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  1. dhaverstick

    New Kentucky Rifle brings home meat!!

    That was a great hunt! I love it when a feller is able to change his plan in mid-game. Congratulations on a fine deer! Darren
  2. dhaverstick

    Friends, food, and squirrels

    I'm glad you all enjoyed the photos. My buddy is already asking when we can go back! For Ole Betsy, my 12 gauge smoothbore, I use 65 grains of FFF, 1 overpowder card, 1/4" lubed fiber wad, 1 1/4 oz. #6 shot, and 1 overshot card. Darren
  3. dhaverstick

    Friends, food, and squirrels

    My best bud, John (Cool Johnny) Norris, and I went to my farm this past weekend for a couple days of squirrel hunting, trout fishing, and generally doing "Man Stuff". My personal chef, groundskeeper, and father lives there and he kept us well fed as we played in the woods and water. The creek...
  4. dhaverstick

    Spot and Stalk Mulie

    Great story and great trophy! Congratulations! Darren
  5. dhaverstick

    Best way to clear a load from your barrel

    For squirrels I use 65 grains of 3F, 1 overpowder card, 1/4" thick lubed fiber wad, 1 1/2 oz. #6 shot, and 1 overshot card. Darren
  6. dhaverstick

    Best way to clear a load from your barrel

    Archery season opens in Missouri on September 15th so I'm getting some last-minute firearm hunting in before I become otherwise occupied. I squirrel hunted last Sunday and left the woods with a load down the barrel. I didn't want to waste it and I knew one of the yard squirrels would offer me an...
  7. dhaverstick

    Squirrels.

    I love it! Thanks for sharing. They are just starting to whittle on hickory nuts and acorns at my house. I'm ready to switch from my fowler to rifle for them. Darren
  8. dhaverstick

    A new way of hunting an old adversary

    I recently had this article published on the Driftwood Outdoors website. I thought some of you might enjoy it. It's about squirrels. bows, and black powder. A New Way of Hunting an Old Adversary Darren
  9. dhaverstick

    A fine way to spend a Sunday morning!

    Yes. I2 gauge smoothbore with a 42" octagon-to-round Colerain barrel and LH large Siler lock. It was made for me by a buddy of mine, John Pruitt. Darren
  10. dhaverstick

    A fine way to spend a Sunday morning!

    I don't know what the poor folks are doing this fine, Sunday morning but I'm having fun hunting bushytails! I got a brace and a half in a little over an hour. Incidentally, you may be from the Ozarks if you have a bowl of squirrel carcasses soaking in your refrigerator. Darren
  11. dhaverstick

    Putting food on the table with primitive weapons

    It's 54" Wild Horse Creek Mariah recurve and it pulls 53# @ 28". I had it made for a Gould's turkey hunt I'm going on in Mexico next year. It draws very smoothly and there is no finger pinch. Darren
  12. dhaverstick

    Putting food on the table with primitive weapons

    Over the long weekend I was able to sneak a little hunting in about every day. I smoked the squirrels I killed last week and made nachos with the meat I promised my friends I would make them at the barbershop. They turned out well! I killed a few more with my smoothbore flinter. I also...
  13. dhaverstick

    Smoked squirrel - It's what's for supper!

    The June/July 2021 issue of "Traditional Bowhunter" magazine has a recipe for smoked squirrel nachos. I got my issue about a month before our squirrel season opened so I knew what I was going to do with the first few I killed. Last night I smoke the three squirrels I killed last Sunday. Here's...
  14. dhaverstick

    Success during Missouri's squirrel opener

    Missouri's squirrel season opened this past Saturday and I was like a kid waiting for Christmas morning. Of course, it rained that morning so I didn't get after them in earnest until yesterday. I flung a few arrows at the yard squirrels but couldn't connect. So I broke out my 32 caliber...
  15. dhaverstick

    Turkey Hunting Successes and Pics Please

    Here's a story of woe and misery for you that happened to me yesterday on our opening day of the season. I live in what could best be described as a "rural subdivision". All the lots are 5+ acres and we are outside of any city limits so gunfire and hunting is perfectly legal and acceptable. My...
  16. dhaverstick

    Got a nice Tom last night.

    A dead bird is a good bird. Congratulations on some fine eating there! Darren
  17. dhaverstick

    Turkey Hunting Successes and Pics Please

    A couple of trophy photos with Sweet Rachael. 42" Colerain turkey choked barrel in 62 caliber, left-handed large Siler lock. I used 75 grains FFF, one overpowder card, 1/4" lubed wad, 1.5 oz. #6 chilled lead shot, 1 overshot card. Here's one with Ole Betsy. 42" Colerain cylinder bore barrel...
  18. dhaverstick

    Turkey Hunting Successes and Pics Please

    Flintlock Heartbreak Probably the best turkey hunting experience I've ever had resulted in ole Tom walking away to gobble another day. It happened during the spring of 2017. There was historic flooding in the Midwest that April and the excess water was partly the cause of my debacle. I was...
  19. dhaverstick

    First time out with .32 caliber.

    You are going to love it in the field. I had a 32 made after putting it off for a long time. It is hell on a squirrel's head! Darren
  20. dhaverstick

    Ole John Pruitt got 'er done!

    You just got another one from him, didn't you, Terry? A 32 or 36 caliber? The 12 gauge and 32 John made me (Ole Betsy and Miss Daisy) are my go-to squirrel guns. I just finished polishing up Sweet Rachael, my 62 smoothbore turkey gun that John made me, for the upcoming season. It won't be long...
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