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First I have been looking at a flint lock swamped barrel rifle for a while and I found a left handed 50 cal rifle with a swamped barrel this fall. Of course I named it Swampy. I worked with it to came up with a shoot able combination to give me reasonable accuracy out to 100 yds.
This muzzle loader season has been a challenge. I have seen deer four times when I have been able to get out to the land where I hunt. The land owner lets me hunt and I am the only hunter on 200 acres of hills and swamps surrounded by farms with corn and bean fields. I feel very lucky to be able to hunt on his land. I hunt from the ground and have been busted three times where I have had deer within fifty feet but could not get in position to get the rifle up to fire.
This morning I had several does walking on the hillside coming towards me. They dropped into a ravine about thirty yards away from me. I was able to move a little and get the rifle up to shoot. One doe walked down the trail and as her head became visible and she had me spotted. But in this case I was ready. A little of her neck ear and eye were visible. She was in my sights. The deer hesitated just a moment trying to figure out what I was. The deer waited to long. One shot, I could and did not see her run. I reloaded and walked over to the edge of the ravine the deer was right where she was when I shot. There will be venison in the freezer and a shirt on my back when I get the hide tanned.
Ike
