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Classy way of getting some pork. Ross Siegfred liked the brake action singles and I think a 7x64 R was a favorite of his. I always wanted to make a 280 AI rimmed up in a single shot Blaser. Are you rifle hunting the Turkeys? They are just getting started gobbling in earnest around here in Blanco County. A bit south of here they are really carrying on but may be due to higher density of Toms at that place.

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Anywho, I was at my lease between last Saturday eve and Tuesday afternoon. I saw 4 toms. Two had about half dozen hens around, however to my mind I believe the strut to be a week to 10 days away at Reagan Wells.

ya!



GWB

What a beautiful array of firearms as contrasted to the junk the midget posts here...

Texas looks like the land of the plenty... I wasn't aware you can shoot Turkey with a rifle. Nice.

Geedub...REALLY glad to see the .222 Merkel got in the act....pretty sweet stuff posted...as always!

Very nicely done!! One of these years I'm going to take my boys on a spring break pork run.

Geedubya ,

Good morning ..

People like you have put print magazines nearly out of business - great post as usual Sir !

Quien Sabe,

thankfully, I do not have to face a deadline or deal with an editor!

ya!


GWB

Have you ever had Turkey and Feral Hog sausage? There is a recipe in Rytek Kutas's "Great Sausage Recipes" for a low cholesterol turkey sausage. It's a good way to use the thighs and drumsticks up. Add a little Habenero and some chili to the Kielbasas spices and you have a pretty good sausage that's supposedly healthier.

May have to try that.

I usually make what I call Turkey Leg Soup. I will taked the "quarter" (thigh and drumstick) and season it with garlic powder, black pepper and Tony Chacheries, then put it in the smoker and smoke with either mesquite or cherry wood for a couple hours till it picks up the smoke. Then I use it as the meat portion for a vegetable soup. I get Caldo de Pollo for the stock, tomato sauce, a can of diced tomatoes, garlic powder, black pepper, sweet yellow onion, celery, new potatoes, carrots, corn, baby green peas, a dab of okra, yellow and zucchini squash, a cup of 15 bean soup and a dash of quinoa, and plenty of parsley. I set the beans out to soak in water the night before. I boil the beans in the broth for a couple hours, then add the smoked turkey leg/thigh and let it simmer for another thirty minutes, then I start adding the vegetables according to their cooking time, parsley, then celery and potatoes, carrots, then green beans, and then the rest. Takes about 3.5 hours from start to finish.

Works for me.

ya!


GWB

Just came back from Texas. Three evening hunts and one morning hunt. Son got 5 and I got 4 pigs. Not as good as GWBs place but a put and take operation. Still lots of fun targets when you are from Misery with no huntable populations. NO!, we don't want ferals. GW I have been thinking about a 9.3X74 in a Merkel stalking rifle. I have two doubles in O/Us. But there is a kind of class in a Merkel stalking rifle with a stock all the way to the muzzle. Kind of like a beautiful woman with loooong legs all the way to the top. A special proportion exists there. So attractive, the GUNS. I had thought a cast bullet for the Makarov would make a subsonic load for turkeys in the stalker. Probably use Trail Boss. God Bless Y'all. Rusty

Bet that is darn good and you could live off of that for weeks if you had to. Sounds like my Turkey Gumbo recipe plus about 30 more ingredients. The Gumbo is best with Thanksgiving left overs and then I add wild turkey stock made from a mix of raw and smoked legs, the gravy gets turned into a roux. OK back to the Gun and Knife Porn.

I don't see many K1 half stocks in the 9.3 x 74R chambering. I don't think I've ever seen a K1 or K3 in the Jaged Stutzen (full stock).

I was fortunate enough that one of my buds snagged this one when I was out of town hunting.



These are the targets that came along with the rifle, 1.8x 6 Zeiss conquest and 100 loaded rounds.




My first two shots off the bench after I received the rifle



The Merkels are capable of fine accuracy.




and at 2,200 FPS, +/-, one can eat right up to the bullet hole!

ya!

GWB

GW I belive you have a little slice of Heaven at the Petting Zoo, Great pics of Great guns & Knives!

Nice...

You all have some beautiful rifles, I was in stand yesterday, no turkeys, but a few pigs came out.

Congrats on the hoglets.

Heading back next Friday.

Hoping that the toms will be more vocal and more active.

I left two traps and a pen set when I left Tuesday eve. My bud got there Wednesday morning and had 6 in one pen. Wednesday he got 5.

I am building guillotine style doors for three more pens and rehabbing a box trap.

We are getting ready to go to war on swine.

ya!


GWB

Tn has hogs but no season, TWRA trying to eradicate them to no avail, lol. They fly around and shoot them from helos.
SMH.

Just checking but what bullets do you like for Turkey? Barnes are good as well as 17 HMR and the old bonded 17 Rem. Others have been whatever was in my rifle while deer hunting. Got three with one shot using the 7RM and a Barnes X. I doubled twice with a 3.5" 12 gauge.

Knocked out a few this weekend