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I have collected some thin boards thinking I would try to make a box call, but it's a project I haven't gotten to. Go for it. They are not hard to make and you can experiment with different dimensions to see what sounds best.
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Just for a change of pace I think I’ll use my .40 flintlock rifle. And no, I won’t be aiming at the head—I’m too old to shoot that well anymore (as though I ever could). ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](https://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/70886_1024x768.jpg)
Last edited by Joe Wood; 03/17/23 11:01 PM.
John McCain is my war hero.
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That's awesome Joe. That would be might tasty for sure.
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Just for a change of pace I think I’ll use my .40 flintlock rifle. And no, I won’t be aiming at the head—I’m too old to shoot that well anymore (as though I ever could). Joe Wood, That is something I have always wanted to do! I may post some pictures of my great-grandfather's rifles, both 36 calibers if I can get my cousins to let me photograph them. Here in PA rifles were made illegal for turkeys just a year ago and then they were only legal in the fall. Your flintlock is of the type I think of as a turkey rifle. My great-grandfather's are cap locks. Yours is a beauty.
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Not a good photo but Spring Turkey in the Texas Panhandle several years ago. Rifle is a .50 rroundball flintlock in the style of JP Beck of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, circa 1790-1810. ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](https://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/70887_582x768.jpg)
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Joe, do you head shoot a turkey with a round ball or just go for the vitals?
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Not a good photo but Spring Turkey in the Texas Panhandle several years ago. Rifle is a .50 rroundball flintlock in the style of JP Beck of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, circa 1790-1810. Despite what he implied on the forum, we always knew you were Amarillo Mike's star shooting student.  Gil
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Good job, Joe. My first time shooting at a gobbler with a roundball rifle was very humbling, and embarrassing. After winning several state championships (NMLRA) with my .36 cal. Poor Boy style longrifle I figured there was no way I could miss a gobbler inside 50 yards with it. I was told to shoot for the pinbone on the off side. So, when the big gobbler appeared at about 40 yards I waited until he stopped. He "blew up" and I touched it off. He immediately flew off. I was flabbergasted and sat there a few moments trying to figure how I had missed. I walked to where he had been standing and found a couple breast feathers my ball had cut off. I picked them up and saved them. They're in my shop above my workbench as a reminder to never shoot at a gobbler with a ball while he is in strut. He ain't nearly as big as he looks like he is when he's "blown up", and his pinbones aren't where you think they are, inside all those fluffed up feathers.
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3 1/2" 12 gauge Hevi-Shot Magnum Blend 5,6,7
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Good job, Joe. My first time shooting at a gobbler with a roundball rifle was very humbling, and embarrassing. After winning several state championships (NMLRA) with my .36 cal. Poor Boy style longrifle I figured there was no way I could miss a gobbler inside 50 yards with it. I was told to shoot for the pinbone on the off side. So, when the big gobbler appeared at about 40 yards I waited until he stopped. He "blew up" and I touched it off. He immediately flew off. I was flabbergasted and sat there a few moments trying to figure how I had missed. I walked to where he had been standing and found a couple breast feathers my ball had cut off. I picked them up and saved them. They're in my shop above my workbench as a reminder to never shoot at a gobbler with a ball while he is in strut. He ain't nearly as big as he looks like he is when he's "blown up", and his pinbones aren't where you think they are, inside all those fluffed up feathers. I have a couple of Bill Large rifles. One is .45 that I would love to hunt turkeys with. Just not legal here.
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