You sure had me on a double take! I wuz trying 2 wrap my head around the different clothes, the cut hair and finally watched the 'real' Peter enter the stage. I canNOT imagine how good 'wild turkey' must taste. Happy to C U with a friend who shares your passion 4 a good ol' turkey hunt. Looks like BOTH of U found something to; 'gobble up'! Over a lovely meal, I'm sure you 'talked turkey' on strategies 4 the hunt. My wee musings found that some have had luck with; gentle yelps and the scratching of leaves. So it seems, it is enjoyable to; shoot turkey, eat wild turkey, talk turkey but never be called; a turkey. Thank-you Peter and Catherine, for yet another fine sharing of your time and talents with us. Health and God Bless!
Mr. Pete that hawk turned out to be very nice. thank you for not showing the rest of the story on those turkeys. The water at the end was stunning. As always, stay well! Robin
Thank you, Peter, for another enjoyable video. We raised turkey when my kids were little and let them run the forest around our place. They stayed by the chicken pen most of the time. A bear wounded one and we had to put it down. My daughter raised some this year, but my grand daughter carried them around and they became pets. They rescued my daughter one day from a very mean rooster... lol. So, now she just cannot put them on the dinner plate... they are the sweetest birds and happy to see me when I go over there.
Worth waiting for this one. Excellent. Your description of breeding males fluffing up suitably fitted Patrick's excitement at shooting his bird. I do believe the man enjoys the hunt - just a tad!!! Thank you
Great timing with this video. Turkey Antics! Yes, Peter, I got to experience that this past Saturday. Had a gobbler coming from about 400 yards. He really liked my turtle shell call. When he dropped off the little knoll, I lost sight of him briefly on the flat. At about 65 or 70 yards, he popped his head up and took flight! Flew straight at me and passed 3 or 4 feet overhead only to land on a branch 45 or 50 yards to my east. There he stayed for about 40 minutes. No soft talk from the wing bone coaxed him into closing the distance for my flintlock. He eventually heard a hen down over the hill from me and pitched off. Beautiful sight with his wings and tail being back-lit. I doubt I'll ever understand why he flew at me, why he treed at 6:30 am, or why he chose that hen's sweet talk over something closer.
THAT was a heavy wild turkey. Congratulations to you and Jenny for getting a Tom of your own. The rushing spring waters in the creek/river made fine video.
A week or two back, I came out the door of my semi-suburban Michigan home, and there was a Turkey standing right there. He was just as surprised as me!
When I was a teenager, in Oklahoma, we were allowed to harvest as many as 4 turkeys in the state but most counties only allowed 1 or 2. We traveled all over the 5 county area to get our limit. Lots of fun and they don't hunt the same in different areas. Between my dad, brother, and I we ended up with 10 one year and had a big turkey smoke to share with our neighbors and friends. Never wanted to keep them to ourselves. We have a lot of turkeys here and they get to around 25 pounds with all the agriculture here. We get flocks so big they have disease problems if not maintained due to a shortage of predators. We were also allowed another 2 in the fall just in time for the holidays.
Sounds like an extremely healthy population. We are only allowed two. We once roasted up two, had 15 people for dinner and put up long tables on the front veranda followed by some home grown music … a memorable evening for sure. Those wing bone calls work better than any other store bought calls.
Hey Peter! Good times with a good friend. It just doesn't get better than this! The fact that you both got a turkey with your Smoke Poles is just gravy! The axe turned out as well as I thought it would and will serve you well for a long time to come. Well done and I'm already looking forward to the next one!
@@TheWoodlandEscape I have no doubt that the day after the Hunting Season ends... an entire flock of about 10 -15 birds will be parading outside your cabin door!
What an absolute great video .. I have killed many turkeys in my short 59 years .. loved the camp axe .. as always.. I enjoyed.. Onward and Upward is the watchword ..
Glad to see you both got yourself a Turkey. I have never eaten wild Turkey. I am sure it is wonderful. I occasionally see some wild turkeys walking through my property I love watching them slowly make their way to wherever they are going. Your ax is beautiful. That is a treasure
I have plenty of birds here, many pictures. I came in from bow hunting and the wife was on the porch and reading out loud to 15 or 20 birds. They were on the porch and looking at her and she was turning pages and they didn't care. I stuck an EYE around the corner and off they went crazy. They also loved my broom corn and would destroy it. A beautiful bird to watch up close. When there are a lot of them you can learn a lot about them.
