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Henry Davis in his classic The American Wild Turkey (1949) wrote in Chapter XIV about his Greener which he said this about Greener: "Some jealous modern American writers have tried to disparage Greener, but is my deliberate judgement that he knew more about shotguns than any other man who has ever lived, and that he made the best shotguns the world has ever seen." He sent his specs to Greener's American agent and took delivery of his "high tensile strength steel" barreled doublegun in 1910 chambered for 2 3/4" shells. He also had a Lewis Magnum and ultimately a second hand Greener pigeon gun which was the equal to the Lewis. Gil

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Geo, be glad to help Keith. I am glad you enjoy the call. I wish I could say I was talented enough to have made the striker I gave Billy for the call. It's deer antler with a perfect 3D dogwood blossom carved in the end. Dogwoods are in full bloom this time of the year in the lowcountry. I hunt birds in places covered with dogwood. If you squint your eyes and look through the forest, it looks like a blizzard coming through the trees. Gil

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Coosa, we are not worthy over here. What a bird! Gil

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WOW, If Gil and Coosa are morons for using #9TSS, I don't know what he'll think of Wingshooter16 getting this bird with #9 lead....1 ounce from a 16 gauge Manufrance Ideal. Pretty sure the choke is .034. In case anyone is wondering, I am posting on behalf of Wingshooter16, as he is away from his computer and can barely manage a phone to take a picture. laugh

Anyway, as has been noted in other threads, I shamed him into putting away his full auto Franchi canon with 10" chambers shooting a pound of #11 TSS or whatever it is that he has been using to blow turkey into red mist and gently encouraged him to walk the walk (active member of both Double Gun and 16 Gauge Society....anyone else see the discrepancy?) and use the proper weapon. Which he did and here's the evidence:

I think this one is being sent to GQ for Mike's upcoming photo spread. How rugged! A real man's man. Although I'm deducting points for the lawn furniture. I think his Texan card should be revoked.


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Bwahahahaha...Mike will likely never ask me to post for him again.



Thanks for posting for me, James. As to being needled and having points deducted for the lawn furniture, if you've chased birds in the Southwest you know cactus spines inhabit what appears to be bare ground, and the last thing you want to do is sit in them. The right knee down for that one photo, on seemingly bare ground, rendered those pants unwearable, and I spent about 20 minutes pulling those fine, hair-like cactus spines out of my knee. The shot was between 25 and 30 yards, and the ounce of 9's outa the right tube anchored the bird as well as any other load I've used. Pattern density rocks.

Not a big bird, but he and his buddy came a'gobblin to the calls, and made it a fine opener.


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Mike, first time I was in TX hunting Rios I was amazed at how jakes could give decent gobbles. Gil

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A Cautionary Tale:
A local turkey hunter was hurt this past weekend. Walking through the woods, he heard a bird gobble very close to where he was.

He dropped straight to the ground and began 'butt-walking' back to a nearby tree. Somehow, his safety came off and the trigger snagged something.

His shotgun went off and he shot himself in the foot. The shot charge passed through the inside flesh and mercifully did no bone or nerve damage. He drove himself to the emergency room.

I've seen the picture of his foot but didn't feel it was appropriate to post it. Use your imagination.

Be careful!...Geo

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Of course, we all want to know what his shot size was smile

But a good point about being careful. We all think we are, until we find out we aren't.


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He's gonna need new boots...Geo

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Terrible thing to happen, but I hope they weren't the expensive Russells.
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