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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: PA BEN on April 17, 2016, 07:55:09 PM

Title: Smoke Pole Tom
Post by: PA BEN on April 17, 2016, 07:55:09 PM: Took the old smoke pole for a walk today. I was walking this ridge line stopping to call here and there, at the end of the ridge line a Tom gobbled, the time was around 2pm, so I started calling to him. He was real hot gobbled every time I called. This went on for about 20 min.s and he shut up. There was a large draw between him and me so I figured he didn't want to cross it. So I moved to the point of the draw and sat down. I didn't even have to call, he popped up right when I sat down. He was coming in quite strutting right to me, I dropped the hammer on him at around 20yds and the cap didn't go off. He stopped at the sound of the hammer and looked around, he broke into strut again. I cocked the hammer again and it went off this time.
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Post by: wadu1 on April 17, 2016, 08:44:05 PM: Hate it when that happens, snap and no boom. Good job nice looking Tom.
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Post by: kirkl on April 17, 2016, 08:54:23 PM: That's a pretty bird. Seems like he has more white on him.
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Post by: JJB11B on April 17, 2016, 08:56:15 PM: That is cool!
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Post by: Mark251 on April 17, 2016, 09:20:37 PM: Nice :tup:
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Post by: PA BEN on April 18, 2016, 05:07:32 AM: Quote from: wadu1 on April 17, 2016, 08:44:05 PM
Hate it when that happens, snap and no boom. Good job nice looking Tom.
good thing I didn't need to recap it.
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Post by: jasnt on April 18, 2016, 05:40:54 AM: Beautiful tom Ben! I love those supper white tips
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Post by: Henrydog on April 18, 2016, 06:59:00 AM: Not trying to take anything away from that Tom, but that is a pretty piece of wood used on that stock. Sharp looking M/L!
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Post by: turkeydancer on April 18, 2016, 07:17:39 AM: :tup: Congrats Ben ... there's no place like home, there's no place like home ...... :hello:
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Post by: Gobble Doc on April 18, 2016, 07:18:50 AM: :tup:
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Post by: Timberstalker on April 18, 2016, 07:22:37 AM: What an awesome hunt. Great bird and with a muzzleloader to boot! :tup:
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on April 18, 2016, 07:41:32 AM: Now thats cool!
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Post by: kevinlisa06 on April 18, 2016, 11:10:20 AM: Right on congratulations on a beautiful Tom that's a beautiful smoke pole!
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Post by: Duckslayer89 on April 18, 2016, 11:13:00 AM: Nice bird! What kind of caps were you using?
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Post by: The Gobble-stopper on April 18, 2016, 01:07:26 PM: Quote from: Henrydog on April 18, 2016, 06:59:00 AM
Not trying to take anything away from that Tom, but that is a pretty piece of wood used on that stock. Sharp looking M/L!
:yeah: Not to mention the beautiful meadow, I want to build my house there. Nice job! I took all three WA birds a few years ago, with the muzzleloader. And something went wrong every time. But never had so much fun in my life.. Including bad caps...
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Post by: elkboy on April 18, 2016, 02:29:02 PM: Awesome!!!!
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Post by: C-Money on April 18, 2016, 03:40:57 PM: Sounds like a fun hunt! Congrats! :tup:
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Post by: sakoshooter on April 18, 2016, 09:10:54 PM: Congrats
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Post by: bowhunterforever on April 18, 2016, 09:23:10 PM: :tup:
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Post by: SCRUBS on April 18, 2016, 09:54:35 PM: Very cool PA :tup:
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Post by: Natures Way on April 19, 2016, 12:39:57 AM: great looking bird! congrats
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Post by: CaNINE on April 19, 2016, 06:15:15 AM: Congrats on a great bird Ben. Hunting turkeys with black powder really appeals to me. I may have to give it a try next year. Ron
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on April 19, 2016, 07:11:21 AM: NICE ... Man I thought things were weird over there this year .. I seen single hens everywhere ..and lots of hens in little groups with no Tom in sight ...One area toward the end of Addy Gifford I never even seen a hen ...that was the weirdest !!!! I best get to work !! hahaha that's going to really S ---- !!!
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on April 19, 2016, 05:41:23 PM: That's awesome congrats
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Post by: PA BEN on April 20, 2016, 05:52:57 PM: Quote from: turkeydancer on April 18, 2016, 07:17:39 AM
:tup: Congrats Ben ... there's no place like home, there's no place like home ...... :hello:
O YEAH :IBCOOL:
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Post by: PA BEN on April 20, 2016, 05:57:12 PM: Quote from: Duckslayer89 on April 18, 2016, 11:13:00 AM
Nice bird! What kind of caps were you using?
They are German Dynamit Nobel No. 1075 plus. They are a hot cap #11 I cleaned out the hammer mechanism, it was dirty. I don't think it hit the cap hard enough.
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Post by: Holg3107 on April 20, 2016, 05:59:34 PM: Ben, that's the best looking bird I've seen this year. Those white tips are beautiful, and with a smokepole! Well done!
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Post by: Kit Carson on April 20, 2016, 07:52:00 PM: Nice man! :tup:
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Post by: Spurdaddy on April 21, 2016, 02:29:06 PM: Great looking Bird......Love taking them with the Muzzy! Congrats!!
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Post by: RadSav on April 21, 2016, 02:36:03 PM: I'm not much into front stuffers. But some day I would like to bag a turkey with a hillbilly smoothbore and some black powder.

Congratulations on a beautiful bird :tup:
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Post by: RadSav on April 21, 2016, 03:49:22 PM: I had to come back and look at that bird again. He's darn near perfect. I've never mounted a bird before. That one would have me thinking about it.
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Post by: tgomez on April 27, 2016, 07:43:58 PM: Nice!!!!!! 8) Thanks for sharing your adventure, and great pictures.
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Post by: Machias on April 29, 2016, 10:29:33 AM: Awesome, beautiful photo, beautiful bird and what handsome gun. This is on my bucket list!!! Congrats!!
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Post by: Jester052 on May 01, 2016, 09:14:25 AM: Great job. Is there a Turkey shot for muzzys? Or do you just throw a slug of lead at them?
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Post by: tlbradford on May 08, 2016, 05:59:35 PM: Great story Ben. Congratulations.