G'Day Peter and Catherine, It was wonderful to see the bonds of friendship between yourself and Pat. A good, loyal friend is priceless. A successful turkey hunt and superb looking axe. Envious! Here in OZ we don't have turkey's running wild. In Queensland--northern Australia---they hunt a bird that they call a bush turkey but I think it may actually be a Lyre Bird, a species of ground bird that we have in the southern states, like Victoria, where I live. They are totally protected in my state. I'm sure that the early pioneers would have hunted Lyre Birds in the scrubby forests as one bird would have fed a few mouths. I see and hear them often when I'm in the bush.--the Bush---an OZ term for anywhere beyond a town or city. I'm gradually finding some of my period shooting gear. I unfortunately don't have a magic box labeled "All of Steve's muzzleloading stuff!". I have the firearms, powder, ball, shot, percussion caps, tools and leather gear. I'll have to make do with a brass powder flask as I foolishly sold my powder horn when I stopped shooting muzzleloaders about 30 years ago. It was locally made by a very skilled artisan. Could I ask your advice on obtaining a decent powder horn? I've seen a few horns on e-bay--either from Pakistan or India. One of them has a brass, spring loaded spout. Would this be period for, say, late 1770's/mid 1850's, either here in OZ or the Americas? Or is it a bit farb? I'd like to be able to attend some of the many muzzleloading artisan shows that you have on your side of the ditch, so that I can see and feel items before buying. I will value any advice you can give me. Thank you for all your videos. I learn so much from them and they have rekindled my interest in muzzleloading and period life. With Kind Regards, Steve, Lynda and Seth
If you can count your true friends on one hand, one is lucky indeed. I could use one of those magic boxes as well, every time I head out on a trek it’s that old search thing all over again. As to the horn, I suggest making your own, it is great project and you’ll find tutorial on it as well. Nothing beats carrying something you made yourself. Measuring tips were very uncommon, usually a plug and the different powder measures carried in ones bag, also quite easy to make.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Good Morning Peter and Catherine, I have to agree that a handful of true friends that stick by you when times are hard are worth so much more than a swag of fair weather friends. This was evident to me when I had to have surgery last November for bowel cancer and follow up chemo-therapy which will end up with surgery on my liver some time this year. I'm doing really fine. I don't think I/we could have got through all this without the help and love of our close friends. They all got hugs from us and our eternal thanks. Life is good. Thanks for the advice on making a correct period powder horn and for preventing me making a bad choice. One of my good friends runs a few head of cattle on his property and he did mention de-horning some of his stock a little while ago. I might be able to get some horns from him----provided his dog hasn't chewed them! I must admit that having a home made powder horn on my hip would be very satisfying. Thanks again for your all of your advice and for your many videos. I may need a few lifetimes to watch all of them and absorb all their content! Kind Regards, Steve, Lynda and Seth
I find it really interesting when I talk to or hear from people in the East and South about how difficult it is to hunt turkeys! Here in the Rocky Mountains USA... you can almost get close enough to club them with a stick. No need to put the sneak on them. Just walk towards them. The hard part is getting land owner permission to hunt. They are strictly regulated and populations are healthy. Question... What is the large leather bag over your shoulder when you greet Patrick at the start of the video? Some form of haversack? Maybe a video explanation? Thanks for the video...
They are indeed a difficult creature to hunt where we live. I could do a video on haversack making. I’ve carried that one for 25 years. I made it from brain tanned deer hide.
Outstanding! I took my 11 year old son Turkey hunting this season. We didn't see any but we heard some gobbles. I'm just finishing up my Fowler build. I hope to use it on my next Turkey hunt. Thanks again for another great video Peter!
Congratulations guys! Neat story about the reintroduction of turkeys. I've even seen them a bit further north than Sudburry! I live north of Sault ste Marie and I've been seeing more and more the last 5 years or so.
Another great video. My first turkey hunt when I was a boy an old man took me. I was a green horn. 3 turkeys wandered in and he told me “shoot the one with the beard”. Well I kept looking for a beard coming out of his chin area. Needles to say I was the laugh of the camp. Thanks Peter you remind me in your videos of my life stories. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸
Hi, Peter! Thanks for the adventure. Never hunted with a traditional flintlock. You sure are a great encouragement to do so! Thanks again and take care until next time 👍
Love the video, about 10 years or more the wife and I had a trailer at Eagle Creek Sk. We were on our way out there when we saw a flock of birds out in a field. No idea what they were, they flew up and then I realized they were wild turkeys. Have never seen them since, but I have heard that they are around in Sk
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! Never hunted turkey. I'm sure it is a challenge. We should all look to the barter system as an independent and equal form of exchange. Know your price and value of the goods being offered and you shouldn't go wrong. One can always move along to the next trader and his wears if you are not comfortable with the current offer. Belt axe came out beautiful.Thanks again and keep your powder dry!
There's so much we love about your channel; a view of the old ways, and your sense of history and the way you present it is just..., well..., outstanding. All I do is blackpowder stuff, so my interest is peaked when you cover any aspect of that topic. I hope my homemade, home designed, Hawken style fowler flinter turns out as nice as your Jenny. I'm sure it will be with me during the '22 fall bird season over here in Maine. All the best, and thanks.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Yes, we do have a spring turkey season. My Fowler piece just won’t be finished in time. The “turkey project” in Maine has been very successful. Numbers are increasing here as well, as a result of great management. Again, thank you for your great channel.
Great video😀. Spring hunts also bring out ticks. Do you have any idea how the people in that time period dealt with that? Do you guys have any issues with them? Thanks again for sharing your wonderful work.
I pick them off me all season. We do a full check at the end of each day. If you get them off within 24 hours, there is little or no chance of Lyme disease.
I'm hoping to get my Pedersoli Indian trade gun out this month for some turkey hunting. Between that and the trout fishing locally trying to fill my freezer before the summer so I can head into the fall in good order and start squirrel hunting.
Wonderful content! I really enjoy your channel. It’s great to see a fellow Canadian enjoying hunting with a flintlock. Here in northern Quebec, I haven’t met anyone yet who hunts with one. I spend much of the fall/winter hunting on my land for grouse and hare with the 36cal. and waterfowl with the 20ga trade gun. With a bit of luck maybe I’ll manage to get a moose this fall too!
Pity we’re not closer Karl, finding a fellow black powder shooter or at least hunter is pretty darn difficult. Must admit, I still use a modern centre fire for our moose hunting. Too much invested to not get a shot due to the frequent longer ranges. Actually got a bull in your fine province 2 years ago. We are thinking of hunting for moose in Quebec every year. Ontario has so screwed up the way it is managed and the declining population is also a reflection of their policies.
Good video and turkey history! It’s nice to have these birds in Ontario now, I never seen a turkey ever growing up in the 70s They also seem road smart and keep away from vehicles maybe that’s just my imagination though lol.
