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Finally, 1st trad blackpowder deer

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Shot this brute today, Nov 11 2015 with my kit build Lyman GPR .54 cal.
Lee .535 cast rb
80grs Goex FFFG
Ox-Yoke .015 lubed patch

My hunting mate and I took our quads out to a spot that a truck would'nt be able to get into.
I found a rub, parked my quad in the bushes and followed the path next to the rub in around 15:00 this afternoon and found a high spot over looking some trails. I did some grunting and rattling on and off every 20 min then waited, at around 16:42 I could hear some movement thru the light crust of snow on the ground and soon enough this guy walks below me at approx 40yds, unaware of my presence. I line up my sights, give a "Bahhh", he stops and "BOOM" he drops. I quickly reload and when he lifts his head I touch off another shot just behind his ear.
I finally put some blood on my GPR I built in July 2009 and man did it ever feel good :grin:
By the looks of the entry wound on both shots there was no exit, so my pure lead hand cast round balls must've flattened out pretty good.

 
Thanks guys n gals,

Yeah the "white stuff", it was -9C or 15F with the windchill. My toes and pinky's were frozen. I was so tempted to walk back to atv but my desire to make a kill with my GPR kept me there. And it worked out :wink:
Next year will be my Pedersoli Frontier Flintlock.
 
Very nice Buck!! but at 15 degrees I'm in the house drinking a cup of hot chocolate! Cold weather like that hurts me too much.
 
Jamie, congratulations! That's a dandy buck and sounds like an exciting hunt. :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

armakiller said:
at 15 degrees I'm in the house drinking a cup of hot chocolate! Cold weather like that hurts me too much.

Oh come on, Armakiller! :wink: That was WITH windchill, so it wasn't even really cold for real air temp! :grin: Now, when it's -10 or -15 F air temp with a wind chill of -30 or -40 :shocked2: that'll make you feel like being home with a hot cup of coffee is a more sensible thing to be doing!!!
 
So far only to small leas fragments from the head shot, the neck bone was mince meat. I dissected the whole neck are and came up with no more pieces of lead. The other lead rb lodged into his spine so when I cut the back straps out I'll dig around in there. :wink:
 

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