The season began in April 15th here in Tennessee. I have hunted a number of times with my Parker DH 12 and a GH 16. Both beautiful Damascus barreled guns. It’s been slow with few gobbles. Yesterday I told a good friend via email that I thought I would change it up today. It worked. Fox got the game!

Hey,Hey!! It ain’t over ‘til it’s over. A change of farm does the trick?

Congratulations.

Looks like a nice gun !

NICE BIRD STAN!! :clap:

Nice bird Reggie! Straight grip Fox. COOL!! :cool:

nice ......charlie

Another Turkey for the dinner table
 

The Mighty 10 took another one down:)

2 ozs of #6 from the right barrel is all it took. We are blessed with turkey this year, 4 birds from the same field in as many hunts

Great job with that big gun! Now, how 'bout live trap a few Toms and send 'em west?:rotf:

Hey Gary,

Like I said, we seem to have turkeys everywhere this spring. Our farm has pretty consistently held a good number of turkey, but we’ve also had some lean years. Not sure what decides that, maybe mostly the hatch?

Stan

They are not as plentiful here as they were. I am thankful for the one I harvested. Two toms came in to my calling yesterday morning. I was very selective with my shot as I did not want to injure or kill the second one. My season is over and I hope that 2nd bird survives for another season.

Good shooting Reggie. Bet that Parker will keep up with my Smith Long Range.
I rotate guns to bring some good fortune: Super Fox, Smith Long Range, 1916 XE.
The LC has been lucky the last few hunts. Parker will see next Spring.Turkeys come close to see the engraving, while looking for hens!

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Nice bird. Even nicer gun. Does the cigar keep the mosquitoes away?:)

It does! It also attracts curious deer

The hunts started in March in Florida and concluded early June here in Maine. Many were called, a few were chosen and the Parker hammers fell. We are truly blessed to enjoy great hunts with loyal friends in awesome turkey habitat! And now we angle away the summer months planning fall excursions to New Brunswick and northern Maine for moose and black bear. Oh yeah, we will journey in July to The Rock for Atlantic salmon and sea-run brookies.

Wonderful pictures Jim!

Mighty fine calling to get those birds! Gotta love the adrenaline charge when you fool a gobbler, or even if they make a fool out of you!

Great pictures!!

...but I need to know where this "rock" is...





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Newfoundland aka The Rock ��

really good pictures of gun and turkeys....what kind of shell is pictured here....charlie

12 gauge brass labeled “Winchester 12 GA”
Loaded with 3 1/4 drams FF black powder pushing 1 1/8 #5

I came across these recently, a gift from an old friend who learned of my use of brass shells. Trying to figure out what to do with them

Deer hunt!

I second the deer hunt....nice original box and shells.......charlie

I like the idea of the deer hunt. All our Parkers are Damascus barrels……and these are smokeless shells ��

I see no warning on the box stating "Do Not Use in Guns With Damascus or Twist Barrels"

Send one or two to Tom Armburst to get pressure and velocity specs first.






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Newfoundland!!
 

With the Parkers cleaned and put up for the summer a journey north by northeast was in order. Great times with dear friends on The Rock!

Awesome!

…but what is “The Rock”?






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Further Down East trout...
 

Jim:
Anyone who regularly engages in pursuit of both the elusive Eastern wild turkey and fly- fished trout must be a gentleman of the highest order. RM

Those fish look to me like Atlantic Salmon Grilse, if I'm not mistaken.





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Yes, Atlantic salmon grilse from the Main and Torrent Rivers on The Rock, aka Newfoundland. We also fished the Humber, Big East and River of Ponds. The run is late starting, some say high water, some say late ice conditions, some say late spawn of capelin and others say any combination of the above. It’s Atlantic salmon fishing so theories hatched match the number of casts made. Baked salmon, roasted black bear and bakeapple sauce over vanilla ice cream was our Newfoundland feast upon returning home.

Thanks Jim - I’ve always wanted to fish for the “silver leaper” in Maritime Cabada… looking at the possibility of the Restigouche in the next year or two.





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I’ve fished New Brunswick, Cape Breton and now western Newfoundland and I’d venture to Cape Breton in a heartbeat. I’ve Newfoundland clearly has the most salmon rivers and the trip logistics are the most challenging. New Brunswick and Newfoundland require guides for non-residents and Cape Breton does not. The Restigouche holds some really large fish and its tributaries are really good. Atlantic salmon fishing should come with a warning label as it can be so addictive….like hunting with Parkers!!

My lady, Dorothy has fished the Restigouche twice and we hope to do it together before we get too old. (We’re both 75 and counting.)





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