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Shooting deer at night by spotlight is absolutely legal in GA................ if you have a depredation permit. Been doing it for many years with the game warden's blessing. Ive got his cell phone number, and usually text him and tell him where I'm going to be so the helicopter crew doesn't get all jacked up.

SRH

He paid $50,000...for the call and manuscript. I warned him before the purchase that from what I had heard I was sure something was fishy. He didn't listen...turns out the diary was public record and anyone could copy it...the call I'm sure belonged to Davis.

The year he bought it...he had his secretary copy the manuscript and send me a copy and when I went hunting that year he handed me the call and said "go kill a turkey ithv it"...which I did.

As far as the Greener he hunted turkeys with...it was made about 1920 with no signs of any wear...I don't recall reading in his hunting diary about him killing a turkey with it maybe he did.
I don't recall many turkeys in the diary...lots of blue whislers and deer hounds...fact after reading the hunting diary I looked at Henry Davis differently.

I found out from the editor of "Garden and Gun" Art Carter that a writer doesn't have to walk the walk only type the hype.

After Arts death my life time subscription to Garden and Gun lasted a couple of years...I started to call and ask them why it stopped coming...but the deal I had made was with a dead man I didn't figure they'd care to hear about it.

The best fishing and hunting has always been in print and we all know of an outdoor sports writer who writes better than he can hunt or fish. One acclaimed "honest" fishing book, Fishless Days, Angling Nights by Sparse Grey Hackle (Allan Miller) has exactly one puny trout caught in the book. A buddy after reading a published account of a trip, remarked that he always wanted the writer to count fish and game because he didn't remember the same numbers and he was on the trip. Gil

That's something I was naive about...I always figured if you could write or talk the talk you could walk the walk.

About 25 years ago I met one of the well known turkey hunting writers....I won't call any name because people still see him as an authority on the subject....when I met him I was shocked when handed any type turkey call he was mediocre at best when it came to playing it.

After meeting him I discussed this with Art Carter...his reply was he's a good writer.

It changed my whole perspective on turkey hunting.

Charley Waterman, fishing, Charlie Elliott, hunting, were two writers who could walk their talk. I never met the two gentleman but from all accounts they were good folks. Gil

A buncha states have different rules. In Va, you can shoot them with a rifle or a shotgun. Lots of folks used to use the Savage model 24 O/U with 22 hornet over a 20 gauge. Good from close and decent out far. Personally, I can't imagine hunting them in the spring with a rifle. However, in my old days I shot a few with a rifle (including a muzzleloader) during the fall. All were gobblers even though hens were legal.

I was on a dove hunt in Illinois once where there was a minor outdoor writer also in attendance. He'd brought some kind of .410 and wasn't shy before the hunt bragging about how he was going to shoot a limit with his little gun. It wasn't a good year and the doves were fairly scarce. He ended up with about 6 birds. Then went around and borrowed birds from other hunters so he could take pictures for his article of the 15 bird limit he shot.

The gun show up yet?

Best,
Ted

Most of the rules of this nature were made back in the Days when a muzzle Loader was a True Muzzle Loader not one of these modern abominations shooting sabot bullets etc.
There is a World of difference in the carrying range of a .32 caliber round ball & a .32-20 bullet. These rules were for the most part made due to safety factors.

Yes it did, Ted. It's a pretty dang nice little gun. Took it out and touched off a few rounds yesterday. Decided to try some old Rem. 3" 1 1/4 oz. 6's I've had for years. Let's just say recoil is "noticeable".

The piece is well made and has a lot of visual appeal from its "blued steel and walnut" straightforwardness. Excellent satin blued receiver and polished blued barrel that's not too shiny. The contours of the receiver and the little "step" where the forend meets the receiver are nice, along with the very slim and trim forend. I've put a slip-on, lace-up leather pad (one like Stan has shown here before) on to increase l.o.p.

I like it.
JR