Another great video. I have never been turkey hunting with a flintlock, but have taken a few with a 12 gauge over the years. I am curious what type of loads you use for turkeys? Do you use home made shot or commercially manufactured shot and how many grains of black powder? Pat was carrying a very nice .62 cal. fire lock, and I once again have taken notice of your .62 Cal. (20 Ga.) English Trade Gun "Jenny." I asked before about "her", and you intrigued me by saying that you bought the hardware, (Lock, barrel, trigger, etc.), and built the stock yourself. I am impressed and have a desire to build an English Trade Gun myself in the near future. (I have built a .50 cal. flintlock Kentucky Rifle and a .50 cal. flint lock Kentucky Pistol.) Have you ever thought about doing a video on your fire locks and what it took to build them or visiting a period gun smith? I think that would be very interesting. The tomahawk turned out amazing too. Thanks again for the education through your style of living history. I enjoy your work immensely.
Thanks again for your interest, Tracy. That is food for though an an episode dedicated to flint locks. My loads vary but for turkey I use 80 grains of fffg and 1 5/8 ounce of a mixture of 5, 6 and 7 1/2 shot. I use corn meal as a buffer which helps to keep the pattern tighter from my one choked barrel . For a cushion wad over the powder I use paper wasp material.
Good hunt Peter, and another great vid. By the way, it's just about time to go foraging for Morels to go with that turkey!! Your hawk looks real nice and that is some fine curly in the handle. Robert Wiggins
Interesting video, but really no thoughts or info about actually hunting turkey. My first attempt will be this fall using a Brown Bess. Was looking for info instead of entertainment. I liked it enough I watched the whole thing. Great outfits and kit!
Thanks for the feed back. Sorry, we were not attempting to do a tutorial on hunting, simply a representation of 18th. Your Brown Bess will certainly do the job given its large bore. Spring hunting is a little more predictable, given you can call turkeys in. The fall hunt is an entirely different approach. The scattering of the flock, then concealing and calling them back can work, as they want to flock back up. Up here, we are allowed to shoot either sex in the fall.
A year or so ago we had a wild tom move into our suburban neighborhood here in Southeast Wisconsin. Somebody named him Karl, and he became sort of a local mascot. He would forage in peoples yards, an found enough to stay fat and healthy. Most often he could be seen out in the street trying to seduce passing cars. Inevitably, one eventually hit him, but we have fond memories of good old Karl.
Those are some very fine birds birds and that is a very fine looking axe. A few years ago I left my hill country and decided to try my luck in the panhandle of Oklahoma. For 3 days we dodged tornados while staying in a fifth wheel. It was like being at sea in a small boat in 5 foot waves. while my nephew listened to the news forecasters yell about another tornado winding up just south of us my brother slept like a baby and I tried not to be thrown from the bunk while I bit my finger nails, listened to the wind howl, the thunder clash and watched bolt after bolt of lightening light up the surroundings like street lamps. The clouds were so close in that country you could touch them. I thought it a fine thing until I thought of lightening and then it occurred to me that it might not be healthy being so close to the angels. A tornado did hit the nearest town to us and killed three people. The people who live there are very sociable and get together frequently. I suppose because there are so few of them and they take time to count the survivors after the spring storms. We were invited to a get together that provided all the fixins with calf frys and armadillo eggs. To the uninitiated armadillo eggs are jalapeño peppers stuffed with either sausage or cream cheese, wrapped with bacon and deep fried. They make a very suitable substitute for rocket fuel. But truth be told I only saw 3 people go up in spontaneous combustion and those were the folks who had been ingesting the jack Daniel's. We did get a turkey though and yes I would go back. Those are some nice folks.
Congratulations! Great video. I was fortunate enough to take a wild turkey with my northwest trade gun a few years ago and it's about the biggest thrill I have had in the outdoors. I haven't had any luck yet this year, but the season runs until the end of May, so I will keep trying. Really enjoy your videos.
Nice to have returned - had to go away for a spell - anyway got a question Peter: You spoke of turkey permits from The Government, how many does it allow an individual where you are?
I wanted to take my fowling piece out after a turkey this spring but i wasnt ready. Have yet to develop a shot load for it and missed the season. Edit: I stand corrected. The season is still on until the 21st.
Man I can’t believe how fast they’re multiplying. A few years ago we were camping in Ontario, just across the Quebec border, and were absolutely gob smacked to see a herd of them silently walking past in the forest. Then a couple years ago, on the island of Laval (just across the river from Montreal), right on the side of a countryish road, they were there, Toms all puffed up and showing off, and last year there were some on the western part of island of Montreal holding up traffic! I have a hard time believing they’re hard to shoot after all this, but I guess like most things that get hunted, they know when the season starts.
They get accustomed to cars and noice but, when you hunt them in their natural environment they are extremely aware. A blink if the are within 30 yards will send them hightailing away.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Well like I was saying, we also saw a herd of them in the woods, and they weren’t far away at all. Perhaps it was because they felt safer in thick woods, but I’m sure it also was that no one had been shooting at them for a long time. Just like the provincial park I go hunting in. There are so many deer on the way in, but once you get within the boundaries? Almost nothing. I dunno. Never hunter them, so I don’t really know for sure, but if you’re right, you should drive around a bunch, then pull out the flint lock and shoot one! 😀😀
Hi Peter, How long did it take Pat to cover that thousand miles in a pony and trap or was it a covered waggon! He must like Turkey a lot! 😂 Best wishes, Mark
I’m new to your channel and have yet to look at many of your videos, but was wondering where you sourced the HB trade musket, and who’s kits you’d recommend today?
The trade musket i normally carry is actually an early trade musket prior the the famous one I think you refer to. Track of the wolf Carrie’s a very accurate model with great components.
I am interested in a flintlock Fowler kit to build. Any suggestions of who to contact. I know a gun builder was mentioned but I couldn't find any information on him.
