Congratulations. Nice, well deserved bird. You've learned a valuable lesson as well, where you set up is alot of turkey hunting.....you can screw alot of other things up, but not that;)
Got it done last Saturday in Indiana. Been after one with an old Winchester 410 pump. Only take it when its nice. Patience paid off with a great bird. 28#'s, 12 inch beard, 1" spurs.
Wellers and Eagle Rare were always go to's for me. Tin Cup came out tasters choice at a blind a guy does in our area. Beat some really good bottles and they redid it a couple weeks later and came out on top again. I've only tried their 10 year.
I agree with the others that say the one that rwill remind you the most of your dad. If your plan is to sell them the unscoped one will be easier to move along
That is most likely a short chambered Lefevre. Also inspect your barrels very, very carefully before firing. Those are twist steel construction and should be checked over carefully. Most likely an H grade. Should be stamped on the receiver flats.
Skipped to the end here and not sure if it's been mentioned but my current go to is tin cup. Got sick of begging liquor stores here to get things out of the back room that used to be on shelf at half the price
I'll thumbs up the copper spur ul3 as well. Can run it several different ways. Fly and footprint if it's decent weather to save weight. I also have the Durston single and love it as well. My brother runs the xmid 2 and it's a roomy 2 man, but sure was glad we had the big agmes to share the last...
Just new here, but I decided after a trip to Glacier that MAYBE I would like to hunt sheep. After reading through this entire post, I spent a summer working out and buying gear. Didnt buy a tag but did go out the week before the opener to see if it was something I could even do (not much...
Greetings,
New member from Indiana here. Long time lurker, first time poster. I've read alot of good advice on this site and made a backpacking trip to the Beartooths last fall because of the stories here. Appreciate all the insights found here.
Josh