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General discussion => Black Powder Shooting => Topic started by: Osprey on October 17, 2024, 07:04:37 PM

Title: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: Osprey on October 17, 2024, 07:04:37 PM
Early muzzleloader season here in Maryland this 3 day weekend, started it off right with a gift stag!  Had hunted a spot away from home this morning and didn't see much, got home mid morning and went back in my woods to check a camera, luckily smart enough to carry the rifle.  Snuck up on this guy, not the big stag I was after but hard to turn down the gift from the hunt gods.  75 yard heart shot with the .58.  Now on to whitetails for rest of the weekend!


(https://i.ibb.co/ykcv5ZW/462921580-514772287994975-4636896581188981144-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8xLv2f6)
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: MuskratMike on October 17, 2024, 07:29:09 PM
Any animal taken with a flintlock is a trophy in my book!
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: Daniel Coats on October 17, 2024, 07:45:10 PM
Well done and a tasteful photo. To quote the late great Jack Atcheson    "Take the first legal animal you see!"
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: Daryl on October 17, 2024, 09:16:11 PM
The stag's colour is amazingly dark.
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: snapper on October 17, 2024, 09:47:10 PM
Poor thing.

How does it taste?

Fleener
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: Osprey on October 17, 2024, 11:14:57 PM
Quote from: snapper on October 17, 2024, 09:47:10 PM
Poor thing.

How does it taste?

Fleener

They are exceptional!
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: Osprey on October 17, 2024, 11:15:54 PM
Quote from: Daryl on October 17, 2024, 09:16:11 PM
The stag's colour is amazingly dark.
 

The stags look somewhere between chocolate and black when you see them in the woods.  Some of that is from all the marsh mud they live and wallow in!
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: HSmithTX on October 17, 2024, 11:44:53 PM
Well done!!!!
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: snapper on October 18, 2024, 02:03:03 AM
You coming to Iowa to poach our deer this year?

Fleener
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: Osprey on October 18, 2024, 02:59:30 AM
Quote from: snapper on October 18, 2024, 02:03:03 AM
You coming to Iowa to poach our deer this year?

Fleener

I wish, you guys are too stingy with your tags!!!
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: alacran on October 18, 2024, 02:41:47 PM
Congratulations Osprey! I will always shoot the first legal to shoot animal to get in my sights. Beats going hungry.
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: Percy on October 20, 2024, 06:34:21 PM
Congratulations. Well done, nice stag.
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: Staredge on December 24, 2024, 01:24:50 AM
I’ve wanted to hunt Sika for years. Even better with black powder.
Title: Re: Flintlock Stag time!
Post by: JeffG on December 24, 2024, 01:39:55 AM
Excellent. Well done!