Spring is on its way

[oneshot12]

   how many of you front stuffers  will be out chasing them Gobblers this spring ? I know I will  , hope to see a bunch of you Fellers  out and about . starting to get a bit Itchy  as  time draws near . Been cleaning and checking the workings on the ole 62 cal  getting loads  ready and such. yea I know there is a spot here for turkey huntin  but its great to have the black powder  folks show off as well .Best Of Luck Too You All this  Spring  !!!!     

[Harleysboss]

Yep I'm gonna give her a go this year. Trying to decide if it will be my 12ga TC New Englander or my 62cal flintlock smooth rifle(jug chock full).

[kevinlisa06]

Would love to shoot a front stuffer on gobblers but have trouble finding one. Any suggestions?


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[lonedave]

Hey Harleysboss

Did you do your jugchoke or did you have it done?  If so, who did it and are they still doing them?  Thanks.

Dave

[Sabotloader]

  how many of you front stuffers  will be out chasing them Gobblers this spring ? I know I will  , hope to see a bunch of you Fellers  out and about . starting to get a bit Itchy  as  time draws near . Been cleaning and checking the workings on the ole 62 cal  getting loads  ready and such. yea I know there is a spot here for turkey huntin  but its great to have the black powder  folks show off as well .Best Of Luck Too You All this  Spring  !!!!   

Should be a really good year over for those gobblers - I am excited for April 15!

[Harleysboss]

lonedave, I bought the gun already choked and I'm not sure who did it..sorry not much useful info for ya.

[lonedave]

Harley

Thanks, I just thought I'd check.  Funny, I have a New Englander and a .62 flintlock fowler too.  I've taken quite a few chukars and quail with my New Englander (one elk with the .54 barrel too), but haven't tried for turkey with it yet.  I think it would be neat to try with the fowler though.  Good luck!

Dave

[Jingles]

You wouldn't know spring was on it's way with the foot of snow we got yesterday

[andersonjk4]

I've only been muzzleloader hunting for 2 years now and I've only hunted deer.  Hunting turkeys with a front stuffer sounds like fun and I've been contemplating it.  Does anyone use shot in a standard .50 cal ML?  Is it even feasible to use a .50 cal for shooting birds? 

[oneshot12]

    seen it done years back on the east coast  but they were only shooting clay birds at 15 feet   the pattern was real wide  right from the barrel .Most of them said its due to the rifling in them,  cant say the rifle  would do very well for a turkey gun.   not unless your right on top of them that is.    a smooth bore works the best 

[andersonjk4]

That's what I figured, but I was wondering if someone had come up with a special wad/sabot specifically for rifled barrels. 

[oneshot12]

  now that's  something I haven't heard much on,  they might come up with something some time for now I haven't heard of anything .

[CP]

Spinning shot will disperse radially as soon it is unconstrained by the barrel.  I doubt if any sabot would help much.

[TriggerMike]

  When shooting shot out of a rifled barrel just picture a Tornado with the bottom of the Tornado being the end of the barrel where the shot exits and then quickly get wider as it goes up.

[ML_Hunter]

Turkeys with a Muzzleloader sounds fun, but I have yet to bag a gobbler with a shotgun...I need to find where these gobblers like to hide, then maybe someday I will go after them with a muzzy!