New England Turkey Doggin'

[Jim Wescott]

After an outstanding grand spring hunt, preparations are being made for our fall campaign. GSP Gunny is fired up, old guns are waxed and brass shells are reloaded. Foliage is starting to turn, poults are growing fatter on our bumper acorn crop. Maine opens on October 2nd followed by NH and VT. A Catskill hunt will be squeezed in after our NWTF Fall Hoot and Shoot.

[charlie cleveland]

what a beautiful sight..would love to be on a hunt in a grand lookin plkace such as this..hope ya ll do well with the turkeys and black powder...charlie

[Jim Wescott]

Thank you Charlie. If you're ever up this way in October let's get together and "smoke" some wild turkeys. My home state of Maine is a hunters dream for fall turkey: incredible scenery, abundant birds and almost unlimited ground open to hunting. We hunt over thirty western Maine towns. Add to that an old Parker and a young dog adept at the Appalachian art of turkey doggin', what more could one want!

[Mike Franzen]

TL, I've never heard of "Turkey Doggin". I'm assuming you are using dogs in some fashion to hunt the birds. I would like to know more. Sounds intriguing

[Mills Morrison]

Beautiful photo! I wish we had a fall season down here. I have been turkey hunting in Ohio in the Fall and it was spectacular.

[Jim Wescott]

Mike, I see you enjoy the spring gobbler duels. The fall hunt uses dogs to find, scatter, bark on the flush and reunite with the hunters at the scatter site. Fall flock members are then called back together to the dog and gun. My GSP Gunny is a wide runner with a great voice. At three years old, he waits patiently and quietly most of the time. Most fall hunts allow the harvest of either sex. Gunny is also used on grouse and woodcock along with waterfowl, he seems to know the quarry based on the habitat we're in.

[charlie cleveland]

great looking bunch in the photo..charlie

[Jim Wescott]

Thanks Charlie. Three New Brunswick rookie turkey hunters with GSP Gunny and fellow Tenth Legion guide Robb Cotiaux. Wish I knew how to attach more than one photo at a time:-)

[Mike Franzen]

Thanks Jim for the info. We have a fall season here in KY where much the sams strategy is used except I don't know if dogs are permitted. We walk up and scatter the flock and call them back. That's a good looking hunting party you got there.

Posting more than one pic:
click GO ADVANCED
click MANAGE ATTACHMENTS
the next screen brings up the BROWSE options and you can add multi pics there

[Jim Wescott]

Sunday sunrise over turkey country

[Dean Romig]

Is that picture taken somewhere around Norway?

[Steve Cambria]

Beautiful country, Tenth!

So what's your go-to call? The kee-kee run?


PS---I do see the tip of a windmill on that third ridgeline, Deanno!!

[Jim Wescott]

Last photo Quaker Ridge, Casco looking west toward Mt. Washington, NH. In the fall we imitate whatever we're hearing and kee kee and kee kee run often ring after a good scatter.

[Dean Romig]

Do you ever use a Parker for your turkey hunts?

[Jim Wescott]

Dean, that's all I've used since acquiring a grade 1 1882 hammer gun 15 years ago. Tomorrow's opening day of Maine's fall turkey season and son Tim will be toting an old Clabrough Bros hammer gun, fellow Tenth Legion guide Robb will use the 1882 and I'll be "field testing" new-to-me 1889 GH. The new wrinkle is brass shells which sound awesome when chambered in the gloom of early morning.
Are you familiar with the Norway area?

[Dean Romig]

Yes I am... From Naples and Denmark to Bridgedton up through Harrison, Norway and on up through Rumford and beyond. Great country for the hunter and fisherman the Western Maine Mountains. My 'stompin' grounds' are in Vermont's Northeast Kingdon but that entire band through northern New England is reason to never want for more.

[Richard Flanders]

Make room Duck Dyansty, I say!!

[Jim Wescott]

Three century hunts: 21st century turkey, 20th century hunter & 19th century Parker

[Mike Franzen]

I like the brass shells. I'm loading some 10 ga for ducks and geese. What powder are you using?

[Dean Romig]

Glad you caught that typo..... :rotf:

[charlie cleveland]

very good tom you got there...i really like that sling you have on that gun gona have to get me one for sure...how bout that 3 centuries....charlie

[Mike Franzen]

"Glad you caught that typo..... "
Chalk it up to jet lag

[Steve Cambria]

That should make the PGCA highlight reel , Mike!!
Was looking up my favorite recipe for F*** a l'orange!!!! :rotf:

[Jim Wescott]

Sling is from Levy's Leathers. Reloading brass shells with Goex FFg. Seeing and sorting through lots of birds, no smoke signals yet.... Tomorrow's another day. I hate filling a tag before it's time ;-)
Charlie, I carry the gun stock up as the sling can slide off the barrels when carried stock down.....you'll only do that once
GSP Gunny is having a blast!

[Jim Wescott]

Great finish to an awesome October
L to R: GSP Gunny, Sharlene and jenny

[Rick Losey]

i don't see a gun :rolleyes:

ok just kidding, I can see at least one barrel


congratulations on a good hunt

[Jim Wescott]

1882 12 gauge to fill the bill, Rick!!
It's hard to get sweet, young clients to use heavy old Parkers.....

[Rick Losey]

nice hammer gun and bird

yeah- understand -

I could never hunt with a camo-ed gun I know darn well i would lose it. :rotf:

heck - set a Parker down once to get a thorn out of a paw and almost couldn't find that :shock:

[charlie cleveland]

as said a very nice gun and bird..i m one that likes the old heavy parkers..charlie