“Snapshot Saturday”
![A long-bearded wild turkey with a fine English double barrel percussion shotgun.](https://traditionalblackpowderhunting.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/North-Fortys_First_Longbeard.jpg)
About four years after the first wild turkey flock wandered onto the North-Forty we had three gobblers and a couple of jakes. On a rainy morning, and with a day or two left in the season, the first longbeard in modern times fell to an English double barrel percussion shotgun, the same gun I used for sporting clays and quail walk competitions. What an unforgettable thrill…