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  1. dhaverstick

    How my early doe season went

    Missouri had an early firearms doe season this past weekend and I had high hopes of putting some meat in the freezer with one of my smokepoles. Alas, it was not to be. Friday morning was a chilly 38 degrees in the holler and the ridge I was hunting on had lots of acorns. It also had lots of...
  2. dhaverstick

    New guy looking to make flintlock smoke happen near St Clair Missouri.

    I live in southwest Missouri and hunt there and at my farm in south-central Missouri. I hunt exclusively with flintlocks and longbows. This weekend is our early doe season and I've got my 62 and 54 rifles ready to go! If you want a utility flintlock that you can hunt all kinds of critters with...
  3. dhaverstick

    Ozarkhill

    I grew up in Shannon County and now live in Greene County. I know all about the Missouri Ozarks. Welcome aboard! Darren
  4. dhaverstick

    Adjustable height blade front sight for nearly 0¢

    That's just damn clever! My hat's off to you! Darren
  5. dhaverstick

    Squirrels are starting to whittle!

    I took Ole Betsy out yesterday morning and was treated to the sounds of nut hulls falling everywhere! I saw squirrels whittling on acorns, hickory nuts, and walnuts. If you like chasing bushytails, now's the time to measure out your shot and powder. It's about to get exciting! Darren
  6. dhaverstick

    Turkey Call Art

    Several years ago, I wrote an article for a magazine about hunting squirrels with trad muzzleloaders. They assigned a professional photographer to the story so he followed me around one morning in the woods to get photos. He wanted to get one of me shooting so he had me sit down while he backed...
  7. dhaverstick

    Turkey Call Art

    Back in 2020, my friend, David Ferguson, and I were in the jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula hunting Ocellated turkeys. I killed one on the first morning and when I got back to the house we were staying in, I turned my phone on to let my wife know I had been successful. Instead, my phone lit up...
  8. dhaverstick

    Will .62cal work for Squirrel... yes

    Good shootin! Darren
  9. dhaverstick

    Hot morning squirrel

    This is the first turkey I killed with Ole Betsy and a pretty good story. Since she has a cylinder bore barrel, I really had to work to get a 25-yard pattern I was satisfied with for turkeys. I shot a boxcar load of shot and powder trying to get things tightened up and I finally settled on using...
  10. dhaverstick

    Hot morning squirrel

    I got a late start yesterday morning doing a little walk about around the house. The heat kept squirrel activity to a minimum and, after an hour or so, I decided to call it done and go home emptyhanded. I had just stepped on the porch and was about to dump the powder out of my pan when this one...
  11. dhaverstick

    I used 3f today.

    I always love your photos and stories! Glad you got a little meat for the stewpot. Darren
  12. dhaverstick

    New member from Missouri

    I live just a bit north of Springfield, MO and do most of my hunting at my farm in south-central MO. Welcome! Darren
  13. dhaverstick

    Medicine Bag Necklace

    My best bud, John "Cool Johnny" Norris, asked me a while back to make him a medicine bag necklace. Due to the bag's small size, it was hard for me to come up with a design that would be functional, would look good, and would be something that I could actually sew by hand. After a few starts and...
  14. dhaverstick

    Pretty good haul for Missouri's squirrel opener

    Despite the rain, wind, cicadas, and occasional tornado, Ole Betsy and I managed to get out a few times around the house and bring home a few bushytails. Sunday morning, after the early monsoon, I was able to get two. This morning, I only got one. The dense foliage combined with them never...
  15. dhaverstick

    Good morning from Missouri

    I live just north of Springfield, MO and I hunt a lot with my flintlock smoothbores. Squirrel season opens in a week and you can bet that I will be breaking out Ole Betsy and slinging some #6 shot at them when it does. Darren
  16. dhaverstick

    My new favorite way to cook wild turkey dark meat

    If you are familiar with the dark meat on a wild turkey, then you know that it is as tough as shoe leather unless cooked properly. Years ago, I remember my father-in-law asking me to save him a drumstick off a spring gobbler I had killed. I told him that he better start chewing on hockey pucks...
  17. dhaverstick

    Gobbler #39

    Now THAT is an exciting hunt! Way to keep your cool and make the best of a less-than-ideal situation. You done good! Darren
  18. dhaverstick

    Tagged out on turkeys with my flintlock!

    Due to the monsoon rains, I had to change my hunting plans to go to the farm several times over the past couple weeks. Dad's warning phone calls elevated from "Bring your high boots" to "Bring your waders" to "Bring your ark". When I finally arrived at Chateau Haverstick this past Monday...
  19. dhaverstick

    Prison Birds

    A dead bird is a dead bird. Glad you got him before he got you! Darren
  20. dhaverstick

    Turkey Triple Down

    So cool that you were able to share that with your son. Congratulations! Darren
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