Gobbler Special's First Test

[hoyt]

Hobbes...every one I ever built I always seem to end up around $1000.00 for parts, but I use top of line locks and barrels and good grained maple since I'm building them for myself to hunt with.

You can get by a lot less though...around $500 and still end up with good gun.

I was hunting in Pope Co. area of Shawnee and yesterday was the first decent day weather wise since the season opened first part of March.

[hobbes]

I was in south Pope last week.  Tough weather.  We killed Shawnee birds on the  two nice mornings we had in the third.
 
Maybe one day I'll build a gun like that.  Seems I found some photos of a guy building a similar gun a while back on a traditional forum.  I believe they were using the same barrel you have that is specially made for turkey hunting.

[barry]

Yowsa!! Well done, Hoyt. That's gettin' 'er done the old fashioned way..Mike

Agreed!
Way to go!

[Wrangler95]

Very special to kill one with the smokepole,congrats!!

[Snoody Bastid]

Great Job, congrats. Beautiful sidelock. You definitely peaked my interest into traditional turkey hunting.

[moonman]

Awesome!

[vaturkey]

Gongrats Hoyt ! Great Gobbler !  Beautiful gun also !

[hoyt]

Thanks for all the nice comments on the gun and bird. I cut my teeth on Easterns back in Ga. and S.C. but that's the first Eastern I've killed in bout 30yrs. since I moved from Ga. to Fl. Been harassing the Osceola's till I moved up to S. Illinois.

[anthonyjhallen]

Thats cool man.  It looks like it was wet also.  Bonus.   

What kind of pattern will that thing throw?

[hoyt]

Thats cool man.  It looks like it was wet also.  Bonus.   

What kind of pattern will that thing throw?

I put a Colrain Turkey Choke Barrel on it and it patterns pretty good. This one is from about 15 or 20yds. My rear sight fell off squirrel hunting and was adjusting a new one. I think I may have posted it was a 35yd pattern, but it's not.

This one is a little over 35yds. Click on thumbnails for bigger picture.

[flintlock]

Congrats again Hoyt.  (muzzleloadingforum site as well.)