@@TheWoodlandEscape it’s a combination of many things. It’s an extremely heated debate right now down here. People say it’s the lack of quality habitat, and that’s a huge part, but for me turkey hunting for whatever reason has become extremely popular! There are so many hunters in the woods on public land. The southern states have long seasons and liberal bag limits. Here in Tennessee we get 3 tags (it was 4 but they changed it last yr) and it’s a 7 week season. Compare that to northern and Midwest states that may only have 1 or 2 weeks of season and one tag or two, and we get flooded with out of state hunters. It’s nothing to see 5 or 6 different license plates at the trail head. It’s a tough situation and the wildlife agencies are clueless and unfortunately driven by revenue down here. It’s getting worse and worse every year. They are being over hunted. Combine that with subdivisions going up everywhere and no predator control and you have a recipe for disaster.
I have several groups of Turkeys that feed in my front yard under the bird feeders. They are fun to watch. One thing I call it Turkey law. Never shoot them in a roost tree, a water hole or on a feeding station. My neighbor ask me if he could shoot a tom in my front yard. I told him absolutely not. A few days later we went to town shopping. When we came home I started mowing the lawn and noticed tom feathers in my yard. I confronted him and he lied of course. The birds did not return for 8 years. But karma was swift. 3 months later he got caught poaching a 7 point bull elk and 2 weeks poaching salmon below a hatchery in closed waters. He lost all his hunting and fishing privileges for life.
If one can’t hunting using proper an humane ethics, one shouldn’t hunt at all. Your story has a good ending … looks good on this fellow. Another example of how we can choose our friends but, not our neighbors. Sadly it is people like him that tarnish the reputation of good hunters.
turkeys are funny. One year we were walking up a ridge. There was a parallel ridge to the left of us. There were hen calls coming from that ridge that were so terrible, that we concluded that they must be hunters. No turkey could make that bad of a call. They called constantly. Well, sure enough, their ridge and ours came to a common point after a long while. Sure enough they were hens. Not humans. They just had really bad voices. Go figure.
Well, I guess your friend thought driving a thousand miles was OK since he bagged a turkey!! With gas prices the way they are, I would think twice before I traveled a thousand miles for anything!!
That guy SERIOUSLY loves hunting turkey.
Yup, pat drove 1100 miles on 2 occasions to hunt Turkey … round trip, we’re talking 4400 miles. Now that is expensive turkey.
More than a youtube video, a rare glimpse at heaven.
Well now, that was a flattering compliment, thank you.
Spring turkey hunting...once you are bit by the bug, a thousand miles means nothing.
Yup,pretty darn addictive!
Great video, Thanks! Bushwhacking a turkey is the greatest hunting of all IMHO!
One of my favorite hunts.
I'm drawn to the old tools and ways. Your musket brings an appeal to the hunt I'd never feel with a modern gun. Another great video. Thanks
Yup,I agree. I’ve pretty much given upon my modern guns.
Great video thank you for sharing love and blessings Larry June and Laurie
Thanks again June,we appreciate your feedback.
You sure had me on a double take! I wuz trying 2 wrap my head around the different clothes, the cut hair and finally watched the 'real' Peter enter the stage. I canNOT imagine how good 'wild turkey' must taste. Happy to C U with a friend who shares your passion 4 a good ol' turkey hunt. Looks like BOTH of U found something to; 'gobble up'! Over a lovely meal, I'm sure you 'talked turkey' on strategies 4 the hunt. My wee musings found that some have had luck with; gentle yelps and the scratching of leaves. So it seems, it is enjoyable to; shoot turkey, eat wild turkey, talk turkey but never be called; a turkey. Thank-you Peter and Catherine, for yet another fine sharing of your time and talents with us. Health and God Bless!
Honestly Marie, you never disappoint with your comments … thank you for bringing so many smiles to my face.
Mr. Pete that hawk turned out to be very nice. thank you for not showing the rest of the story on those turkeys. The water at the end was stunning. As always, stay well! Robin
Thank you, Peter, for another enjoyable video. We raised turkey when my kids were little and let them run the forest around our place. They stayed by the chicken pen most of the time. A bear wounded one and we had to put it down. My daughter raised some this year, but my grand daughter carried them around and they became pets. They rescued my daughter one day from a very mean rooster... lol. So, now she just cannot put them on the dinner plate... they are the sweetest birds and happy to see me when I go over there.
Great story Gail. Do tell, what does your daughter eat when the family is dining on turkey?
Worth waiting for this one. Excellent.
Your description of breeding males fluffing up suitably fitted Patrick's excitement at shooting his bird.
I do believe the man enjoys the hunt - just a tad!!!
Thank you
He does, that!
The tools and the old ways was just amazing
Thanks Tammie.
Oh wow I see your bridge. 👍
I am glad Canada has a full abundance of wild turkeys 🦃.
Congratulations on your turkey.
Thanks Linda. I got two turkeys this year and we always save one for our Christmas meal.
Hopefully catch up with your excellent work tomorrow.
I enjoy your videos I love the ax the color of the wood is beautiful
Thanks Bessie, it turned out pretty nice.
good job
Thanks Charlie.
Great timing with this video. Turkey Antics! Yes, Peter, I got to experience that this past Saturday. Had a gobbler coming from about 400 yards. He really liked my turtle shell call. When he dropped off the little knoll, I lost sight of him briefly on the flat. At about 65 or 70 yards, he popped his head up and took flight! Flew straight at me and passed 3 or 4 feet overhead only to land on a branch 45 or 50 yards to my east. There he stayed for about 40 minutes. No soft talk from the wing bone coaxed him into closing the distance for my flintlock. He eventually heard a hen down over the hill from me and pitched off. Beautiful sight with his wings and tail being back-lit. I doubt I'll ever understand why he flew at me, why he treed at 6:30 am, or why he chose that hen's sweet talk over something closer.
Yup, there you have a typical turkey hunt. Someone once said hunting is 95% boredom and 5% total chaos!
That pole axe turned out to be a real keeper. Absolutely beautiful 😍😍👌💯
Congratulations on the turkey. That is splendid.
I’m pretty darned please with it!
