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Offline Pat_Cameron

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Ontario Turkey Hunt
« on: May 18, 2022, 12:34:31 PM »
Had a great ONTARIO turkey season.
Tagged out. TWO birds in FIVE days of hunting
The first trip to Ontario was to visit Peter Kelly.
It was mostly a period hunt. Rainy weather prevented video camera use on day one.
The day I shot the first bird. We wanted to do a video. Peter and his wife Cathy were able
to put something together after the fact. I have included a link to the video.

The gun is a John Bergmann Issac Haines style gun.
38" Colerain turkey choke barrel. The same barrel that Matt talks about in his post.
I have killed 20 birds so far with this gun. It is a turkey killing machine.
My load is 80gr of FFFG and 1-1/2 oz #6 shot.
Two of my 20 birds were at 42 yards and One at 35.
The 42 yard birds were the result of range estimation error. I just got a little too excited.
I like to keep the range to 35 or less.






The second hunt is not period. This was day two of a three day hunt
I was hunting with a friend and we were visiting my Son and his wife and my two grand sons on the trip.
4 Jakes came in and all four tried to mount the hen decoy at the same time. I had to wait for one to step clear
of the group. Just to give you an idea of the chaos, I could have killed all four jakes and the decoy with one shot.

I missed the previous two turkey seasons due to this Covid mess. It sure was great to get back in the woods.






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Offline wattlebuster

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Re: Ontario Turkey Hunt
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2022, 01:19:26 PM »
Pat thats just downright cool. Congrats to ya ;D
Nothing beats the feel of a handmade southern iron mounted flintlock on a cold frosty morning

Offline Daryl

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Re: Ontario Turkey Hunt
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2022, 08:25:39 PM »
Good stuff!!! Congrats.
Daryl

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Offline smylee grouch

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Re: Ontario Turkey Hunt
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2022, 08:35:40 PM »
Congrats on two fine birds and a fine looking gun.

Offline rich pierce

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Re: Ontario Turkey Hunt
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2022, 05:42:10 PM »
Great hunting. Considering one of these barrels but hesitate only because it would be a specialty gun. Guess I’ve got enough round ball smoothbore barrels though. Guess getting a jug choke on an existing barrel is another good option.
Andover, Vermont

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Re: Ontario Turkey Hunt
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2022, 01:32:21 PM »
Congratulations on fine looking birds, and gun!
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