Randy, last Spring I used the L.C.Smith hammergun I bought from you with Republic Metallic Cartridge Co. black powder 4's. The first week of the season I called up 3 big gobblers together and shot two of them with a right and left. I could have smoked the 3rd one, but didn't want to risk a wingshot with two already on the ground.
The open barrel on the Smith hammergun is too open really for turkeys though, so this Spring I am going back to my NEF 3 1/2" single with heavy shot. The hammer Smith is relegated to quail duty. I quit shooting an automatic at turkeys the last time I had to carry 60 pounds of gobblers(3 of 'em)for two miles out of the woods. Might as well shoot an elk or something as do that again. One shot, one gobbler; and go back tomorrow.
I use friction calls mostly, my favorite being a box-type call I bought from an old guy named Tom Gaskins, I think. He ran a tourist trap called "Cypress Knee Land" somewhere near Lake Okeechobee in South Florida and I stopped by on the way back from a snook fishing trip in the Everglades. We had a great conversation about turkey hunting and I bought one of his calls. He's long dead, but I believe his family still markets the call...Geo
