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  1. dhaverstick

    Still working on the squirrels

    I figured you were too busy killing coneys! Darren
  2. dhaverstick

    Still working on the squirrels

    I will admit that I have a strong attraction to hunting and since bow season doesn't open for 3 more months I have to do something to while away the time during the summer. For me that is hunting squirrels. It was raining at daylight both Saturday and Sunday at my house but after the showers...
  3. dhaverstick

    In the eighteenth century....

    Man, you are hard on those rabbits! What is your favorite way to fix them? Darren
  4. dhaverstick

    Birthday squirrels

    Now that is a great way to spend time on your birthday! Good shooting! Darren
  5. dhaverstick

    I should have "barked" this one!

    Unprepared I was. I got a late start and just grabbed what I had already measured out. I know where they're hanging out now so I will have plenty of ammunition next time. Darren
  6. dhaverstick

    I should have "barked" this one!

    I hunted a bit this morning and killed a brace of bushy tails with Ole Betsy. I got into a whole covey of them about 9:30 but only brought 2 loads with me so that was what I took to the house. If you read my post from last week, you understand what I mean when I say I should have "barked" one of...
  7. dhaverstick

    Squirrel - It's what's for dinner!

    I don't shoot them off the bird feeders either, Jake, with a gun anyway. I am afraid I would tear up the feeders. However, I have been known to slide the door open real quiet like and take a shot or two at them from the living room with my longbow. Darren
  8. dhaverstick

    A squirrel hunt for science

    Awesome story and pictures! Thanks for sharing! Darren
  9. dhaverstick

    Squirrel - It's what's for dinner!

    I have killed a train car load of squirrels in my time and only one or two of them had a warble in them. The biggest problem I have with killing squirrels this time of year is it seems I kill a lot more old males which are rather tough and need to be pressure cooked. Many years ago, a good...
  10. dhaverstick

    Squirrel - It's what's for dinner!

    Squirrel season opened here in Missouri this past Saturday and, after the way the turkeys had treated me this spring, I was ready to kill something. I wasn't able to go out on the opener but I did slip behind the house Sunday morning and kill these two fine young-n-tenders. The United Bowhunters...
  11. dhaverstick

    Heartbreak in the turkey woods

    The weather has been wet, to say the least, here in southern Missouri but we got a break last Friday morning so I was chasing birds on our family farm. I spotted a tom strutting at the lower end of our middle field so I decided to put a stalk on him. Unfortunately, the rice paddy-like conditions...
  12. dhaverstick

    Finest turkey opener in years.....

    Great story with a happy ending, at least for you. Congratulations! Darren
  13. dhaverstick

    Turkey Hunting In Missouri?

    Kansas was a bust for me. I hunted hard for 4 days but never got a bird to work. They were henned up something fierce! The couple of times I caught a longbeard without girlfriends, he just wasn't interested in what I was selling. I tried every trick I could think of but couldn't pull it off. I...
  14. dhaverstick

    Turkey Hunting In Missouri?

    Our youth season was this past weekend and the kids stacked them up from all the pictures I've seen. Here in southern MO, the birds have split up. I hear the same thing about mid-Missouri. In the northern part of the state I think they are still bunched up some. I am headed to Kansas tonight...
  15. dhaverstick

    Texas Turkey

    Congrats, Sooner! That's a fine bird and a fine gun. Darren
  16. dhaverstick

    Thunderstorm turkey

    Congratulations! Any dead legal bird is a trophy. I killed a bearded hen years ago. She had a 8 inch beard. They are not as uncommon as folks would think. Darren
  17. dhaverstick

    Rendered some bear fat

    I have probably 30 pounds of bear fat in my freezer that I saved back from a hunt I went on a few years ago. I finally got around to rendering some of it out this past weekend. I read several threads and articles on the process and decided on cooking mine down in a slow cooker. I also read...
  18. dhaverstick

    cloth wad shot cup for turkey barrel

    I've killed several birds and a boatload of squirrels with my 12 gauge cylinder bore. My best patterns come from using a paper shot cup. However, I am now curious to try your lubed cloth shot cup in that gun to see what I get. All it takes is time, shot and powder. Darren
  19. dhaverstick

    cloth wad shot cup for turkey barrel

    Thanks for the clarification, 22fowl! Saturday is supposed to be rain free in my neck of the woods so I'm gonna give that load a try. Darren
  20. dhaverstick

    cloth wad shot cup for turkey barrel

    22fowl, I am quite intrigued by your load. Please tell me the powder charge you used and the amount of shot. Also give me the dimensions of that lubed cloth "cup". I am assuming your load sequence was powder, 2 overshot cards, 2 lubed felt wads, lubed cloth and shot, 1 overshot card. Is that...
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