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took off hunting at2.30 this evening when I got to my hunting place 2 big long beards were already on the field...I finally got me a hiding place but the big boys would not come to my calls...they left the field and I dib not see them anymore...about 6.00 2 more big turkeys flew across a creek and came toward me but for some reason they flew back across the creek...then at 6.20 a lone jake came by me headed to were the other turkeys had crossed the creek...I eased out of there and come to the house...gona try getting up early and be set up to hunt by daylight....charlie

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Best luck Charlie,

Will you be carrying an 8 bore I hope?

Stan Hoover

Those turkeys are in trouble. Good luck, Charlie!

-Victor

got up at 4.30 in the woods at my blind by 5.15..2 gobblers were really telling the news...they were about 200 yards from me...at daylight both gobblers flew down and headed away from me I figured they had hens with them...after about an hour had past with them gobbling every ten minutes or so ...I started calling to the gobblers only one answered me I believe he was a quarter of a mile away...the other gobbler was almost out of hearing by now...the closest gobbler had started coming closer after about an hour passed by he had come close to me then I seen him step out of the woods he was at 30 yards..i raised up the parker 10 ga hammerless and fired the left barrel...could not believe it I cleanly missed this turkey...he ran into the woods doing 90....I waited about 20 minutes and yelped on my call...at about 100 yards that same turkey came into the field again he stayed about 5 minutes and went back into the woods...the other gobbler never showed...been a long time since I missed a turkey but it happened today...got to try again tomorrow.....will try the 8 ga. next week....charlie

just got back from a short hunt this morning got up at 4.30 and was in the woods with time to spare....nothing stirring this morning heard one crow...was a still morning but cloudy gona rain... will not get to hunt till Friday got some doctor s I got to see..they gona check my battery in this deflibarator I have....shore don't want a dead battery maybe I will get some of those energizer batterys like the rabbit has look out turkeys....charlie

battery checked out good the doc said to hunt hard keep up what ever I was doing...did not hunt today felt bad so I have wasted a day by sitting in the house all day a bummer for sure...giving out bad weather for tonight maybe it want blow them out of the trees tonight....charlie

I hope you are feeling better Charlie and you can get back out there!

Charlie: I am sitting on the throne one one morning and I hear this Beep, beep, beep and wonder what the hell is that and where is it coming from. Next morning the same thing and I finally realize its coming from me.... Yea my battery warning. So, I call my electronics guy and he calls me back and they run a remote. He tells me I have a good 30 days left on the battery and we schedule a replacement for the generator..... Replacement goes as planned and all is well.

I suspect yours will tell you when its time.... Aint modern medicine amazing...

When your defribulator goes off make sure nobody is touching you at the time.
My brother in law has one and he operates heavy machinery. He was operating a loader when his went off successively. His boss saw him in trouble and climbed up to help him and he was trying to get my BIL out of the cab when it went off again... knocked the boss right off the machine.




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they say the shock is pretty bad...I wore the life vest which will shock you if your heart acts up...it shocked me the 2nd night I wore it they carried me to the er room put me on the table it shocked me the 2 nd time then it shocked me again it brought me straight up on the table after that 3 shock...don't want to be shocked like that again but it saved my life...charlie

My brother-in-law’s defribulator is a surgically implanted unit beneath the skin of his chest.





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Mine is also....

mine too....gona rest today but be after them turkeys tomorrow...charlie

got the 8 ga out and oiled her down.. its suppose to be nice tomorrow it was in the 80.s today...worked on a golf cart right out in the sun...got my 38 chev coupe in the way got some rubber on theradius arm that's went bad...justed rotted away...but tomorrow I m going back after that gobbler I missed...you boys don't shoot up all them 8 ga shells at that shoot...I mite need to borrow some if I keep missing them turkeys...I would like to have seen the 8 ga lc smith....charlie

went out hunting this evening but did not see or hear any thing...carried the old 8 ga davenport using a no 6 in a Remington hull 2 1/2 ounce load on paper its a winner...also took a coupla 8 ga eley no 4 too I shot one of these a bout 3 weeks ago it is a real mild load 5 1/2 drams noble powder and 2 ounce of no 4 lead shot...good pattern at 40 yardsprobly a dead turkey out to 60 yards...charlie

We can't have an 8 gauge show & tell without you Charlie, not sure where you're at but surely close enough to drive over?

Stan

stan I would really enjoy seeing all those 8 ga guns...my ability to drive is gone I lost most of my eye sight to a stroke I had last year....hope somebody takes some pictures of these guns for this kind of gathering all these big bores don't happen but once in a life time...charlie

was going this morning but it was raining and I just turned over and stayed in bed...not raing this evening but it cooled down some...maybe tomorrow....charlie

I’m sorry to hear about your loss of eye sight and stroke but glad you’re still with us. I know you’re in the south, but approximately where if you care to say?

Stan Hoover

stan I m in the north east corner of miss. between the 2 towns fulton and Belmont miss on the highway 25 north of interstate 22 15 miles...did not hunt today weather cool so I worked on my wifes 38 chevy coupe...just tochup work...gona finish it after all these years.....charlie

Charlie. When all is said and done it would make a good picture with you a Parker an old Tom and the ‘38 coupe. That’s a pic I’d like to see. Cheers Jack

I’d like to see that picture too.





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will try if the turkey will cooperate this week...suppose to be pretty cool the first of this week makes for hard hunting the gobblers don't want to gobble to much...that gobblers head and the case colors of that hammer gun really stand out..charlie

no gobbling going on this evening but a small hen did come in the field and joined us for about 2 hours...thought sure a gobbler would come out since we had a live decoy for a while...I carried the eley 8 gauge shells and no 6 of my own ready rolls....the eleys were no 4 s....maybe tomorrow.....charlie

did not go this evening I had some work to do even if you are retired work still comes up...but I hope tomorrow will be different...will try the 8 ga parker hammer gun tomorrow aint had it out since mike and me tried to get him a bird a few years back...we almost got him one...charlie

was not feeling good this evening sio I just sat in my recliner thinking about hunting but never saw nothing in that chair maybe tomorrow....charlie

Charlie. If you close your eyes and drift off just a little you’d be amazed at the size of gobblers you can take from a recliner. I do that a lot for wild pheasants. Cheers Jack

weather really unstable here today so I just done a little more work on the 38 chevy...got next week then its all over...I aint hunted as much as I would usally do but boy did I enjoy what time I did hunt....charlie

Thanks for the update Charlie,

I think you would have enjoyed seeing the 8 Gauge fun this weekend, I think of your advice different times while shooting my Parker 8 gauge.

Hopefully you have great weather next week and the turkeys come looking for ya:)

Stan Hoover

I hunted till dark yesterday as I drove into my hunting spot about 15 big long beards and big jakes went running in front of me...did not think to chase them and blow the horn thus scattering them I might could have called one back up...I set up and had one to gobble one time did not see them again....charlie

hunted till almost dark again only seen one gobbler but he was about 200 yards would not come to the call...was still toteing the 8 ga I m trying to get a picture....charlie

Was out yesterday and had a really close encounter with a bird. Unfortunately, it was a robin who was in a group zooming around getting ready for some adult activity. He hit me in the side of the head. Sure will keep you awake

now that is funny getting attacked by a robin.....charlie

I hunted till dark again I seen 5 jakes a hen and 2 good gobblers ...but they wound not respond to my calls I even gobbled at them but they would only look my way....so today ended the season for me it closes tomorrow but I m going to a big car show in tupelo miss..hope ya ll do well with your seasons I ve had a good season I only baged one nice gobbler and missed another...good hunting ....charlie

This morning I harvested a very nice Tom with a GH 12 ga using a soft shooting hand load of sixes. I got both from a fellow member of PGCA. Super gun, super load. NOW if I can only figure out how to post a picture from my iPhone.

Wanna see your pics. Hopefully these pics are in order. You cannot use quick reply. Choose Go Advanced and follow the order shown in the pics below. Cheers Jack

Thank you for the great tutorial. I’ll do my best. Thanks for your help.

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After 5 days of birds within range, but no shot I finally connected today. I was trying to save the birds at my farm for my son, and was hunting the sportsman's club adjacent to my farm this morning, but the only birds I heard were across the next ridge over on my farm. So I made the 1/2 hr hike over to my place, and just as I topped out of my logging rd. into my top field a bird gobbled hard off my left, and certainly in range. Couldnt see him thru the multiflora, but he was already within gun range. Could hear him spit and drum and gobble for forty minutes, but could only see a blur thru the brush. I finally moved about 2 feet and could just make him out. I was carrying my 870 Wingmaster from the late 1950's--bought it with grass cutting, hay baling money my jr year in 1971. It now sports a 21" barrel and turkey x-tra full choke tube, and a Weaver K2.5 scope. Finally found his head in a gap thru the brush and shot. I was using old Active 2 3/4" shells with 1 5/8 oz nickel 4's--love those shells. Old gobbler with 11" beard and 1 1/4" spurs, put me in 1st place in our clubs big turkey contest. Had him for dinner tonight, and the rest will go in the smoker tomorrow. I have carried my GH12 hammer, and 16 grade 0 hammer, but today opted for the 870 because it has a sling, and was walking long distance..Pictures to follow