Snuck up and ambushed a gobbler this morning for the opening of the season. I would have liked to have been able to say I called him in but sometimes you have to take advantage of the opportunities you are given.
Originally posted by MedicineSoldier: Snuck up and ambushed a gobbler this morning for the opening of the season.
Great job man...never seen a matchlock in actual operation of known of anyone who hunts with one. I love the challenge of hunting with Flintlocks and you've taken it to the next level...congratulations !
Flintlock Rifles & Smoothbores Hunt Like The Settlers
Posts: 1867 | Location: North Carolina | Registered: 28 January 2006
Wow! That's incredible; matchlock turkey. Beautiful gun that you used, too. I've been wanting a matchlock for some time but will probably never get around to building one. You are to be congratulated regardless whether you called him in or bushwhacked him. Great doings.
*Young guys should hang out with old guys; old guys know stuff.*
Posts: 3559 | Location: Maine (by way of Georgia then Va.) | Registered: 26 January 2009
About a month before Ms. Audrey and I moved to México I hunted deer at The Audacious One's Homeplace with my twenty guage matchlock. Unfortunately when the 8 point buck walked up and stopped across the creek, I did not have it in my hands. When I reached for the gonne, the buck was gone...oh, well! Hombre del Bosque
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Posts: 3714 | Location: Acatlan de Juarez, Jalisco, Mexico | Registered: 22 October 2004
Seeing the success of some and expecting to see more from others I have gotten curious about the species of turkeys that folks are taking. Although there are three species (Merriam, Eastern and Rio) currently in South Dakota but only the Merriam in the Black Hills with the Eastern and Rio in very limited area on gthe East side (East River) of the State .
Medicine Soldier
Posts: 219 | Location: Black Hills of SD | Registered: 05 October 2006
Now you did it the old-timey way...sneaking up on a wiley Tom is hard enough, but to do it with a Matchlock...well, it just don't get no better than that. Go have a barley pop with the foam on top on me...if I was there. You are 'The Man'.
Congrats on a great hunt with a great piece of history. Not many can make a claim as you did on that day.
Good shooting...Ken
Posts: 403 | Location: In the Hardwoods of Eastern Iowa | Registered: 15 November 2005