The Baron
45 Cal.
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- May 10, 2004
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Well, I've had a fantastic turkey season so far. On the opener, I called in a nice tom (22 lb, 9 1/2" beard, 1" spurs) for a young fella, which was his first. I took my two birds with my T/C New Englander 12 ga. on the 2nd and 3rd days and helped another fella get a Tom on the 3rd day and a jake on day 4. I'll keep going out with other fellas now - I know the turkeys will beat my up a least a few days, and get my head shrunk back to where it belongs. 
My first bird was 21 lb, 13oz. with 9" beard and a 1" spur. Yes... singular. Seems one of my #4's removed the other spur. Oh well. He'll taste just as great with 1 spur. :front: That bird fell at 27 paces. My second bird was a very interesting specimin with a 9" beard, but the beard had about a 1 1/2" blonde strip running across the middle of it. He was 20lb. 14oz. with 1 1/4" spurs (both intact.. haa). The second bird was walking by at about 12 paces and I barely caught him with a few pellets in the lungs and non-vital neck areas (I think the shot hadn't even left the cup at that range). He flew 100 yards into the woods and crashed dead (I was very relieved to find him!). My load was 90 gr. FFg, OP card, lubed wad, then 1 3/8 oz. #4's in a steel shot cup and an OS card. The landowner saw the tom approaching my hide and was watching across the field from the barn when I shot the second bird. He commented on the big cloud of smoke and was pretty amused by it. Gotta love it!
My friend and I thanked the farmer out by cleaning out his calf stall in the barn. He's getting a little old to tackle a task like that himself. The stall was LONG overdue for a cleaning (there was about two feet of packed in manure/straw) and, well, let's just say we got some funny looks at the restaurant afterward. :crackup:
(I have some great pics, but not sure how to post them here)
My first bird was 21 lb, 13oz. with 9" beard and a 1" spur. Yes... singular. Seems one of my #4's removed the other spur. Oh well. He'll taste just as great with 1 spur. :front: That bird fell at 27 paces. My second bird was a very interesting specimin with a 9" beard, but the beard had about a 1 1/2" blonde strip running across the middle of it. He was 20lb. 14oz. with 1 1/4" spurs (both intact.. haa). The second bird was walking by at about 12 paces and I barely caught him with a few pellets in the lungs and non-vital neck areas (I think the shot hadn't even left the cup at that range). He flew 100 yards into the woods and crashed dead (I was very relieved to find him!). My load was 90 gr. FFg, OP card, lubed wad, then 1 3/8 oz. #4's in a steel shot cup and an OS card. The landowner saw the tom approaching my hide and was watching across the field from the barn when I shot the second bird. He commented on the big cloud of smoke and was pretty amused by it. Gotta love it!
My friend and I thanked the farmer out by cleaning out his calf stall in the barn. He's getting a little old to tackle a task like that himself. The stall was LONG overdue for a cleaning (there was about two feet of packed in manure/straw) and, well, let's just say we got some funny looks at the restaurant afterward. :crackup:
(I have some great pics, but not sure how to post them here
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