Mission Accomplished

[gooseaholic]

I set out to kill a turkey with an old SxS. For this project I bought an inexpensive 12ga Lefever Nitro Special off GB last year. The price was right because the forearm was splitting. If my memory serves me correctly the serial number puts the gun at 1926. I made the repair and waited for turkey season.

My buddies and I drew a gameland permit this past weekend and I was able to make it happen Fri evening.

Thursday evening was uneventful. The WRC had a significant portion of the property logged at the start of the week. All of the spots I wanted to hunt were void of standing trees.

Friday morning I headed to a different section that had been logged and planted 5-6 years ago. I got this bird fired up and gobbling ~6:30am but he worked off deeper in the swamp after giving me a farewell gobble. Based on the layout I knew almost exactly where he was roosted.

After dodging some thunderstorms I snuck in ~4:30pm and got tucked back into the swamp close to the roost. Sometime close to 6:30pm I thought I heard a gobble reply to my calling. 30 min later he was standing in front of me at 25 yards.

Triple beards (11”, 9”, 8”)
Spurs 1-7/16”, 1-3/8”
An ounce shy of 22#

I believe I will hunt exclusively with this SxS in 2026 to celebrate the century mark. In the meantime I need to decide what the next project/mission will be.

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