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04-28-2007, 12:05 PM
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Tagged out this morning...got a nice Tom !
04/28/07...Took a nice 'Tom' this morning at 30yds...21 lbs, 10.5" beard, 1" spurs...gorgeous bird.
Sitting just in the edge of the woods along side a small green-field, I set up 3 hen decoys at 15yds and a Jake at 25yds. Never heard a single gobble all morning, but patience paid off at 9:00am...this Tom eased out of the woods and started for the decoys. He would hunker down in strut position and walk with baby steps for a few yards, then come out of strut and return to a normal stride for a few yards, all the while heading for the Jake decoy...in and out of strut position several times coming across the field...was really a highlight of Nature to see that so close and in bright sunshine his colors were beautiful. As he passed about 5 yards behind the Jake decoy he went into strut position again and I leveled the Flintlock while he had his head down...when he came into the clear on the left side of the Jake, I made a clucking sound with my mouth (since my mouth call was safely in my vest ! ) and he broke strut raising his head & neck again...dropped him where he stood and he never moved. Been a great season for me this year and both of my turkeys were taken coming to that new Flambeau Jake decoy. Plus, this Flintlock is a turkey hunter's dream. (.62cal/.20ga Flintlock, 80grns Goex 3F, 2 Oxyoke lubed wads, 1+5/8oz #6’s, Circle Fly over shot card)     
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"Flintlocks.......The Real Deal" (Claims that 1:48" twists won't shoot PRBs accurately are old wives tales!!) 
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04-28-2007, 08:17 PM
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You sure did very well!
Very nice pictures. Thanks for sharing. All the best...
Gil
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04-29-2007, 01:05 AM
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Congrats. Well done. Great pictures also.
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Bird Dogs and Hunting If you're betting against God, you better be right. "When a dog dies they take a piece of your heart but leaves you a piece of his, and humans always make out in that deal. " Mark Twain. Larry Miller
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04-29-2007, 08:12 AM
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Roundball
Great pictures of really nice bird. I'm impressed and like to see that it was taken with true smokepole. Ray
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04-29-2007, 11:44 AM
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Once I started taking deer with a Flintlock, everything else I have just lays oiled in their cases...haven't hunted with anything but a Flintlock for 6 years now...a lot of satisfaction and it's made me a much better shot and better hunter too
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"Flintlocks.......The Real Deal" (Claims that 1:48" twists won't shoot PRBs accurately are old wives tales!!)
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