2021 Virginia spring gobbler .62 Cal. smoothbore flintlock

[Ponderosaman]

1-1/2 ounce #9 TSS in a shot cup, 70 grains of ffg

And I was worried about #6 not hitting hard enough. How many yards would you say? Interesting, I haven’t heard of the tungsten super shot.

 

[Tom Sloniger]

And I was worried about #6 not hitting hard enough. How many yards would you say? Interesting, I haven’t heard of the tungsten super shot.

Probably 27-28 yards. I get 25-30 pellets in the head and neck at 35-38 yards during a pattern test. I wouldn’t shoot the tss without a plastic shot cup.

I’m building a new 20 gauge flintlock with a full choke barrel…I plan on switching to #5 copper plated or bismuth with the new gun.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Awesome video lol.
Played him well.
A good distance too.

 

[toot]

I Finally got my video edited and uploaded to YouTube. I’m brand new with speaking to a camera as well as editing and publishing videos so bare with my ignorance and fumbling. I hope that you enjoy my hunt as much as I did. Hopefully more to come next month.

I sure hope that I posted the correct YouTube link…

WOW!! now I call that hunt a perfect end to a hunt! save me a drum stick! how much did he weight?

 

[Dutch7]

Well done! I can barely get close to birds for a shot with my smoothie let alone use a camera!
Where about in Va? - I used to hunt Little North Mountain down through buffalo gap, really loved that area.

 

[Tn poor boy]

Nice job

 

[Ponderosaman]

Probably 27-28 yards. I get 25-30 pellets in the head and neck at 35-38 yards during a pattern test. I wouldn’t shoot the tss without a plastic shot cup.

I’m building a new 20 gauge flintlock with a full choke barrel…I plan on switching to #5 copper plated or bismuth with the new gun.

Very intriguing. I would like to try Hevi shot to avoid using a shot cup, but can’t find it online. I’m not necessarily opposed to the shot cup, but hate cleaning the plastic streaking on my unmentionable. A brass shot cup would be a cool product.

 

[Tom Sloniger]

Awesome video lol.
Played him well.
A good distance too.

Thank you!

 

[Tom Sloniger]

WOW!! now I call that hunt a perfect end to a hunt! save me a drum stick! how much did he weight?

I’d guess 20-21#..Thanks!

Nice job

Thank You!

 

[Tom Sloniger]

Well done! I can barely get close to birds for a shot with my smoothie let alone use a camera!
Where about in Va? - I used to hunt Little North Mountain down through buffalo gap, really loved that area.

That was National Forest in Northern VA. I live on Pennsylvania though. Planning on hunting down there again in a few weeks.

 

[Ed Pilkington]

You earned it! Take a bow?

 

[bushytail]

Congratulations on a successful hunt! I hunted turkeys in West Virginia (Hardy County) close to the Virginia border in the George Washington National Forest. Beautiful country. It’s been a long time ago since I hunted down there.

 

[Tom Sloniger]

You earned it! Take a bow?

I’ve hunted them quite a bit with a long bow over the years, mostly from a blind. I have a longbow hunt on film that I need to edit before I share it. Great morning where I called in several different gobblers but I missed twice at like 17 yards.. One missed opportunity that day while adjusting the camera.

 

[toot]

I’d guess 20-21#..Thanks!

Thank You!

that is sure a LOTTA BIRD! was he a BUTTERBALL? LOL!

 

[Tom Sloniger]

that is sure a LOTTA BIRD! was he a BUTTERBALL? LOL!

Most adult gobblers average 19-22#. My son shot one in Ohio when he was 10 years old that weighed 25.8# weighed at the check station…the lady who checked it in said it was the heaviest bird that she ever checked there in 20 years. I’ll have to dig up a picture

 

[1971fx]

this morning

 

[Tom Sloniger]

View attachment 127920this morning

I’ll bet he’s ready for some 60 degree+ weather

 

[toot]

Maby an oven?

 

[Nuthatch]

Hoping to pull off something similar this year. What kind of wad did you use for 1.5 oz of shot?

 

[Tom Sloniger]

Hoping to pull off something similar this year. What kind of wad did you use for 1.5 oz of shot?

So the load for my .62 cal. Cylinder bore is this:

70 gr. ffg
1/8” cardboard wad
plastic 20 gauge wad with 2-28 gauge felt wads in the bottom to take up space.
1-1/2 ounce #9 tss
thin cardboard wad
1/2” fiber wad