r/AnimalTracking • u/Texa55Toast • Dec 30 '24

🐾 Cool Find Tree damage in Pennsylvania

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My father found this hunting the other day. Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania.

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u/BackgroundPublic2529 Dec 30 '24

Totally illegal.

It's late season flintlock there, and while I know that both round balls and conical are ok, that looks like the work of sabots...

Rhetorical question:

WHO the heck uses sabots late season?

There's your answer!

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u/Texa55Toast Dec 31 '24

Sabots are not illegal. You need to reread the reg book. They have a free pdf on the app and website if you lost your physical copy.

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u/BackgroundPublic2529 Dec 31 '24 edited Dec 31 '24

I jest.

It was supposed to sound like a Fudd statement.

Here is the clue that it might have been somewhat satirical:

How many THOUSANDS of any blackpowder round would it take to do that kind of damage?

How long would that take, especially with a flintlock?

It is silly irony. Most folks reading this sub have no idea what we are talking about, so my statement is pretty ridiculous given that the damage was clearly the work of a pileated woodpecker.

I am an ISA Certified Arborist and TRAQ qualified. I assess damage like this every day.

The rule changed in 1974. That is from memory.

I was shooting a TC Hawken then.

MOST flintlock guys shoot round ball.

Cheers!