Rest in Peace, Dennis and Thank You.

.
« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat  (Read 912 times)

Offline adkmountainken

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 274
tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« on: October 23, 2025, 09:49:21 PM »
stepped back a couple centuries in time this morning...as you all know muzzleloading is my favorite type of hunting. took the Tom Nixon built .45 Hawken with Bob Roller lock and triggers with me today it is such a fine rifle.  i was not in the woods 15 minutes leaned against a tree and could hear a deer coming. i heard a buck grunting and the had a doe at 25 yards right in front of me looking over her shoulder. she stayed that way for what seemed like and hour but i'm sure was only a minute or 2.  everyone likes to kill a buck but i like meat in the freezer.  put the front blade low neck het the set trigger touched her off BOOOOM through the smoke i could see she folded up instantly and did not twitch God i love this season! .45 cal Hawken 80 grains fff goex, bear greased .018 patch and a .445 Hornady round ball passed straight through neck and dropped instantly.  my buddy Eric shortly after killed a 4 point it was a good morning....






Logged

Offline wattlebuster

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2153
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2025, 11:29:31 PM »
Good meat there. Fine looking rifle
Logged
Nothing beats the feel of a handmade southern iron mounted flintlock on a cold frosty morning

Offline Martin S.

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 740
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2025, 12:03:18 AM »
Congratulations!  I very happy for you.

I went down to my place to check my deer cameras a few days ago, and I have 3000 pictures of pigs.   :-[
Logged

Offline Chocktaw Brave

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 271
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2025, 03:27:00 AM »
Awesome hunt! Glad that it all came together for you. I’d take a doe over a buck any day, you can’t eat antlers.
Logged

Offline Bull Shannon

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 612
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2025, 05:13:18 AM »
Good looking outfit you're wearing there!  That's a fine deer too! Enjoy both in good health !
Logged
You can't kill a man who is born to hang!

Offline alacran

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2606
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2025, 12:47:57 PM »
Nice doe, congratulations!
Logged
A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.  Frederick Douglass

Offline Leatherbark

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 472
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2025, 02:35:16 PM »
Congratulations.  She looks like she was healthy and has been eating good. Maybe white oak acorns.
Logged

Offline rich pierce

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 21407
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2025, 03:41:39 PM »
Good job! Always exciting with a flintlock.
Logged
Andover, Vermont

Online MuskratMike

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2452
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2025, 06:22:53 PM »
Buck steaks, cream corn and fried taters with onion. Our nightly dinner at our high mountain elk camp (6,000 ft). That doe will be as good of eating as there is. Congratulations and thank you for the post.
Logged
"Muskrat" Mike McGuire
Keep your eyes on the skyline, your flint sharp and powder dry.

Offline Ted Kramer

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 320
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2025, 10:25:43 PM »
Congrats on a good hunt. Nice rifle & deer. Looks like a great area to hunt in.
Logged

Offline old george

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 751
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2025, 11:35:35 PM »
Congrats on a great hunt. Nice tender doe, mmmmm mmmmmmmm good!!!

george
Logged
I cannot go to Hades: Satan has a restraining order against me. :)

Offline Osprey

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1404
  • Roaming Delmarva...
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2025, 01:36:49 AM »
Way to go!
Logged
"Any gun built is incomplete until it takes game!"

Offline ScottH

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 649
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2025, 01:51:21 AM »
Congrats! That looks like a nice size deer. Neck shot and little if any lost meat  8)
Logged

Offline Fred Hembree

  • Starting Member
  • *
  • Posts: 31
  • Tennessee
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2025, 04:08:11 AM »
Happy for you…enjoy some good eating!
Logged

Offline Dutch

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 58
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2025, 04:43:16 AM »
Nicely done, didn’t have to wait long did you?!
Logged

Offline Daryl

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17449
Re: tom Nixon/Bob Rollor .45 Hawken makes meat
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2025, 04:08:20 AM »
Making meat is always good.
Logged
Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a spaniel without ears" King George V
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »