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"Can't" hunt with a flintlock
I received an invitation to hunt for a specific cull buck at a local property. After talking to the owner about the when, where, etc. he asked what rifle I would be using. I told him a .54 caliber flintlock. There was a moment of silence. Then he said "have you ever killed anything with that"? I ran down a short list of recent hunts. There was more silence. He said, "I need to take this deer out of the area and I can't afford to spook him and ruin the chance of getting him. I also don't have all day to look for a wounded deer". I assured him the rifle/PRB would be quite deadly on a whitetail and that it shoots tight groups out to 100 yards. "100 yards", he exclaimed. "You can shoot that thing 100 yards". I said I'd prefer that the deer be closer but shooting from the blind he described I could easily hit the deer right at 100 yards if necessary. More silence. He finally said, "This isn't going to work out. If you want to use my 300 Magnum or you have a real rifle I'll let you hunt but I'm not taking a chance with you shooting that old thing". Oh well - I declined the hunt and wished him luck finding someone else that would be interested.
First time I've ever been told I "can't" hunt with my flintlock"!
I received an invitation to hunt for a specific cull buck at a local property. After talking to the owner about the when, where, etc. he asked what rifle I would be using. I told him a .54 caliber flintlock. There was a moment of silence. Then he said "have you ever killed anything with that"? I ran down a short list of recent hunts. There was more silence. He said, "I need to take this deer out of the area and I can't afford to spook him and ruin the chance of getting him. I also don't have all day to look for a wounded deer". I assured him the rifle/PRB would be quite deadly on a whitetail and that it shoots tight groups out to 100 yards. "100 yards", he exclaimed. "You can shoot that thing 100 yards". I said I'd prefer that the deer be closer but shooting from the blind he described I could easily hit the deer right at 100 yards if necessary. More silence. He finally said, "This isn't going to work out. If you want to use my 300 Magnum or you have a real rifle I'll let you hunt but I'm not taking a chance with you shooting that old thing". Oh well - I declined the hunt and wished him luck finding someone else that would be interested.
First time I've ever been told I "can't" hunt with my flintlock"!