Wisconsin gobbler score.

[JeffG]

Despite the rain I scored a nice gobbler today. Sitting Fox .54 smoothbore from a kit. Ounce and a quarter lead #6 shot ahead of 80 grs fffg, did a good job! :hatsoff:

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[ny griz]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Congrats,good job.Griz

 

[Spikebuck]

A seriously hearty congratulations especially considering the weather we've all been having up here. :hatsoff:

Thank God we haven't gotten the really nasty stuff our southern brethren have gotten, but heavy rain and super high winds most of the week certainly were anti-turkey hunting. Calmed a bit today...just rainy.

 

[wry]

What a magnificent photo! Beautiful bird and flinter! The way you posed the pic is awesome! Congratulations!

 

[Skychief]

Way to go Irondog!!! :thumbsup:

Glad to see your success. It seems harvest pics have been a little scarce this Spring. :hmm:

Was he willing to gobble despite the wet weather?

Congrats, Skychief

 

[Wes/Tex]

Good job! Supper at your house!! :hatsoff:

 

[Britsmoothy]

Congrats...that'll upset some! You need a cannon with 2lb of shot for todays turkey's lol :haha:

B.

 

[wattlebuster]

Congrats to you :thumbsup: Good pic

 

[Staggerwing]

Congrats, Irondog! You can tell by his tail he's a little soaked! :grin:
Looks like you had a great day despite the weather...

 

[JeffG]

Thanks for the kind words, everybody! Got him to gobble using a slate pot call. Once he heard my yelps he was hot to trot!

 

[TLanoy]

Congrats on the gobbler! Thanks for sharing it with us. :hatsoff:

 

[roundball]

Fine bird, good going there !
:thumbsup:

 

[agill]

:hatsoff:

 

[hanshi]

Congratulations on a fine bird. I'm hoping to get out again now that the weather has turned nice. Other problems may deep me at home rather than the field.

 

[Tony Logan]

way to go, great job with the 54

 

[larry wv]

Not many around here. BUT did have one in the yard this afternoon. Was working on a tractor and made a loud bang. Heard a gobble and the tom was about 75 feet away. Big bird prob had a 12 inch or longer beard. I don't get into Turkey hunting anymore. I lucked out and got a 13 inch with a Bow a few years ago. After that I saw a bunch of Turkeys eating a dead Deer killed by blue tongue. :barf: Now I just consider them a Buzzard with a beard. :grin: Larry

 

[cottonmouth]

Great photo and gobbler Irondog!
What was your range on this bird? How long of a barrel is your 54?

 

[JeffG]

My 54 has a 42 inch Colerain barrel, the range was right at 20 yards. I used my decoy for range stakes, and he was beatin' the hell out of my Jake. A lot of load testing was done, that one was 80 grs FFFG, an over powder nitro wad, a fiber was dipped in hot patch lube, my shot package is two thicknesses of butcher paper, both ends tied with string, with the front end ripped off, and a card over shot wad. I prime from the horn with FFFG. Not one BB was below the crop. I was pretty happy about that.

 

[Swamp Rat]

Those wet birds don't make for the best picture in the world but you can fluff them back up with hair dryer if you want to cape them or keep the tail fan. Congrats. Especially a rainy day flint bird. I know you were probably saying before the shot "please go boom, please go boom" LOL.

 

[cottonmouth]

Looks like that could have been a nice tight shot pattern! Any chance in getting a photo of one of your butcher paper shot charges?