Author Topic: Primitive hunts this fall? (Read 2445 times)

Clear Spring Armory · « **on:** November 19, 2018, 07:59:12 PM »

Any one else do any primitive hunts this year? Period clothes and everything. Lets see some pictures and hear some stories.

This is a month ago in Hoosier National Forest. Rifle is .32 back action I made for a charity raffle and had to try out before I had to set her free.

Shovelbuck · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2018, 05:39:15 AM »

Nice pic! Wish I had some pics from this fall to share but bad knees have forced me to give up hunting recently.

alacran · « **Reply #2 on:** November 21, 2018, 12:54:56 PM »

Back in early October I was able to hunt with a good friend near Brazil IN. This was the first skwerl of the day. Way too many leaves on the trees so I used the old smoothie. We had a great time. Killed a few.

Flint62Smoothie · « **Reply #3 on:** November 21, 2018, 04:29:25 PM »

I’ll be heading up to VT a week from FRI, where their muzzleloading deer season opens on SAT 01Dec. We’ll be setting up a canvas wall tent w/ wood stove in it and will hunt in period clothing out of the primitive/period camp.

I’ll be sure to post some pictures!

Mike Brooks · « **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2018, 04:53:43 PM »

Used to be the only way I hunted, except for deer. Then I got too fat for my clothes.....

richs · « **Reply #5 on:** November 21, 2018, 09:17:48 PM »

It's going to be cold with a fair amount of snow on the ground. I live in mid-coast Maine and we have 10" of snow on the ground.
Rich

Lobo · « **Reply #6 on:** November 24, 2018, 06:36:37 PM »

Hunting with "Ole Bull Knocker" my .62 Jaeger rifle. It's been makin meat for a lot of years.

OldMtnMan · « **Reply #7 on:** November 24, 2018, 07:36:38 PM »

I'll be hunting primitive but i'm not the picture type. I don't even own a camera.

Daryl · « **Reply #8 on:** November 24, 2018, 11:15:28 PM »

Nice shot, Lobo!

WadePatton · « **Reply #9 on:** November 25, 2018, 12:27:34 AM »

Primitive...heck I thought this would all be spears and knives and snares!

Wadda I know?

Lookin' good in de woods, not practical for me just yet.

OldMtnMan · « **Reply #10 on:** November 25, 2018, 01:09:33 AM »

Wade...We won't stop you from using a spear.

Aim small and throw hard.

David R. Pennington · « **Reply #11 on:** November 25, 2018, 02:18:13 AM »

I have but didn’t get good pictures. Went out yesterday, not totally PC but did wear my moccasins. I didn’t make meat though. I had one decent opportunity but I must be getting old. I waivered pulling trigger considering how far I would have to pack it out.
I wish we didn’t have the blaze orange law, kinda kills the mood.

Martin S. · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2018, 11:55:55 AM »

OK, I am going to hunt with a cap lock this year due to my lack of skill with a flintlock and also the forecast is for rain/snow mix.

Is there anything special I should do when using a cap lock in the snow or rain?

Should I cover the muzzle maybe?

Cover the lock area?

David R. Pennington · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2018, 02:36:48 PM »

You shouldn’t cover muzzle. Patched ball should shield charge well enough. Try to keep lock area dry. Ages ago when I hunted with a percussion I would replace the cap once in a while in really wet weather. The percussion is not nearly as vulnerable to wet weather as a flintlock. Most trouble I had was failing to get flash channels dry of oil before loading.

alacran · « **Reply #14 on:** November 25, 2018, 02:37:37 PM »

Really like the orange cape. One of the things I dislike about hunting back east is having to wear hunter orange. Good job Lobo. I think I will be making myself a cape like that.

Clear Spring Armory · « **Reply #15 on:** November 25, 2018, 06:33:53 PM »

Quote from: David R. on November 25, 2018, 02:18:13 AM

I have but didn’t get good pictures. Went out yesterday, not totally PC but did wear my moccasins. I didn’t make meat though. I had one decent opportunity but I must be getting old. I waivered pulling trigger considering how far I would have to pack it out.
I wish we didn’t have the blaze orange law, kinda kills the mood.

This is what I use.

OldMtnMan · « **Reply #16 on:** November 25, 2018, 07:15:00 PM »

That wouldn't pass for blaze orange here in Colorado.

Clear Spring Armory · « **Reply #17 on:** November 25, 2018, 11:08:36 PM »

Probably wouldn't technically pass anywhere, but the guy I bought it from was claiming they were blaze orange (I'm color blind). Besides, the DNR in Indiana is a pretty reasonable lot compared to horror stories I've heard from relatives in neighboring states. I've never had any trouble with it, but I don't recall ever seeing a CO in the field in my 25 yrs of hunting either.

David R. Pennington · « **Reply #18 on:** November 25, 2018, 11:19:47 PM »

The blaze orange thing may be my bit of civil disobedience.

Flint62Smoothie · « **Reply #19 on:** November 26, 2018, 08:15:30 PM »

Quote from: alacran on November 25, 2018, 02:37:37 PM

One of the things I dislike about hunting back east is having to wear hunter orange.

FWIW, while recommended, hunter orange is not mandatory in the VT muzzleloadongnseason or the late season “flintlock only” deer season in PA.

Most woods I hunt only have my friends & I in them, but all of us keep a 100% wool flo-orange Voyager hat with us & wear it whilst walking or maybe even still hunting, as there are thick sections of laurel around.

Personally, I also keep a flo-orange vest w/ me in the hunting haversack, that rolls up to next to nothing. If others are seen in the area, I wear it to & fro my morning/evening stand area(s).

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Author Topic: Primitive hunts this fall? (Read 2445 times)

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