Excellent Peter, and the belt axe is beautiful.. I love the pewter rings.
Thanks Joe, I think it turned out pretty good.
THAT was a heavy wild turkey. Congratulations to you and Jenny for getting a Tom of your own. The rushing spring waters in the creek/river made fine video.
Thanks James.
A week or two back, I came out the door of my semi-suburban Michigan home, and there was a Turkey standing right there. He was just as surprised as me!
If you’ve ever hunted turkeys they’re very smart. I believe even Benjamin Franklin wanted them to be the National bird. Great video as usual.
The turkey was beat out in a vote in the USA by the the bald eagle. Personally, I think they got it wrong, lol.
Hi from Syracuse NY USA everyone thank you for sharing adventures in history
Once again, thanks Earl.
Thank you for letting me glean information from your videos
Thank you both for another wonderful video.
Thanks Richard.
When I was a teenager, in Oklahoma, we were allowed to harvest as many as 4 turkeys in the state but most counties only allowed 1 or 2. We traveled all over the 5 county area to get our limit. Lots of fun and they don't hunt the same in different areas. Between my dad, brother, and I we ended up with 10 one year and had a big turkey smoke to share with our neighbors and friends. Never wanted to keep them to ourselves. We have a lot of turkeys here and they get to around 25 pounds with all the agriculture here. We get flocks so big they have disease problems if not maintained due to a shortage of predators. We were also allowed another 2 in the fall just in time for the holidays.
And we made our own wing bone and box calls.
Sounds like an extremely healthy population. We are only allowed two. We once roasted up two, had 15 people for dinner and put up long tables on the front veranda followed by some home grown music … a memorable evening for sure. Those wing bone calls work better than any other store bought calls.
Hey Peter! Good times with a good friend. It just doesn't get better than this! The fact that you both got a turkey with your Smoke Poles is just gravy! The axe turned out as well as I thought it would and will serve you well for a long time to come. Well done and I'm already looking forward to the next one!
Thanks Martin and I’m working on bird two but, they are messing with me.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I have no doubt that the day after the Hunting Season ends... an entire flock of about 10 -15 birds will be parading outside your cabin door!
Thanks for sharing. Blessings everyone
Thanks Rick.
Spring looks so nice and this was another fine video. Making new friends who share your passions is what it's all about.
Indeed Kathy and I actually met another blacksmith through our channel that just left this morning after a couple of days turkey hunting.
What an absolute great video .. I have killed many turkeys in my short 59 years .. loved the camp axe .. as always.. I enjoyed..
Onward and Upward is the watchword ..
Thanks Jeff. I suspect you’ve been out in the wilds this spring searching for that big Tom.
Glad to see you both got yourself a Turkey. I have never eaten wild Turkey. I am sure it is wonderful. I occasionally see some wild turkeys walking through my property I love watching them slowly make their way to wherever they are going. Your ax is beautiful. That is a treasure
Thanks Beverly and I with you, watching those beautiful birds is a wonderful pass time.
I have plenty of birds here, many pictures. I came in from bow hunting and the wife was on the porch and reading out loud to 15 or 20 birds. They were on the porch and looking at her and she was turning pages and they didn't care. I stuck an EYE around the corner and off they went crazy. They also loved my broom corn and would destroy it. A beautiful bird to watch up close. When there are a lot of them you can learn a lot about them.
They do seem to know a hunter from a non hunter, lol.
Love your shows
Thanks Charlie.
Hunting with friends is the best! Looks like everyone had a good time.
We did indeed Anthony.
You guys were so much luckier then me this year!
We had a good year indeed but, I have a couple of years when I got skunked. A lot harder hunting with a flintlock than modern shotguns.
I THOUGHT I recognized that guy with the Turkey!
Only a 100 000. I think there is about that many in the farm field behind my house. Great video.
Thanks Douglas.I want to hunt are your place , lol.
Great episode Peter
Thank you.
G'Day Peter and Catherine,
It was wonderful to see the bonds of friendship between yourself and Pat. A good, loyal friend is priceless.
A successful turkey hunt and superb looking axe. Envious!
Here in OZ we don't have turkey's running wild. In Queensland--northern Australia---they hunt a bird that they call a bush turkey but I think it may actually be a Lyre Bird, a species of ground bird that we have in the southern states, like Victoria, where I live. They are totally protected in my state. I'm sure that the early pioneers would have hunted Lyre Birds in the scrubby forests as one bird would have fed a few mouths. I see and hear them often when I'm in the bush.--the Bush---an OZ term for anywhere beyond a town or city.
I'm gradually finding some of my period shooting gear. I unfortunately don't have a magic box labeled "All of Steve's muzzleloading stuff!". I have the firearms, powder, ball, shot, percussion caps, tools and leather gear. I'll have to make do with a brass powder flask as I foolishly sold my powder horn when I stopped shooting muzzleloaders about 30 years ago. It was locally made by a very skilled artisan. Could I ask your advice on obtaining a decent powder horn? I've seen a few horns on e-bay--either from Pakistan or India. One of them has a brass, spring loaded spout. Would this be period for, say, late 1770's/mid 1850's, either here in OZ or the Americas? Or is it a bit farb? I'd like to be able to attend some of the many muzzleloading artisan shows that you have on your side of the ditch, so that I can see and feel items before buying. I will value any advice you can give me.
Thank you for all your videos. I learn so much from them and they have rekindled my interest in muzzleloading and period life.
With Kind Regards,
Steve, Lynda and Seth
If you can count your true friends on one hand, one is lucky indeed. I could use one of those magic boxes as well, every time I head out on a trek it’s that old search thing all over again. As to the horn, I suggest making your own, it is great project and you’ll find tutorial on it as well. Nothing beats carrying something you made yourself. Measuring tips were very uncommon, usually a plug and the different powder measures carried in ones bag, also quite easy to make.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Good Morning Peter and Catherine,
I have to agree that a handful of true friends that stick by you when times are hard are worth so much more than a swag of fair weather friends. This was evident to me when I had to have surgery last November for bowel cancer and follow up chemo-therapy which will end up with surgery on my liver some time this year. I'm doing really fine. I don't think I/we could have got through all this without the help and love of our close friends. They all got hugs from us and our eternal thanks. Life is good.
