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TTTTS: to the top for turkey season. I'd post a pic of my opening day triumph yesterday morning, but couldn't get one to cooperate...Geo

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No turkeys, but, pheasants in Olgilvie, MN. On Friday past:



The boy, dog, a friend, and I went to Pheasant Ridge. I had been promising a trip to the game farm for, well, all winter, but, it would snow about a foot every weekend for the last 5 months, or, be -50 degrees at high noon. The trip was a comedy of errors. The kid forgot his boots (remembered TWO devices, games for both and vehicle charging systems, however) and only hunted about half the day in tennis shoes. The owner’s dog decided to join us early on, and I had to catch the pooch, (8 month old male German Stupid Pointer) walk him through standing corn and sorghum by his collar, and return him to where he belonged, maybe a half mile away. Nice enough pooch, but my Setter was terrified of him. I had my friend Bill along, and some of you might remember a Bruchet Darne R11 that was reviewed in Shooting Sportsman back in the 1990s- that gun, along with Bill, took a swim in a creek that was way deeper than it looked. If you could convince them to build you that gun today, I’d bet it would blow a big hole in 10K. I did not intend to shoot (vision issues from surgery to repair a detached retina) and did not even bring a gun, but, when my kid could no longer stand his wet and cold feet, I took his gun, a Mossberg youth 20 gauge with a 26” barrel fitted by me, and knocked a rooster down that Louise nailed, in what would have been a magazine cover quality point on the edge of standing corn. Next point, I muffed, having forgotten to pump the little 20 gauge. Bill picked up a few birds off Louie’s points, and then we called it quits. It was a beautiful day, and, inspite of everything, pretty fun.

We will do better, next time. I think. I hope.

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Turkey hunting buddy Billy has a business connection with a European company, Yadloof & Lirpasti LTD, dba Y&L Timberlands (Y&L), which is the largest foreign consortium controlling timberland in Georgia. We were given access to an 8500 acre Y&L tract along the Savannah River, loaded with turkeys, this past Saturday. In an effort to ameliorate the often bitter and contentious discussion of turkey ammo-TSS vs. lead-what better readily available substance than a load consisting of granulated sugar be utilized to sweeten and add to the controversy? Using 5/8 oz. (pellet count in the thousands) which was the most I could cram into the VP92 wad and a Fiocchi 3" 20 ga. hull. Even with what I would consider to be ballistic grade Dixie Crystals Sugar (locally refined cane sugar) with a muzzle velocity of 1700 fps, I knew it would take a close-in shot to be effective. Another downside is that neither Permethrin nor Deet can deter the ants once they discover what's in your pocket. Here's the results from Saturday. My experiment with the sugar shot was successful. Lowcountry swamp bird, 20 steps. Gun is my Baikal MP18 20 gauge. Considering that a 4 pound bag of Dixie Crystals Sugar (Imperial Sugar) at Walmart is $3.37, this beats the cost of lead shot and obviously TSS by a wide margin. Currently not legal in any states but sometimes I can't help myself.

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I'z always told too much sugar is bad for you. You have definitely sweetened the pot, now.

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Gil, You can get little packets of cane sugar crystals at Starbucks for free. Look to be about the size of #7 shot. Sounds like maybe right down your alley. We know it’s April 1, but still.....Maybe jOe would be interested too, if he reloads?


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I suppose you could try rock salt next. Pre-brine your birds.


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Nice April fools day post GLS. I presume that the gobbler is for real anyway? Nice to see you get the first one for this year's Game/Gun thread...Geo

Even if you had to sugar coat it.

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Anyone interested in hunting the 750,000 acres in Ga. of Y&L for quail, deer, turkey and woodcock free of charge, a clue to contact Y&L is contained in the full name: Yadloof & Lirpasti LTD . Read Yadloof & Lirpasti backwards beginning with the letter "i" in Lirpasti. Gil

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Shameless spoiler for the non-dyslexic...Geo

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Ted, looks like a day well spent.

Gil, have to admit, I got fooled. I guess it's because I wouldn't put it past you. LOL


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