Been hunting since the early 80's with a couple of flintlocks I scratch-built, one a .50 poorboy longrifle (stock is one pretty piece of curly maple), and a .62 smoothbore NorthWest Trade gun...use the smoothie with a .61 roundball for brushy hunting, or with shot for turkey, etc. Have a couple of caplocks but don't shoot 'em much anymore. Once the ins and outs, along with a particular gun's likings, of flintlock shooting are learned they are supremely reliable, regardless of weather. There are a few "tricks to the trade" to learn. I've dropped fourteen elk and 23 deer with a patched roundball from a "rocklock," and bagged my turkeys the last three seasons with the trade gun. To tell the truth, as of this year I'm not all that interested in shooting anything...just want to get out and prowl the timber with my flinter and put the stalk on a few critters...that's a "successful hunt" to me at this point. Just looked at the regs for next fall and I am not happy. I live on the North Fork of the Ahtanum west of Yakima....WDFW has provided several new elk opportunities west of the Cascades but gutted our smokepole hunting on this side of the mountains, giving it to the archers. I just returned from extended reserve duty and couldn't get an application in, so the fact that they gave out a lot of permits isn't helping me any, doggone it.
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