Took the flintlock up to the big woods for bear doe Saturday morning. Sat at camp till about one then the rain passed. Decided to spend the afternoon walking the maze of gas well roads behind camp. Made it about half a mile from camp caught movement. Was a beautiful 10 pt about 30 yds off the road I was walking. Walked another 100 yds and on the other side of the road another nice buck stands up. This time a tall narrow 8 pt. Both bucks simply turned around and walked away.
At this time I am questioning if I brought the right equipment with me lol. Continued walking with little action till about 4 pm when I stumbled upon a small doe. Gave her a pass waiting for mom to come out but she never did.
About 5 pm I decided to track back to area with a fresh clear cut to see if anything will come out of the near by thicket before dark, as I crest the hill about 100 yds from where I want to set up. I see something big and black about 150 yds up the road on the edge, it's a good sized bear quartered away from me going into the thicket I was going to watch. I snapped off a quick shot with the flintlock, the bear flies into the thicket. I take a second to get myself together and begin to fumble through my pockets for my speed loader n bullet starter. As I finish putting the bullet in place with the ramrod, The bear come back out and sits in the middle of the road! I quick search for my pan powder but couldn't get it loaded fast enough before the bear walks away.
I went up to my shot location to confirm it was a clean miss and took a look to where the bear entered to see there was no way I was following him without bouncing him out.
Hoping to get another opportunity end of this week.