Thanks for the advice on making a correct period powder horn and for preventing me making a bad choice. One of my good friends runs a few head of cattle on his property and he did mention de-horning some of his stock a little while ago. I might be able to get some horns from him----provided his dog hasn't chewed them! I must admit that having a home made powder horn on my hip would be very satisfying.
Thanks again for your all of your advice and for your many videos. I may need a few lifetimes to watch all of them and absorb all their content!
Kind Regards,
Steve, Lynda and Seth
So sorry to hear of your health issues. I too am a cancer survivor so I can relate. My best friend ever is my wife Cathy.
I find it really interesting when I talk to or hear from people in the East and South about how difficult it is to hunt turkeys! Here in the Rocky Mountains USA... you can almost get close enough to club them with a stick. No need to put the sneak on them. Just walk towards them. The hard part is getting land owner permission to hunt. They are strictly regulated and populations are healthy.
Question... What is the large leather bag over your shoulder when you greet Patrick at the start of the video? Some form of haversack? Maybe a video explanation?
Thanks for the video...
They are indeed a difficult creature to hunt where we live. I could do a video on haversack making. I’ve carried that one for 25 years. I made it from brain tanned deer hide.
Outstanding! I took my 11 year old son Turkey hunting this season. We didn't see any but we heard some gobbles. I'm just finishing up my Fowler build. I hope to use it on my next Turkey hunt. Thanks again for another great video Peter!
Good on you HJ, start em young I say!
Congratulations guys! Neat story about the reintroduction of turkeys. I've even seen them a bit further north than Sudburry! I live north of Sault ste Marie and I've been seeing more and more the last 5 years or so.
Wow, I had no idea they had gotten that far. Thank you.
Another great video. My first turkey hunt when I was a boy an old man took me. I was a green horn. 3 turkeys wandered in and he told me “shoot the one with the beard”. Well I kept looking for a beard coming out of his chin area. Needles to say I was the laugh of the camp. Thanks Peter you remind me in your videos of my life stories. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸
Thanks for sharing your story… one needs to laugh at themself sometimes!
I like the bridge, that you built.
Thanks Tina … it is keeping my Mocs dry this spring!
Hi, Peter! Thanks for the adventure. Never hunted with a traditional flintlock. You sure are a great encouragement to do so! Thanks again and take care until next time 👍
Careful, Gil, it can be very addictive.
Love the video, about 10 years or more the wife and I had a trailer at Eagle Creek Sk. We were on our way out there when we saw a flock of birds out in a field. No idea what they were, they flew up and then I realized they were wild turkeys. Have never seen them since, but I have heard that they are around in Sk
I suspect your right but, I’ve only hunted them in Ontario.
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! Never hunted turkey. I'm sure it is a challenge. We should all look to the barter system as an independent and equal form of exchange. Know your price and value of the goods being offered and you shouldn't go wrong. One can always move along to the next trader and his wears if you are not comfortable with the current offer. Belt axe came out beautiful.Thanks again and keep your powder dry!
Always a kind comment, Ashley. I’m am pretty pleased with that there axe. Watch your top knot.
A 1000 mile trip worth taking starts with a single step.
Indeed and the journey is as important as the destination.
Hey that’s funny timing I just got back from an 18th century Turkey hunt this morning unsuccessful though
Hang I there,it will happen with enough patience .
There's so much we love about your channel; a view of the old ways, and your sense of history and the way you present it is just..., well..., outstanding. All I do is blackpowder stuff, so my interest is peaked when you cover any aspect of that topic. I hope my homemade, home designed, Hawken style fowler flinter turns out as nice as your Jenny. I'm sure it will be with me during the '22 fall bird season over here in Maine. All the best, and thanks.
Thanks Charlie for the kind words. Don’t you have a spring season?
@@TheWoodlandEscape Yes, we do have a spring turkey season. My Fowler piece just won’t be finished in time. The “turkey project” in Maine has been very successful. Numbers are increasing here as well, as a result of great management. Again, thank you for your great channel.
Great video😀. Spring hunts also bring out ticks. Do you have any idea how the people in that time period dealt with that? Do you guys have any issues with them?
Thanks again for sharing your wonderful work.
I pick them off me all season. We do a full check at the end of each day. If you get them off within 24 hours, there is little or no chance of Lyme disease.
I'm hoping to get my Pedersoli Indian trade gun out this month for some turkey hunting. Between that and the trout fishing locally trying to fill my freezer before the summer so I can head into the fall in good order and start squirrel hunting.
Your living the dream.
Wonderful content! I really enjoy your channel. It’s great to see a fellow Canadian enjoying hunting with a flintlock. Here in northern Quebec, I haven’t met anyone yet who hunts with one. I spend much of the fall/winter hunting on my land for grouse and hare with the 36cal. and waterfowl with the 20ga trade gun. With a bit of luck maybe I’ll manage to get a moose this fall too!
Pity we’re not closer Karl, finding a fellow black powder shooter or at least hunter is pretty darn difficult. Must admit, I still use a modern centre fire for our moose hunting. Too much invested to not get a shot due to the frequent longer ranges. Actually got a bull in your fine province 2 years ago. We are thinking of hunting for moose in Quebec every year. Ontario has so screwed up the way it is managed and the declining population is also a reflection of their policies.
Your friend there seems to be traveling man alright.
Indeed!
Every time I go away, I have to travel EAST to get back home. (Pat Cameron)
Good video and turkey history!
