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  1. dhaverstick

    Lil Debbie got a new ramrod!

    I'm taking Lil Debbie to Mexico this coming April to hunt Gould's turkeys with her. I finally had a chance to go to the range last week to do some pattern work and ended up breaking her dang ramrod! I was not surprised, since something ALWAYS goes wrong when I tote a gun to the range. So...
  2. dhaverstick

    My new flint wallet

    I finally got around to making myself a new flint wallet. I hate the stalls normally used to hold flints. In my experience, they're either too small and the flints won't stay in them or they're too big and you can't get the flints out of them. I solved the problem by putting in a small zippered...
  3. dhaverstick

    I was caught in the act!

    I checked the trail camera behind our house this morning and was surprised to find these images. I killed a turkey last Wednesday evening with my new SxS flintlock fowler and it was all caught on camera. The camera is set to take a 3-picture burst. I thought it was pretty cool! Photo #1 Photo...
  4. dhaverstick

    Flintlock fall turkey

    When I was a kid, and before I took up bowhunting, I used to take full advantage of Missouri's fall turkey season. This was back in the late 70's and early 80's when our bird population was beginning to explode. I toted around a short-barreled Rossi stagecoach model 20 gauge that my dad owned...
  5. dhaverstick

    I labored after squirrels over Labor Day weekend

    I bought this new Pedersoli SxS smoothbore about a month ago and we have not gotten along very well so far. It goes off once for about every five trigger pulls and it makes no difference which barrel I use. I get a flash in the pan but no BOOM. The main issue is what I consider a design flaw...
  6. dhaverstick

    Got me a new shootin' iron

    I've been wanting a flintlock SxS smoothbore for probably as long as I've been shooting black powder. Having one custom made will be out of the question until my father dies and wills me the Haverstick Fortune. So I finally saved up my pennies and bought a Pedersoli from Dixie Gun Works. She was...
  7. dhaverstick

    Found a new source for wadding

    I found this source of smoothbore wadding yesterday, the hard way. I was doing some work next to my garage and accidentally shook the blackberry bramble it is in. The loud buzzing that followed alerted me to their presence so I quickly vacated the premises before the angry cloud of hornets was...
  8. dhaverstick

    Made some smoke and noise this morning

    Since it finally cooled off, relatively speaking, I took a little walkabout behind the house with Ole Betsy, my 12 gauge smoothbore. We ended up killing three grays before I decided it was time to do something else inside. Darren
  9. dhaverstick

    Missouri's 2023 squirrel season begins!

    It's the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and that means it is time for me and Ole Betsy, my 12 gauge cylinder bore, to head to the woods for Missouri's squirrel season opener. I have been seeing a bunch of young grays running around the house so I decided to bring a couple in for dinner before...
  10. dhaverstick

    My flintlock turkey tale

    Missouri’s spring turkey season opened last Monday and my hopes for a quick score were dashed when the passel of birds I had been seeing and hearing behind my house suddenly vanished or went mute. I spent opening day patiently listening to nothing as I racked my brain trying to figure out how a...
  11. dhaverstick

    My ole buddy, John, got 'er done!

    My black powder mentor, John Pruitt, got 'er done in the Tennessee turkey woods yesterday! 85 years old and still slinging lead, although his turkey hunting method is a bit unorthodox. John doesn't call. He sits in a tree stand and, in between naps, looks around to see if anything is close. It...
  12. dhaverstick

    Turkey season look promising in my little part of the world

    I've been hearing and seeing these birds for the past 3 weeks down behind the house. Several times they've been as close as 25-30 yards. Mostly I hear them scratching but sometimes there is a lot of yelping, putting and purring. Last week, one of the jakes got all his buddies to join in a...
  13. dhaverstick

    2022 summer sausage project

    I try to set aside a few days at the end of each year to make venison summer sausage and breakfast sausage. By then, I usually have all the deer I need in the freezer and have the time to tackle the project. 2022 was unusual because my pile of raw materials was smaller than usual but I had...
  14. dhaverstick

    Cold Snap (another tale of suffering)

    I thought you all might enjoy this somewhat true tale of my hunting adventures. Darren At least once a season, I go to my farm with a bag packed for 70-degree hunts when I should have packed for 30-degree hunts. This usually happens during the middle of October when we get our first cold...
  15. dhaverstick

    A Black Powder Hunting Tale of Woe and Misery

    I hadn't shared any stories here about my firearms deer season because I had no good pictures to go with them. To tell you the truth, I didn't have much of a season to share anything about. Other than the buck I killed with my longbow at the end of October, I have not put any meat in the...
  16. dhaverstick

    Powder horn gift

    I received this unexpected surprise in the mail yesterday. It was sent to me by a feller I bought a flintlock rifle off of a few years ago. He said he didn't hunt anymore and wanted this powder horn to have a good home. He had it for 35 years and said it was used when he got it. I hope to put it...
  17. dhaverstick

    Making the world a better place, one squirrel at a time.

    I had laid off squirrel hunting, primarily because my freezer is full of them, but a person can only take so much goading. I was out shooting my longbow Sunday morning and the trees around me were full of bushytails running around doing bushytail things. I resisted temptation as long as I could...
  18. dhaverstick

    Shooting them with a pistol now!

    I certainly don't mind the abundance of squirrels around my house but it gets under my skin a little when they don't even run off when I step outside. It's like they're questioning my hunting skills or just think I won't mess with them. Well, I decided to put a little fun into the situation and...
  19. dhaverstick

    Squirrel season is open!

    I was supposed to be in Mexico this weekend hunting Gould's turkeys with a recurve but my hunt was cancelled due to wildfires in the area we were going to. All was not lost, though, because Missouri's squirrel season opened on Saturday. So I consoled myself by making smoke and stocking the...
  20. dhaverstick

    Have to brag on my black powder mentor!

    This is my dear friend, John Pruitt, with the turkey he killed this morning. I haven't heard the story yet but I'm sure it's a dandy since there's never been a turkey killed on his place that weighed less than 26 pounds with 1 1/2" spurs. Mr. Pruitt is 82 years young and is still hard at it! He...
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