Opening morning starting lineup

[ChesterCopperpot]

I waste a lot of time every year thinking about what I'll carry opening morning. This year I'm going with an ode to Simon Everitt, a North Carolina pot hunter if there ever was one (a man after my own heritage and heart). I'll be toting a 1928 Winchester Model 12 commemorating the year Everitt's book Tales Of Wild Turkey Hunting was published, and I'll be calling from an Everitt style Roanoke yelper made by the incomparable Ralph Permar. Sometimes, for me, it's as much about the story and the tradition as it is anything else.


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[Yoder409]

If you know......you know.

Well played, sir !!!!     

[Dtrkyman]

Awesome, love the old model 12.  Trying to borrow one from my cousin who inherited one from my uncle Joe and kill a bird with it as a tribute to the old duck hunter!

Good luck.

[ncturkey]

Nice

[boatpaddle]

As Yoder said, YOU know...

I tip my favorite camo hat to you, Sir.

I hope, the memories are many for you this spring...

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[lacire]

Great picture.

[trkehunr93]

Nice way to pay homage.  Good luck with that model 12 and that's one nice yelper!

[Tom007]

Wouldn't want to be a "love struck" Turkey in your woods while your toting that Model 12. Good luck.....can't wait to see the pics

[ChesterCopperpot]

Wouldn't want to be a "love struck" Turkey in your woods while your toting that Model 12. Good luck.....can't wait to see the pics

Me either and mainly because the one place I'm cheating with regards to history is I'm throwing some 2-3/4" Foxtrot Hot Rods. That's a fistful of #9s!


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[Greg Massey]

That morning lineup will hunt for sure.  It's all about enjoying and sharing the history of turkey hunting. In my opinion any call you carry from a builder has a history behind the calls and that includes what gun and other items you take hunting with you. Making Memories ...

[Cowboy]

Yes the tradition is what it's all about.  More gratification I believe too. Good luck with the journey. 

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[greentrout]

Hey! I know you now!

Great post

[bear hunter]

Very nice

[Zobo]

You've definitely got style Chester!  It's about the journey, not the outcome.

[ElkTurkMan]

Good stuff man!