The Wally Nut scores!!!

They say an old blind hog can find an acorn if he roots around long enough.  So it was with my friend Tim Cosby.   He had spent several days in the woods patiently waiting  for a buck deer with a rack to come within range  hunting from several different elevated shooting houses and ladder stands.  Numerous does, yearlings and small spikes were seen, but a deer with any kind of a rack remained hidden.

     On the afternoon of Friday January 25, a buck came to Tim's rattling and grunting. It was a fairly large bodied deer even though only a six point. The deer should have been an eight point but had no brow tines.

     One shot from the .54cal. flintlock  rifle made for Tim by Mike Brooks ( named the Wally Nut rifle) at a range of about 50 yds and the deer was down immediately. Tim had to wait for his grandson Hunter  to arrive and  assist in loading the deer in the truck to get it out of the woods. Nice deer Tim glad an old hog found an acorn.