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MarkTakacs
10-25-2005, 11:35 AM
Twin Cedars Farm (Vienna, MD) - officially opening its hunting season (this just means I got to go hunting and saw some deer)

Four of us hunting some combination of the three days.

Thurs/Fri - plenty of does in the fields/woods, 6 pointer passed on. 4 pointer passed on. 8 pointer passed on because the dirty bolt would not snap the primer (Jeff) and later a 6 pointer passed on because of the same thing (Jeff).

Sat. morning - Rain

Sat. eve- see photos below



http://www.members.aol.com/marktakacs/05muzzle1.jpg
http://www.members.aol.com/marktakacs/05muzzle2.jpg

Mine on the left was a swamp deer, nose to the ground. At first , I thought he was like a four pointer but as he kept turning his head his rack kept growing. I looked ahead to see my shot potential....which was growing poor because of thick cover.......so because I needed to put my first notch in my muzzleloader....I took him.
Jeff's on the right may have been the one missed earlier that the primer would not go off......either way, this one was down.....chasing a doe. Nothing more needs to be said about this one......the photo says it all.

We have many more of these in our future.
The Camtracker is finally out and we should soon see photos of some of them.
Also we have the whistling chocolate goats (sika) that have been alittle shy lately but, oh well.

Mark
done workin
10-25-2005, 12:43 PM
Nice deer. That's some of the beauty of the ML, ya' just don't know what 's gonna happen when you squeeze the trigger.

One of the 2 8 pts I have on the wall was shot in the afternoon after my gun failed to fire on a doe in the morning. Had it gone off I never would have been there for the buck

Funny how things work out sometimes.
philg427
10-25-2005, 03:02 PM
At least I got to put them on my 4 wheeler!!! and carry them out contgrats to you again guys!
h2oboss
10-25-2005, 05:06 PM
Nice work Mark.
jjj
10-25-2005, 05:21 PM
definetly funny how things work out. i was fully prepared to put meat in the freezer, safety off, finger on the trigger on the big doe that big 8pt was chasing. all she had to do was turn when he caught my eye. that is my best buck to date by far. (thats me on the right). phil, thanks again for the help, and sorry for the interuption. sometimes you have to answer to SWMBO. jeff
jschline
10-26-2005, 12:22 PM
Nice Deer Jeff and Mark!!!!!!!!!!!

Love it, when it all works out.

That, darn Jeff, sounds planned to me Mark. Investigation may be required on Jeff..[grin]

Jeff, that's one nice buck