James
.30 Stingray
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Post by James on Apr 4, 2016 13:54:46 GMT -5
Good shootin...
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lange1
.30 Stingray
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Post by lange1 on Apr 5, 2016 20:34:23 GMT -5
Purists' hunting just like the Founding Fathers. Awesome.
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Post by contender on Apr 5, 2016 22:40:04 GMT -5
Spoke with my son today,,, & relayed this. They were on vacation all last week,, so we got to catch up. I gave him the info to look here for this post. Now,,, if he remembers to do so,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!
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Post by BRASF0311 on Apr 9, 2016 17:35:44 GMT -5
darrellh,
Great bird and story. I was working this morning on opening day, but my daughter and I are going out on Monday, to hopefully get her first bird. She is 13 and has been after one the last couple years with me, but hasn't been able to drop the hammer on one yet. She checked her shotgun sights the other day, and she is ready to go. I'm thinking about trying with a handgun this time, but will probably bring the shotgun. You're flintlock sure is purdy, and a great way to go after turkey too. Good job.
My wife has been seeing Tom's strutting in my driveway for the past week, but they are never around when I'm there. Go figure.
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Post by darrellh on Apr 10, 2016 7:36:25 GMT -5
Thanks again for your comments guys. Good luck to you and your daughter BRASF!!! One of my non-hunting co-workers has a son that has developed an interest in hunting and he has reached out to me to take him hunting. I took the young man (his name is Mason) on a couple of trips and he did very well, he endured some long hikes in rough terrain with no game sightings and no complaining. We had an opportunity to go turkey hunting again yesterday and as daylight was breaking, we were once again in the turkey woods and I was hooting like an owl trying to get a gobbler to respond. We worked our way up a ridge without incident except for a flock of crows that came in, wanting to pick a fight with an owl. After daybreak, I put away the owl hooter and pulled out the turkey calls, occasionally giving a few yelps in hopes of hearing a response. We decided to go to an area that held plenty of turkey sign where I had seen turkeys in years past and just sit down and call for awhile. We suited up in full camo and settled in for what we thought was going to be a long morning of sitting and waiting. After only about five minutes, a gobbler responded to a series of yelps from my slate call. I wanted to play hard to get so I waited a little while before calling again. We heard another gobble. This time it sounded closer and we knew that he was definitely interested in us. After a few more minutes, I yelped to him one more time. After a few more minutes, he gobbled again. This time he was really close. I decided not to call anymore, I wanted to make him hunt us but I kept the call in my hand just in case he needed a little more coaxing. After a few more minutes, I thought that I heard the gobbler drumming but I couldn't be sure. Mason was seated to my left and out of the corner of my eye, I saw him bring his shotgun up to his shoulder. Then I saw what he saw, two longbeards were slowly walking toward us and the one in the rear was strutting. Now my heart started racing and I thought that I was going to hyperventilate! Mason let the birds get closer and about 30-35 yards out, they spotted us but couldn't quite make out what we were. They started putting and I knew that it was now or never. I kept waiting for the shot but it was not forthcoming, I was about to die, then finally BOOM! Mason made a great shot and he had his first longbeard on the ground. The second gobbler ran off with his newly acquired education, probably becoming impossible to kill! We had a great hunt; I'm very proud of this young man!
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Post by contender on Apr 10, 2016 9:36:31 GMT -5
OUTSTANDING! Taking a kid out & him getting a good longbeard is so rewarding! I have never forgotten how I took a young man out & his first turkey he killed with me calling was a double beard. I think you have a new hunting buddy!
Oh, btw; I was talking to my DIL yesterday,, and my son had relayed the info about your hunt & all. I gave her this site info in case she wants to look it up & show Jim.
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Post by BRASF0311 on Apr 10, 2016 23:16:46 GMT -5
darrellh,
Awesome hunt. Good for him, and good for you for taking him. I'm excited now. I just loaded up all our stuff and in less than 4 hours, my daughter and I will be heading for the woods. I hope she scores a nice one like Mason did.
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Post by onegoodshot on Apr 13, 2016 21:14:40 GMT -5
I love everything about this post. I could have swore I posted a congrats on the ml turkey. Great job!!!!!
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Post by magman on Apr 14, 2016 7:07:29 GMT -5
Great!!! Congrats to you Darrel. Great shooting Mason.
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Post by chris623 on Apr 16, 2016 15:12:09 GMT -5
Awesome.......................that's the way to hunt, for sure. Pure as our forefathers did it.
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Post by BRASF0311 on Apr 16, 2016 22:32:01 GMT -5
I forgot to follow up after our hunt. We had an exciting time, seeing 3 Toms and 7 hens, but the best was when 2 Toms walked out at 50 yards and was beginning to head away from the decoy. I asked my daughter if she wanted to try and take a double, and the reply was, Oh yeah! I said, when I count to 3, you take the one on the right and I'll take the one on the left. When I said 3, it sounded like 1 gun shot, we both racked the slide and got back on target, just in time to watch both Toms run away over the crest of the hill. I was hoping they were laying there just out of sight, but to our dismay, we both had a clean miss. Turkey fever I guess. Oh well, we still had a great time. Better luck this Monday.
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Post by vonfatman on Apr 17, 2016 16:20:11 GMT -5
Mr. DarrellH,
I do a bit of turkey hunting myself and know how tough they can be to lure into range. But I have to ask, is your rifle a double barrel? If not, how the heck did you plan on getting a second bird ;-)
Bob
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Post by CraigC on Apr 18, 2016 11:28:09 GMT -5
Good stuff! Beautiful rifle too, I'd just about rather hunt with traditional blackpowder rifles than anything else. Took my first turkey with the Lyman GPR .54. Been threatening to have TVM build me a Lancaster for several years now.
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Post by darrellh on Apr 18, 2016 20:15:49 GMT -5
Hey BRASF, sorry to hear about the double that didn't happen. At least you saw some birds! Hopefully y'all will have some luck the next time out! The turkeys have made me look foolish on my last few hunts. I've had toms come sneaking in on me on two separate occasions and I was unable to get a shot on either bird. Hey Bob, I meant that I could have tried for a double if I had had my Remington 11-87 turkey gun instead of the muzzleloader. Thanks Craig, I really enjoy the traditional muzzleloaders too! TVM is currently building me a .36 caliber percussion southern rifle for those "damp" turkey hunts. With a .54 Lyman GPR, I'd say that you were not definitely under-gunned on turkeys! Thanks again for all your comments guys, we'll keep after 'em until May 15th!
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Post by CraigC on Apr 24, 2016 13:22:17 GMT -5
I'm gonna have to get on the horn to TVM soon. The GPR is such a tackdriver, I took that bird with a clean 50yd neck shot.
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