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Unread 03-09-2018, 10:50 PM   #1
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I purchased the Osceola Turkey hunt that Bob Hayes kindly donated to PGCA. THis was offered up at the annual meeting last year in Vegas at the silent auction.
I hope to do an article for the Parker Pages shortly but wanted to share a few pictures for now. Took this turkey on the 2nd day of the hunt. I had made up my mind to use my Parker 8 gauge a decision I’m glad I made. 1 3/4 oz of number 4’s did I he trick.
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Way to go Phil. Nice bird and nicer gun and Florida hunting is pretty decent
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Wow what a load! I'll bet he went down llke he was pole-axed!

Nice gun - nice long-beard - can't wait for the story!





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Nice bird ! I'd be intrested to hear about the gun ��
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way to go....nice long beard for sure...what was your recipe in that 1 3/4 ounce load...how far was the turkey taken...thats a nice 8 ga looks to be quite a bit of case colors left on it...charlie
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Here is some more information. I hunted with Bob Hayes a member of PGCA that owns Little Lake Lodge. Bob was able to film much of the hunt. The Parker is my a Quality R that was shipped to Philadelphia in 1903. It has 36” Twist barrels. LOP of 14” and a drop at heel of 2 3/4”. A special request to pattern using Goose shot. The gun weighs 13 lb. 2 oz. This gun was case colored before I purchased it over 5 years ago. The wood had been poorly refinished so off it came and it was sent to Chris to be rechecked and refinished. The barrel was sent to Buck Hamlin for refinish. Yep its a restored gun, but ended up being better than I found it and shoots great.
The shells were loaded by Tom Armbrust and the loads are as follows.
Winchester clear Industrial hull with the plastic base. Win. 209 primer, 31.5 gr of Hodgdon International clays, Remington Sp-8, 1 3/4 oz of #4 shot. 6 fold crimp 1223 FPS and 8880 PSI.
The Gobbler shot at 35 yards went down like he was hit with a bat. The other Gobblers that came in with him went to gobbling and Spurring him as he flopped around from the pellets to the head.
That sure gets the old heart jump started. Not sure of the weight but he had a nice thick beard of a lenght of 9”.
To add a little extra spice I was able to shoot some Bobwhites over a Great Llewellin English Setter.
I also went along as an observer on a Swamp buggy while a 2 of Bob’s guides took out 3 hunters hunting hogs. Chasing them with them with dogs. Pretty cool. 3 hogs were taken.

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What a great time we had and hunt.Pleasure hunting with you Phil and good conversations.
That gun is awesome after a few hours around a gun like that one will start thinking crazy thoughts.Like I can use a gun like that here.Asking questions about possibly selling the gun.Even getting as far as a possible cost.
Thank God it was only a 3 day hunt.
Pleasure Phil thanks for coming.
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That is awesome
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