H
Hobby Climber
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For the past 12 years (this year being the 12th), I've been going Black Powder hunting for deer. Its near the town of West Lorne along the shores of Lake Erie, about 2hrs from my home.
Haven't always gone for the full week of the hunt but I have managed to harvest 7 deer it the past 11 years.
The first deer I shot was the largest so far. It tipped the scale just over 254lbs and had 10 points on its head gear! This deer bolted out of the heavy bush and ran accross a field. At 64yrds out, it winded me and slowed down enough for me to make the shot. It happened so fast the I didn't have time to develop, "Buck Feaver"...(get the shakes).
The rifle used was a Thompson Center Hawken percussion cap using a maxi hunter projectile w/100gr of ffg black powder. All I saw after I pulled the trigger was the deer junp with an arched back and a lot of smoke!!!
Once the smoke cleared, I viewed this deer with my binoculars and waited for the doggers to finish pushing the bush in case more ran out of the bush. I reloaded quickly but no more deer came out.
From that point on, I was hooked on black powder hunting and have been attending this area ever since with the same good people who fist invited me.
This year the weather dosn't look very good but were gonna give it a shot just the same. You just never know what the deer will be doing.
The deer are smart, in some cases if you don't see the deer, they will just stay sitting there as you walk by them! Usually they just fun far ahead of the doggers and try to circle back around them to avoid leaving the bush.
I'm so looking forward to this comming week. I don't hang around with the guys in the group doring the year so it kinda a mini reunion each season.
I'll likely go up very early Monday morning to set up but once I'm back the following weekend, I'll let you guys know if we filled any of our tags.
If I remember to bring my camera, I'll try to remember to take some pic!
Below is a pic of one of the gals who now hunts with us holding her first Buck she shot earlier that day. Her husban got her into hunting and this was her first year. Enjoy
Later,
HC
Haven't always gone for the full week of the hunt but I have managed to harvest 7 deer it the past 11 years.
The first deer I shot was the largest so far. It tipped the scale just over 254lbs and had 10 points on its head gear! This deer bolted out of the heavy bush and ran accross a field. At 64yrds out, it winded me and slowed down enough for me to make the shot. It happened so fast the I didn't have time to develop, "Buck Feaver"...(get the shakes).
The rifle used was a Thompson Center Hawken percussion cap using a maxi hunter projectile w/100gr of ffg black powder. All I saw after I pulled the trigger was the deer junp with an arched back and a lot of smoke!!!
Once the smoke cleared, I viewed this deer with my binoculars and waited for the doggers to finish pushing the bush in case more ran out of the bush. I reloaded quickly but no more deer came out.
From that point on, I was hooked on black powder hunting and have been attending this area ever since with the same good people who fist invited me.
This year the weather dosn't look very good but were gonna give it a shot just the same. You just never know what the deer will be doing.
The deer are smart, in some cases if you don't see the deer, they will just stay sitting there as you walk by them! Usually they just fun far ahead of the doggers and try to circle back around them to avoid leaving the bush.
I'm so looking forward to this comming week. I don't hang around with the guys in the group doring the year so it kinda a mini reunion each season.
I'll likely go up very early Monday morning to set up but once I'm back the following weekend, I'll let you guys know if we filled any of our tags.
If I remember to bring my camera, I'll try to remember to take some pic!
Below is a pic of one of the gals who now hunts with us holding her first Buck she shot earlier that day. Her husban got her into hunting and this was her first year. Enjoy
Later,
HC