Getting Ready for Turkey Season

I have been so busy with the podcasts that I have not had a good chance to sit down and discuss all the other things going on in the Shamanic Dream Team’s run up to The Opener.

Angus’ New Shotgun

I was at an auction back in February and got a very nice Remington 870 Express at well under market value. The auctioneer commented to everyone that the look on my face was priceless. I had bid on it at the last minute; I had wanted a Mossberg 500, but this came first on the list, and I did not want to walk away empty handed.

It makes a very passable turkey gun. Angus already had a turkey barrel for it, as well as the choke. We took it out on Saturday and patterned it. It seemed to like Remington #5’s the best of all– a nice dense pattern at 40 yards.

New Calls

I was looking for a new box call. Nothing too fancy, but a something new for the arsenal. The folks on OldGobbler.com spoke highly of Al Shoemaker at SS Game Calls . I contacted Al and asked him for moderately priced call that would suit my circumstance. He sent me a butternut/Kwila field grade box