It’s nice to have these birds in Ontario now, I never seen a turkey ever growing up in the 70s
They also seem road smart and keep away from vehicles maybe that’s just my imagination though lol.
They are very wary around vehicles but, occasionally one will get hit by a car, usually in flight.
Another great video. I have never been turkey hunting with a flintlock, but have taken a few with a 12 gauge over the years. I am curious what type of loads you use for turkeys? Do you use home made shot or commercially manufactured shot and how many grains of black powder? Pat was carrying a very nice .62 cal. fire lock, and I once again have taken notice of your .62 Cal. (20 Ga.) English Trade Gun "Jenny." I asked before about "her", and you intrigued me by saying that you bought the hardware, (Lock, barrel, trigger, etc.), and built the stock yourself. I am impressed and have a desire to build an English Trade Gun myself in the near future. (I have built a .50 cal. flintlock Kentucky Rifle and a .50 cal. flint lock Kentucky Pistol.) Have you ever thought about doing a video on your fire locks and what it took to build them or visiting a period gun smith? I think that would be very interesting. The tomahawk turned out amazing too. Thanks again for the education through your style of living history. I enjoy your work immensely.
Thanks again for your interest, Tracy. That is food for though an an episode dedicated to flint locks. My loads vary but for turkey I use 80 grains of fffg and 1 5/8 ounce of a mixture of 5, 6 and 7 1/2 shot. I use corn meal as a buffer which helps to keep the pattern tighter from my one choked barrel . For a cushion wad over the powder I use paper wasp material.
Excellent now you'll have to make a video of roasting the turkey.
Good hunt Peter, and another great vid. By the way, it's just about time to go foraging for Morels to go with that turkey!! Your hawk looks real nice and that is some fine curly in the handle.
Robert Wiggins
Thanks Robert. So when are you coming for a visit?
@@TheWoodlandEscape
Just drop me a line and we can set a a date. I emailed Catherine tonight.
Hopefully it can be soon.
Best Regards
We have wild turkeys, 6 or 8 in a flock, on our property near Thessalon.
That’s pretty far north!
@@TheWoodlandEscape yes and we seems to see more every year
Good friends are hard to come by to bad the time's aren't like they were then good huntin.
If you can count good friends on one hand you are indeed lucky.
Interesting video, but really no thoughts or info about actually hunting turkey. My first attempt will be this fall using a Brown Bess. Was looking for info instead of entertainment. I liked it enough I watched the whole thing. Great outfits and kit!
Thanks for the feed back. Sorry, we were not attempting to do a tutorial on hunting, simply a representation of 18th. Your Brown Bess will certainly do the job given its large bore. Spring hunting is a little more predictable, given you can call turkeys in. The fall hunt is an entirely different approach. The scattering of the flock, then concealing and calling them back can work, as they want to flock back up. Up here, we are allowed to shoot either sex in the fall.
Great video Peter! Would you mind telling me if that style hat has a lining? God Bless
Thank you. The hat wear most of the time is unlined.
A year or so ago we had a wild tom move into our suburban neighborhood here in Southeast Wisconsin. Somebody named him Karl, and he became sort of a local mascot. He would forage in peoples yards, an found enough to stay fat and healthy. Most often he could be seen out in the street trying to seduce passing cars. Inevitably, one eventually hit him, but we have fond memories of good old Karl.
That is a sad but, an story interesting… good old Karl!
Those are some very fine birds birds and that is a very fine looking axe. A few years ago I left my hill country and decided to try my luck in the panhandle of Oklahoma. For 3 days we dodged tornados while staying in a fifth wheel. It was like being at sea in a small boat in 5 foot waves. while my nephew listened to the news forecasters yell about another tornado winding up just south of us my brother slept like a baby and I tried not to be thrown from the bunk while I bit my finger nails, listened to the wind howl, the thunder clash and watched bolt after bolt of lightening light up the surroundings like street lamps. The clouds were so close in that country you could touch them. I thought it a fine thing until I thought of lightening and then it occurred to me that it might not be healthy being so close to the angels. A tornado did hit the nearest town to us and killed three people. The people who live there are very sociable and get together frequently. I suppose because there are so few of them and they take time to count the survivors after the spring storms. We were invited to a get together that provided all the fixins with calf frys and armadillo eggs. To the uninitiated armadillo eggs are jalapeño peppers stuffed with either sausage or cream cheese, wrapped with bacon and deep fried. They make a very suitable substitute for rocket fuel. But truth be told I only saw 3 people go up in spontaneous combustion and those were the folks who had been ingesting the jack Daniel's. We did get a turkey though and yes I would go back. Those are some nice folks.
What a great story!
Got out one day last week all we saw were hens. Then yesterday morning I all most hit a jake with my truck. LOL
We hen one least expects it, lol!!!
Congratulations! Great video. I was fortunate enough to take a wild turkey with my northwest trade gun a few years ago and it's about the biggest thrill I have had in the outdoors. I haven't had any luck yet this year, but the season runs until the end of May, so I will keep trying. Really enjoy your videos.
That first one with a smoke pole is the most memorable. Working on my second now.
Nice to have returned - had to go away for a spell - anyway got a question Peter: You spoke of turkey permits from The Government, how many does it allow an individual where you are?
We are allowed two tags, Breck and I filled them both this spring with my flintlock.
There are wild turkeys north of Bruce Mines on hwy 17
Crazy how their historic range has expanded.
I wanted to take my fowling piece out after a turkey this spring but i wasnt ready. Have yet to develop a shot load for it and missed the season. Edit: I stand corrected. The season is still on until the 21st.
Well, you still got yourself some time, lol.
Awesome!! But we missed seeing your bird?
We kinda runout of daylight. Working at bird #2, and hopefully have a chance to film.
