[mallardmaniac]

Well its early but how many others had this happen already this year. i had this happen in the snow squall monday in pittsburgh. doe 15 yards away and i wasnt expectin her. caught her off gaurd as i crested a hill. no time to check the flashpan and as i raised the gun i noticed snow on the top of the pan. knew it was a bad sign but to late. i raised and shower of sparks but no boom. next day i had a shot at 100 yards but waited for closer but the vanished on me. shot before i left to make sure load was still good adn boom on the first pull. darn smokepoles anyway.

 

[Steely Ran]

Ahhhhhh, the joys of flintlockin'......

 

[DecoyDoug]

man that [censored]

 

[dpms]

Happened to me on Saturday. Doe at 15 yards and my first mis-fire with my Firestorm. :-((

 

[Ron pa]

Just be glad it was an unarmed Doe!! Back when Pa. was in the hands of the Shawnee...it could have been bad!

 

[SpiritNugent]

There's always the chance the flinter won't go off... kind of adds to the reward when it all comes together. Tough time of the year to hunt... you add all the challenges of a flintlock to it, it really makes one smile when you knock one down.

Keep at it... and good luck!

 

[brewyak]

That's why it is huntin not killin

 

[schrommer]

your post really woke we up all this time ive been trying to fill my tags,instead of just enjoying the hunt,tanks

 

[jimsdad]

If there were 2 of them, and the gun went boom, it would still have been "bad".