I know he used several rifles throughout his life but does anyone know what caliber he preferred?
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Daniel Boone Caliber
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The best source I have read says it was a 29 Bore which is around 53-54 caliber.
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I read he used hounds for bear hunting which means he had close easy shots with the bear treed.
Wait! Maybe that was Crockett. I mix up them two.
Wait! Maybe that was Crockett. I mix up them two.
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They were the same guy; or at least they looked like the same guy when I watched them on TV.
I remember that D Boon cill a bar on this tree.
Daniel Boone always struck me as more of the loner, edgy rebel type. Crockett was more of the bright eyed popularist, hence his career in politics.
Both are legends.
Both are legends.
Not sure challenges associated with any type of bear hunting were trivial matters. A simple scratch could lead to infection.......
So does anyone have any knowledge on possible calibers? I have heard a lot of different answers. Thanks!
I can recall reading about a favorite of his, a 44 cal Pennsylvania rifle named “Old Tick Licker“. I expect that he owned several different rifles during his rather long carrer/life.
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No real telling what flintlock caliber Dan'l mostly carried. And he probably had various sizes in different rifles he owned. I've read that journals of that time period didn't use "caliber" to describe a rifle, but based the spec on "number of balls to the pound." In another text on Boone, the author said Boone preferred a .44 cal, and Art Caputo mentioned that Pennsylvania rifle above. So as an example, that would be "(.445) 133g or approx 52 balls/pound." Accurate history is really a great hunt. ~wiksmo
That is from the movie 'Sergeant York'!
I have occasionally heard that "Tick Licker" was a 62. If the description really meant gauge, that would be a 0.42" caliber rifle. In my opinion, a far better caliber choice for accuracy. It would be difficult to believe that a 0.620" caliber (smooth?) rifle or smooth bore would have been capable of knocking a tick off a deer's back intending to leave the deer unscathed.
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I remember the "D Boon cilled a bar..." thing in history books in the 1960's about him, but now I wonder if the books didn't lift it from the movie too.
While a student in Iowa, I visited the Iowa State Museum in Des Moines. There, in a glass case, was one of Mr Boone’s personal rifles. It was .48 cal.
The description cautioned that it may have been ‘freshed out’ at some time in its busy career. It was a rather slender looking half stock, flint, maple stock, very little bling as I recall. It may be historical or maybe only the building was historical; can’t say.
The description cautioned that it may have been ‘freshed out’ at some time in its busy career. It was a rather slender looking half stock, flint, maple stock, very little bling as I recall. It may be historical or maybe only the building was historical; can’t say.
he also did not wear a coon skin cap. they did a painting once of him and they handed him a coon skin cap to pose with. from what I read that is how that started, it was said he had no use for one. they said he wore a felt or beaver hat,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
That was a Racoon.
As Boone's German hunting companion once said "you shoot de bar, but you only Vundebar..."