❤😊😊
Man I can’t believe how fast they’re multiplying. A few years ago we were camping in Ontario, just across the Quebec border, and were absolutely gob smacked to see a herd of them silently walking past in the forest. Then a couple years ago, on the island of Laval (just across the river from Montreal), right on the side of a countryish road, they were there, Toms all puffed up and showing off, and last year there were some on the western part of island of Montreal holding up traffic!
I have a hard time believing they’re hard to shoot after all this, but I guess like most things that get hunted, they know when the season starts.
They get accustomed to cars and noice but, when you hunt them in their natural environment they are extremely aware. A blink if the are within 30 yards will send them hightailing away.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Well like I was saying, we also saw a herd of them in the woods, and they weren’t far away at all. Perhaps it was because they felt safer in thick woods, but I’m sure it also was that no one had been shooting at them for a long time. Just like the provincial park I go hunting in. There are so many deer on the way in, but once you get within the boundaries? Almost nothing. I dunno. Never hunter them, so I don’t really know for sure, but if you’re right, you should drive around a bunch, then pull out the flint lock and shoot one! 😀😀
Peter did you make that fur vest yourself? I would be interested in knowing more about it and how it was made.
I did indeed. pretty basic sewing. I simply cut out the better part of 4 coyote hides that I tanned and whip stitched them into a vest on the inside.
Is it plenty warm for your part of the world? I am... a bit south of you in Illinois but we do get some cold weather during our hunting seasons.
Hi Peter,
How long did it take Pat to cover that thousand miles in a pony and trap or was it a covered waggon! He must like Turkey a lot! 😂
Best wishes,
Mark
He does indeed!
Peter and Pat, who made that flintlock?
John Bergman from Tennessee.
I’m new to your channel and have yet to look at many of your videos, but was wondering where you sourced the
HB trade musket, and who’s kits you’d recommend today?
The trade musket i normally carry is actually an early trade musket prior the the famous one I think you refer to. Track of the wolf Carrie’s a very accurate model with great components.
Nice. Try turkey breast done in fish smoker. Keeps em nice moist and good flavour
Tat sounds pretty darn tasty, I will give its try.
Peter I"m from Missouri ,I think we made the bad trade . We should have just given you the turkeys and you could have kept the otters . Ha Ha .
Yup, you can eat a turkey … I might be a wee bit shy on chowing down on another.
I am interested in a flintlock Fowler kit to build. Any suggestions of who to contact. I know a gun builder was mentioned but I couldn't find any information on him.
You have a number to pick from … Track of the Wolf and Jim Chambers are two that are really good. Good luck with your project .
Turkey numbers are in RAPID decline in the southern states! Sad times!
That is unfortunate, Chris. Any idea as to why?
@@TheWoodlandEscape it’s a combination of many things. It’s an extremely heated debate right now down here. People say it’s the lack of quality habitat, and that’s a huge part, but for me turkey hunting for whatever reason has become extremely popular! There are so many hunters in the woods on public land. The southern states have long seasons and liberal bag limits. Here in Tennessee we get 3 tags (it was 4 but they changed it last yr) and it’s a 7 week season. Compare that to northern and Midwest states that may only have 1 or 2 weeks of season and one tag or two, and we get flooded with out of state hunters. It’s nothing to see 5 or 6 different license plates at the trail head. It’s a tough situation and the wildlife agencies are clueless and unfortunately driven by revenue down here. It’s getting worse and worse every year. They are being over hunted. Combine that with subdivisions going up everywhere and no predator control and you have a recipe for disaster.
We have a 4 week season and a limit of two birds. Also, i suspect, a fraction of the hunter pressure that you guys have.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I’d be happy with those same regulations here!
Is there a risk, for example, of an explosion if an old flintlock weapon is used?
There certainly can be. They should be examine by a certified gunsmith and proof fired.
Who did Patrick say made his gun?
I’ll have to check with him and get back to you, Ethan.
@@TheWoodlandEscape thank you. I live in Tn. Itd be nice to have someone local make one for me
His name is John Bergman from Granville, Tennessee.
@@TheWoodlandEscape thanks
peter, do turkeys fly , other then just a few yards at a time...
They do indeed, Ed. They are essentially a scaled up ruffed grouse.
I have several groups of Turkeys that feed in my front yard under the bird feeders. They are fun to watch. One thing I call it Turkey law. Never shoot them in a roost tree, a water hole or on a feeding station. My neighbor ask me if he could shoot a tom in my front yard. I told him absolutely not. A few days later we went to town shopping. When we came home I started mowing the lawn and noticed tom feathers in my yard. I confronted him and he lied of course. The birds did not return for 8 years. But karma was swift. 3 months later he got caught poaching a 7 point bull elk and 2 weeks poaching salmon below a hatchery in closed waters. He lost all his hunting and fishing privileges for life.
If one can’t hunting using proper an humane ethics, one shouldn’t hunt at all. Your story has a good ending … looks good on this fellow. Another example of how we can choose our friends but, not our neighbors. Sadly it is people like him that tarnish the reputation of good hunters.
@@TheWoodlandEscape He moved away.
Now that’s the true good ending to your story!
Would like to have heard Jenny bark.
Where is that camera person when you need them.
turkeys are funny. One year we were walking up a ridge. There was a parallel ridge to the left of us. There were hen calls coming from that ridge that were so terrible, that we concluded that they must be hunters. No turkey could make that bad of a call. They called constantly. Well, sure enough, their ridge and ours came to a common point after a long while. Sure enough they were hens. Not humans. They just had really bad voices. Go figure.
When they do their yelps and cuts there is crazy variety of sounds and they can be quite load.
Well, I guess your friend thought driving a thousand miles was OK since he bagged a turkey!! With gas prices the way they are, I would think twice before I traveled a thousand miles for anything!!
I know it is insane. We stick pretty much to home but, did make a trip east a few weeks ago and it was indeed expensive.