My first Turkey

[Dave K]

I finally was able to get out and hunt this week. After never having hunted turkey before, I gave it a good try. I heard birds from the time I got there, until this happened at 10:15. I had to bring him in from nearly 1/2 mile away and I watched him come virtually the whole way, as he responded to my call and the two decoys. The gun is an original 14ga. Belgium made gun with no names and no chokes, just cylinder bored. Load was 2 3/4dr.of 2F Schuetzen and 1 1/8oz. of #6's. Just an over powder card and an overshot card. One head shot at 30yds. but him down like he was struck with a lightning bolt.

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[rabjr]

Nice! Grats! :thumbsup:

 

[roundball]

DK, that's outstanding, congratulations !
:hatsoff:

 

[agill]

Congratulations! :thumbsup:

 

[JayDee Flohr]

Congrats! Nothing like the feeling of making meat with a weapon our forefathers used. :thumbsup:

 

[chance]

Congrats!!!

 

[Skychief]

Way to go Dave!!!!!! :applause: Beautiful gobbler and great pictures too.....thanks a lot for sharing this with us!!!! :thumbsup:

By the way, how fun was it?

 

[paulvallandigham]

Absolutely terrific, Dave. Nice gun, and very nice bird. Thank you for sharing the story of the hunt with us. There is virtue in Patience. :thumbsup:

 

[Dave K]

Thanks all. After skinning, a post mortem study was made to determine where all the pellets went. I had done guite a bit of patterning on this gun when I first returned it to service about 5-6 yrs. ago.(still loaded after how many years and one missing hammer, I replaced both hammers) I logged the patterning results and used them. The head and neck was absolutely punished. There were 2 pellet holes found in the right wing, which is the side the bird was taken from. The head and neck, were definitely where the pellets were targeted.

 

[huntertrapper]

well done man, nice bird and gun. your a lucky or just plain good hunter to kill a turkey after just starting hunting them

 

[longfowler]

awesome story! great job, enjoy that bird...and many more.

 

[rkmeyer]

Very nice job Dave, you will have great memories of this hunt. :applause:
Congrats on a job well done :hatsoff: .
Dusty :wink:

 

[wtilenw]

Good job! That's a beautiful gun you have there too. :thumbsup:

 

[KyFlintlock]

Way to go!!! :thumbsup:

Wess

 

[The Baron]

Congratulations! :hatsoff: