Nebraska Longbeard killed yesterday at 22 yards with The Twister, formerly Mike Franzen's Space Age Parker.....an 1880 lifter 12 gauge with 32" plain twist barrels featured in his Parker Pages article...thank you again Mike!
This bird and his buddy hollered for two hours after fly down before circling and strutting up behind me. One gobbled wicked close then starting drumming. My heart was pounding making the barrels move with each beat and one of the toms putted softly twice at that. Their fatal move was attempting to slide past on my left to find the "hen". Pausing behind a small oak was all that was needed to aim and fire an ounce and an eighth of nickel 5s. Once the smoke cleared I could see the shot was true. Son Tim and friend Niles did very well with their 870s.
Returning to New England today to prepare for more Parker and turkey adventures. Talk about a stress test - My heart rate just returned to normal
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"I don't hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt turkeys because I have to." Col. Tom Kelly
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