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04-15-2008, 03:39 PM
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Antique Muzzleloader Turkey
I took this jake on opening morning in Kentucky with an antique muzzleloading double barrel shotgun that I bought from a friend last summer. It has Damascus twist barrels, but is in really good condition. I took the turkey with a load of 70 gr. of FFg Goex Black Powder and an equal volume of #6 shot at 14 yards. The distance was fine, because beyond 25 yards the pattern is so open I knew I could never take such a shot. I had been looking forward to trying to take a turkey with this gun ever since I bought it. Normally, I would not shoot a jake, but I had decided that I just wanted to see if I could kill a turkey with this old gun and would shoot any legal bird. I was as happy as I have ever been with any bird I have ever killed!
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04-15-2008, 08:54 PM
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Good bird, my congrats on the trip!
 Dan
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Lifes not meant to be a journey to the grave with the intentions of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thouroughly used up, totally wore out,loudly proclaiming.... WOW.....WHAT A RIDE.......
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