Flintlock Crows

[Adam Helmer]

roundball,

Thanks for the fine post. I NEVER would have gone crow hunting like you said, but the wife just inheirited 15 more guns that needed vault space, so ALL my muzzleloaders and spare barrels are now in the gunroom upstairs. Yesterday, I put the single 12 gauge barrel on the .54 T/C Renegade stock and went afield with the young dog.

At the end of the tractor road we got into a few crows yakking overhead. I shot, dropped two crows and then the fun began. I reloaded, called on the crow call and the yellar dawg trotted here and there. The crows dived at the dawg and, being young, she darted to and fro whilst I frantically reloaded the single barrel with 80 grains of pyro and similar loads of #7.5 shot. When all was done, it was us 6 and crows ZIP!

One proviso: My gun was a caplock, BUT I wish it had been a flinter. I will work on that minor point.

Be well.

Adam