "Traditional" season would be perfect. Sell the permits at a menial price. $5 for a Flintlock, $5 for a Trad. Bow. That way, you can gain metrics on just how negligible by way of impact, those weapons truly are.
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Post by ridgecommander on Jan 10, 2022 10:34:13 GMT -5
Hey Fleapoo. I saw three more of those elusive post season 2A bucks while I was flintlock hunting Saturday. I believe two were legal. Besides the doe I shot, I saw 15 doe and three bucks. Of course the snow and the cold temps helped a ton. The deer were moving pretty much all day.
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Post by fleroo on Jan 10, 2022 10:47:12 GMT -5
Yep. See my earlier post, as to how many buck I've harvested, or better yet, legal buck I've seen while Flintlock hunting for 40 years. All of my Flint hunting has been in Eastern Washington County, with the exception of 20-25 years ago, when a friend and I would visit the land of the Fayette-Cong. It shows the vast disparity of herd dynamics, and hunting pressure, even within the same county. Western Washington County is very similar to Greene County, with larger hills, and apparently much less hunters. Guys in Eastern Washington County target their buck in archery, on smallish "Farmette" properties, and they lay the wood (or carbon or graphite) to them too. BUT, there's always that chance that I simply SUCK too. AND, can I be Peafloo instead of Fleapoo ? it has a better ring to it.
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Post by dougl on Jan 10, 2022 10:48:49 GMT -5
Way to go Gene.I did my first late season hunt of the year on Sat afternoon.About an hour before dark,I spot a deer coming my way and it ended up being a busted up 8 point that was probably 18", that walked past at 30 yards.Two minutes later a smaller 8 point and what I assume was a bb with a broken back leg came past.The 8 point was within range but the smaller one never offered me a clean shot.He was laboring hard enough that I imagine he'll end up as coyote bait.If I still had a tag,I would have killed either of the two bucks.A good adrenaline rush with no work involved afterwards.
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Post by davet on Jan 10, 2022 10:53:28 GMT -5
Nature can be very cruel. Better to be killed by a round ball and dead within ten minutes than to be eaten alive by a pack of coyotes
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Post by dougl on Jan 10, 2022 11:05:30 GMT -5
True.Even though it was within 40 yards,he stayed behind a huge beech tree that just recently fell,while the other two were on my side.I figured he'd gimp on over but he never gave me a clean shot.I did intend on burning a tag on all 50lbs of him,
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Post by ridgecommander on Jan 10, 2022 11:12:23 GMT -5
It shows the vast disparity of herd dynamics, and hunting pressure, even within the same county. Western Washington County is very similar to Greene County, with larger hills, and apparently much less hunters. The eastern and western are quite different. I agree. I can't speak to hunting pressure on your side but it slow on this side. Other than the farmer up the road and myself, that was the only shots I heard on a beautiful day to flintlock hunt. There is a lot more wooded areas and steeper terrain as well. More hiding room for sure. Don't worry. I suck too at flintlock shooting. At hunting I can hold my own, but when it comes to shooting with a flintlock, my average is not very good. I will try to remember next time, lol.
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Post by fleroo on Jan 10, 2022 11:39:31 GMT -5
I'm speaking more to pressure in archery, and rifle here in Eastern Wash. Co. It is a constant barrage of pressure that is relentless on these small parcels. The legal buck get whacked here at a very high rate from October through mid-Dec. Pressure at this time of year, late season, is limited. Nothing to speak of.
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Post by ridgecommander on Jan 10, 2022 11:56:11 GMT -5
Yeah. Its light here pretty much all fall. Even the gamelands right up the road there is plenty of room to roam. Hunted the game lands in rifle a few years ago to look at some different scenery and was surprised how few guys were there.
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Post by fleroo on Jan 10, 2022 12:21:10 GMT -5
I've hunted Taylorstown and Claysville for Pheasant. Never deer. As a younger hunter through college, I hunted GL 179 in Greene County for deer, 70's to mid-80's. Jam packed with people back then. There was a consistent and very long traffic jam entering and exiting Waynesburg on Rt. 21 the first day of rifle. It was amazing to see. Greene County back then, was king for deer. Not so much these parts of Washington County at that time.
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Post by bushmaster on Jan 10, 2022 14:23:57 GMT -5
Congrats on that doe Ridge. Somehow I missed that post. I'm hanging it up for the season, and the flinter is cleaned up and back on the wall. Time to focus on Coyote and Bobcat.
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Post by davet on Jan 10, 2022 16:14:31 GMT -5
Congrats on that doe Ridge. Somehow I missed that post. I'm hanging it up for the season, and the flinter is cleaned up and back on the wall. Time to focus on Coyote and Bobcat. Somehow, fur critters are sort of easier after the shot. Well, unless your the guy skinning I guess.
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