Finished this bag in time for turkey season

[Darren Haverstick]

I finished this shooting bag for a good friend, and fellow blackpowder hunter, just in time for turkey season. He is a taxidermist and had done a lot of work for me without charge. After I badgered him a while he finally said he would take a shooting bag as payment. He wanted it specifically for turkey hunting so that's what he got. The stalls hold pre-measured powder and shot and the other pockets are for a pot call and strikers.

The body of the bag is bison hide. The turkey fan is made from tanned carp skin and the turkey feet are ostrich leg skin. The morel mushrooms are made from rattlesnake skin and all the trim is New Zealand red deer hide. I carved the buttons and clasp from deer antler and everything was sewn by hand using artificial sinew.

Hopefully, I will get a picture of this bag laying next to a big gobbler this spring!

Darren

[Ohio Joe]

You make some mighty nice bags Darren! 

[Two Steps]

 . Wow that is some bag!  Your friend is going to be a very happy hunter.

[Uncle Russ]

. Wow that is some bag!  Your friend is going to be a very happy hunter.

I totally agree with that statement! 

Uncle Russ...

[PetahW]

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Pretty nifty !   


I like the design features you put into that bag - VERY appealing !

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