For the Hunters

[bubba]

Ditto to the wish, and now my tale of woe.

This entire past weekend everytime I would look out the window to the back yard I saw 2 or more 6 point bucks laying in the yard. For some strange reason that I'll never understand, they won't allow me to hunt here in town on my own 1/2 acre lot. Maybe I could take the Claymore out and.......

Use a bow and arrow and keep yer mouth shut. Works around here. ;-)

[Southern Breeze]

Ditto to the wish, and now my tale of woe.

This entire past weekend everytime I would look out the window to the back yard I saw 2 or more 6 point bucks laying in the yard. For some strange reason that I'll never understand, they won't allow me to hunt here in town on my own 1/2 acre lot. Maybe I could take the Claymore out and.......

The claymore is too noticeable, use your sgian-dubh.

[Big Paul]

I wish! Read now my tale of woe....

The 1st Sunday morning of regular gun season, I was sitting on a ridgeline in thick hardwoods when at about 8:30 a fat 6-point ambled up to my left rear. He never saw me as I eased around, cocked my flintlock smoothbore, and put a .73 cal. ball into his chest cavity from a range of about 15 yards.

He got up and ran; I stayed put, reloaded, and gave him time to lay down and die. After a few minutes I went over to where I'd hit him, and picked up a very heavy blood trail. Thinking he couldn't have gone far with that big musket ball through his chest and all that blood, I began tracking. And tracking. And tracking! There was no snow, but that blood trail was easy to follow - for awhile. Down the hill, across a creek, up the other side, over the top of the next ridge, after about half-a-mile the blood began to peter out until I finally lost the track in all the heavy leaves.

I spent the next hours searching those woods in vain for that deer, and never did find where he finally went down, even after enlisting the help of my brother-in-law and nephew. It's been nearly two weeks, and I'm still broken-hearted over it... and haven't seen anything since!

Humbug....

Bummer man!!!

[Livingston]

The claymore is too noticeable, use your sgian-dubh.

You ever gotten a good close look at the reach on those antlers? :sad: I'd rather have the reach of the Claymore.

[Southern Breeze]

You ever gotten a good close look at the reach on those antlers? :sad: I'd rather have the reach of the Claymore.

You just need to sharpen your stalking skills.

[Mike n NC]

I showed it to the wife and said I wanted one of these...You can pretty much guess how the conversation turned out.

Mike

[David in Maryland]

That is awesome. I also showed to my wife and we had the conversation. She asked why I have not already done that.

David (who freezer is packed full of venison and other furry woodland creatures and does not have to buy meat from the grocery store for a very long)