To smoke a wild turkey, start with one muzzleloading shotgun. Add 100 grains of Hodgdon Triple 7, drop in a fiber wad and add 1-1/4 ounces of number 5 lead shot. Then tamp down another fiber wad to keep the load tight and dry. Garnish with a 209 shotgun primer and serve. At the end of Fall Turkey season I used my new 12-gauge muzzleloader, an Austin & Halleck 520 (www.austinhalleck.com). It is 1840s technology blended with in-line ignition, a match-grade trigger and a vented-rib single barrel in a curly maple stock.
