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  1. dhaverstick

    Powder horn gift

    I received this unexpected surprise in the mail yesterday. It was sent to me by a feller I bought a flintlock rifle off of a few years ago. He said he didn't hunt anymore and wanted this powder horn to have a good home. He had it for 35 years and said it was used when he got it. I hope to put it...
  2. dhaverstick

    Something a little Different

    Thank you for the kind words, Jim! Summer sausage is a sausage that is either cooked, cured, or a combination of both, and can be stored at room temperature for a reasonable amount of time. It looks something like this. Breakfast sausage is stored raw and might be stored in bags or in...
  3. dhaverstick

    Something a little Different

    We will usually go through 2 so I try to put 3 in the freezer just to be sure. As a Missouri landowner, I get a handful of tags so any extra deer I happen to take I will donate to the Share the Harvest program. I hunt with both longbow and black powder so I have a long season. I prefer does but...
  4. dhaverstick

    Balistol questions...

    I love the stuff. I use it all over and inside my guns and have oiled leather with it with good results. Darren
  5. dhaverstick

    Making the world a better place, one squirrel at a time.

    I like squirrel fine right but I would WAY rather eat rabbit! The problem with rabbit hunting for me is that the season doesn't start until October 15th and I am all focused on bow hunting by then. It also seems that the little rascals do a disappearing act around that time. All summer long...
  6. dhaverstick

    Making Smoke at Squirrels

    That's the bad thing about hunting squirrels this time of year, they never sit still and the cover is thick! I almost always use my smoothbore with shot until they start cutting nuts and slow down a little. Glad you got out anyway, especially with your son! Darren
  7. dhaverstick

    Making the world a better place, one squirrel at a time.

    I had laid off squirrel hunting, primarily because my freezer is full of them, but a person can only take so much goading. I was out shooting my longbow Sunday morning and the trees around me were full of bushytails running around doing bushytail things. I resisted temptation as long as I could...
  8. dhaverstick

    Shooting them with a pistol now!

    I shot him at about 10 yards. That 12" barrel doesn't throw a very good pattern. I'd say 15 yards would be my maximum range with shot. 25 yards with a PRB, but that's only because of my poor shooting skills. Darren
  9. dhaverstick

    Last day jake

    Way to go, Rich! Fine eating, right there. Darren
  10. dhaverstick

    Shooting them with a pistol now!

    I certainly don't mind the abundance of squirrels around my house but it gets under my skin a little when they don't even run off when I step outside. It's like they're questioning my hunting skills or just think I won't mess with them. Well, I decided to put a little fun into the situation and...
  11. dhaverstick

    Squirrel season is open!

    My weapon of choice is Ole Betsy, a 12 gauge smoothbore that I shoot #6 shot out of. Darren
  12. dhaverstick

    Squirrel season is open!

    I was supposed to be in Mexico this weekend hunting Gould's turkeys with a recurve but my hunt was cancelled due to wildfires in the area we were going to. All was not lost, though, because Missouri's squirrel season opened on Saturday. So I consoled myself by making smoke and stocking the...
  13. dhaverstick

    Have to brag on my black powder mentor!

    This is my dear friend, John Pruitt, with the turkey he killed this morning. I haven't heard the story yet but I'm sure it's a dandy since there's never been a turkey killed on his place that weighed less than 26 pounds with 1 1/2" spurs. Mr. Pruitt is 82 years young and is still hard at it! He...
  14. dhaverstick

    Had a pretty good weekend in the turkey woods

    I took this past Friday off to start my turkey hunting weekend a little early. The weather forecast for that day and the next was dry, after that – not so much. That worked okay for me because, like all turkey hunters, I expected to be tagged out by early on the first day of the hunt. So, I...
  15. dhaverstick

    Spring Turkey

    Thanks for sharing! I love how you stressed the element of patience - that's the #1 quality that all good hunters have. Darren
  16. dhaverstick

    SOLD Cased Engraved 1858 $350

    BH (Benjamin Hannis) cartouche, stamped DD on bottom
  17. dhaverstick

    SOLD Cased Engraved 1858 $350

    sold
  18. dhaverstick

    Black powder turkey tale

    If you all have some time to kill, here is a link to a turkey hunting story I just had published on Drury Outdoors Deercast website. I hope you enjoy reading it at least half as much as I enjoyed living it. My goal is to show the world that a feller doesn't need a $40 box of shells and a shotgun...
  19. dhaverstick

    Gaggle of jakes

    Thought I'd share these to get everyone in the mood. I have a gaggle of 9 jakes that hang out behind my house almost daily. A couple days ago we had a thunderstorm and they'd gobble every time it thundered. Missouri regulations say you can take a bird with a visible beard. You have to look close...
  20. dhaverstick

    Turkey's I'm ready

    Trust me, I have been investigating this for almost a year. If my flintlock was a production gun, complete with make, model, and serial number, then it would be no problem. Instead, it's made with a few parts purchased from Muzzleloader Builder's Supply and some manufactured by the gunsmith who...
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