Bears with a Flintlock
08-30-2011, 04:07 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,392
When I hunted bear with my .54 caliber Renegade I used REAL bullets, but the twist allowed that. Although one day I just loaded up 90 grains and a roundball. I never found a good bear that year.. well I take that back, there was a sow and two cubs and she was a big sow, but that's a no no. And there was one little bear I could have shot but he was too small for what I wanted. We hunted over baits.
HA
08-31-2011, 05:49 PM
#12
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,762
Huntaway, flintlock or caplock, no difference in terms of muzzle energy. But I would surely be practicing with it first. The possibility of a hangfire is very real with a flinter compared to even a caplock. Even a slight delay may be enough to throw your sights off if you do not maintain the sight picture until it goes boom!
But that should not pose a problem if you have a good rest at your stand sight.
Good luck to you.
But that should not pose a problem if you have a good rest at your stand sight.
Good luck to you.
09-01-2011, 04:58 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,392
Huntaway, flintlock or caplock, no difference in terms of muzzle energy. But I would surely be practicing with it first. The possibility of a hangfire is very real with a flinter compared to even a caplock. Even a slight delay may be enough to throw your sights off if you do not maintain the sight picture until it goes boom!
But that should not pose a problem if you have a good rest at your stand sight.
Good luck to you.
But that should not pose a problem if you have a good rest at your stand sight.
Good luck to you.
Season opened today and I was there a'waiting..... but he didn't show today.
HA
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09-01-2011, 07:34 PM
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 468
I am hunting bear and elk next weekend with my hawkens flintlock and round ball. As long as you are a decsent shot and don't have a bad finch you will be fine. I found that round balls shoot the best for me with that weapon with maxi balls coming in second. I never had any luck with sabots or powerbelts.
09-01-2011, 07:54 PM
#15
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Boncarbo,Colorado
Posts: 9,186
I am hunting bear and elk next weekend with my hawkens flintlock and round ball. As long as you are a decsent shot and don't have a bad finch you will be fine. I found that round balls shoot the best for me with that weapon with maxi balls coming in second. I never had any luck with sabots or powerbelts.
09-02-2011, 06:42 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,392
Well it isn't Ole Betsy that spoke this morning and it isn't really a ML'ing story per se, but I was carrying mine.
My young fella hadn't seen the picture above till last night. Well needless to say he wanted to sit in my stand, so being a great father
I let him have it.
We went out at the crack of dawn this morning to try and beat the heat. A very foggy ride out there. We were all settled in by a little after 7. Him in MY stand and I in our wood stand. The chipmunks were having a hay day where I was. Around 9:40 KERBLAM!!!! I here the M77 Ruger .270 Roar!!!
YES!!!! The bugger shot my bear!!! LOL JOKING!!!!
So any who, I'll let THE MOOSEMAN!!!! Tell his story!
So I walked to the metal stand and got settled in a little after 7. It was pretty quiet besides a couple of chipmunks making some noise and some frogs jumping in the pond below me. At around 9:30 I saw the snout of the bear walking in. My safety came off and I started to get the shakes. She came in and got settled down right beside the feed. She sat facing right at me so I didn't have a good shot. The bear started chowing down on the food. I watched it a bit through the scope and a bit without. The bear kept looking around and smelling the air as if it knew something was up. A brave chipmunk decided to walk by the bear, and she didn't take to kindly to that. She gave a quick little pounce and the chipmunk was running off. The bear started to turn broad side to me. I tried to get steady aim by using my leg to rest my arm on but my leg was shaking so much that it actually made it worse. At 9:40 I put the gun up, found the spot and pulled the trigger. My ears were ringing as it stood up and was starting to get away. I tried reloading to get another shot on it but I was shaking so much that by the time I reloaded it was already in the bush. I sat and waited for about 5 minutes before I climbed down. I grabbed my casing and listened. I didn't hear another sound come out of the bear. At about 10 I heard the truck door shut and knew that my Dad was on his way. When he arrived he gave me a celebratory hug and I told him my story. We walked around the pond to where I shot the bear. There wasn’t any blood on the ground but the bear dropped just around 10 feet from where I shot it. We took some videos and pictures before we started gutting it. When we finished gutting it we tied it to the back pack so I could carry it to the truck. We got all of our stuff to the truck and then drove home. We took a few more pictures at home, took the hide off of it and then put into the freezer where it is now.
HA
My young fella hadn't seen the picture above till last night. Well needless to say he wanted to sit in my stand, so being a great father
I let him have it. We went out at the crack of dawn this morning to try and beat the heat. A very foggy ride out there. We were all settled in by a little after 7. Him in MY stand and I in our wood stand. The chipmunks were having a hay day where I was. Around 9:40 KERBLAM!!!! I here the M77 Ruger .270 Roar!!!
YES!!!! The bugger shot my bear!!! LOL JOKING!!!!
So any who, I'll let THE MOOSEMAN!!!! Tell his story!
So I walked to the metal stand and got settled in a little after 7. It was pretty quiet besides a couple of chipmunks making some noise and some frogs jumping in the pond below me. At around 9:30 I saw the snout of the bear walking in. My safety came off and I started to get the shakes. She came in and got settled down right beside the feed. She sat facing right at me so I didn't have a good shot. The bear started chowing down on the food. I watched it a bit through the scope and a bit without. The bear kept looking around and smelling the air as if it knew something was up. A brave chipmunk decided to walk by the bear, and she didn't take to kindly to that. She gave a quick little pounce and the chipmunk was running off. The bear started to turn broad side to me. I tried to get steady aim by using my leg to rest my arm on but my leg was shaking so much that it actually made it worse. At 9:40 I put the gun up, found the spot and pulled the trigger. My ears were ringing as it stood up and was starting to get away. I tried reloading to get another shot on it but I was shaking so much that by the time I reloaded it was already in the bush. I sat and waited for about 5 minutes before I climbed down. I grabbed my casing and listened. I didn't hear another sound come out of the bear. At about 10 I heard the truck door shut and knew that my Dad was on his way. When he arrived he gave me a celebratory hug and I told him my story. We walked around the pond to where I shot the bear. There wasn’t any blood on the ground but the bear dropped just around 10 feet from where I shot it. We took some videos and pictures before we started gutting it. When we finished gutting it we tied it to the back pack so I could carry it to the truck. We got all of our stuff to the truck and then drove home. We took a few more pictures at home, took the hide off of it and then put into the freezer where it is now.
HA
