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Post by reflex264 on May 2, 2011 8:13:53 GMT -5
Killed turkey #3 yesterday morning.
21.5lbs
10" beard
7/8" spurs
Gun 870 28 gauge with 26" special order rem-choke barrel. Rem "special full" choke
FIOCHI golden pheasant #5 shot at 1300fps
29 yards--DRT
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Post by steveb on May 2, 2011 9:24:30 GMT -5
Third turkey ? WOW ! You must really hate turkeys and have a really big freezer ! Congrats. steve b
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Post by reflex264 on May 2, 2011 18:15:10 GMT -5
I love turkeys,they are delicious. :-}
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Post by derekr on May 3, 2011 9:44:36 GMT -5
They are good. I killed one early in the season that was devoid of the usual ticks and I decided to try plucking him. I keep thinking I would like to have a whole one to save for Thanksgiving, but they never last that long!
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Post by bigbore442001 on May 3, 2011 12:37:43 GMT -5
Congratulations on that fine shot. A 28 guage? Hmm. I did not think that it had the power for such work. I am impressed. I do believe some states mandate a minimum of 20 guage. I want to say that Connecticut has a 20 guage minimum for turkey.
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Post by reflex264 on May 5, 2011 15:34:26 GMT -5
Congratulations on that fine shot. A 28 guage? Hmm. I did not think that it had the power for such work. I am impressed. I do believe some states mandate a minimum of 20 guage. I want to say that Connecticut has a 20 guage minimum for turkey. The 28 gauge is a fooler. I have been patterning all kinds of shot guns. While the pattern isn't as big as a 12 gauge the smaller pattern if overlaid on a 12 gauge pattern at the same distance has about the same number of pellets. The velocity from the hot 28 gauge loads is about the same as a 12 gauge magnum load-1300+fps which puts about the same amount of power on the turkey. Remember that if most of the shot don't hit the turkey it doesn't matter how fast they are going. 11 hits from a 28 beats 10 from a 12ga any day. The 28ga is legal in TN. reflex264 |
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Post by nonpcnrarn on May 8, 2011 15:03:17 GMT -5
I inherited a 16 gauge Browning Auto that has an adjustable buttpad that is movable both horizontally and vertically. Is this more for shooting games or do hunting shotguns employ this setup? How does the effectiveness of the 16 gauge compare to the 12 and 20 gauge? Would this make a good turkey gun compared to the 28 gauge? I also inherited a Win M12 pump 12 gauge but I figured the 16 gauge auto would be easier on my rebuilt shoulder joint. As you can tell I am not a shotgun person so any info would be appreciated regarding this gun and turkey hunting.
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Post by reflex264 on May 12, 2011 12:54:58 GMT -5
16 gauges work fine with the right choke. Even a full with good ammo is a good 35 yard turkey getter. The 16 pretty much falls right where it should between the 20 and 12 gauge. The advantage I am seeing witht the 28 gauge is the smaller pattern is just as dense as a good 12 ga load. In this type load the shot string is very short compared to a 20, 16 or 12 which allows more pellets to impact at the same time. This was once though to be a myth but has now been proven using modern tech. From my own experiments the 28ga certainly has a advantage over the 20 gauge. I am seeing denser patterns and more velocity than out of 20 gauge loads. The only advantage I have seen from a 20 gauge is a larger pattern which should be more forgiving on dove and quail. The difference is splitting hairs when you factor the better patterns from the 28ga. While I haven't got to try it I have heard that some shooters achieved the same thing with a 16 vs 12 comparison.The adjustable pads are more for playing than hunting and can really help with allignment when playing with clay birdies. reflex264
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Post by jeep on Jul 21, 2011 10:37:41 GMT -5
If there inside 20 yards any good full choke ,16,20,410,28, will work . Its the head and neck you hit. I have used 16,20,10ga. caplock double blk. powder no choke,20 ga. flint blk. powder no-choke in side 20yards. Its not how far ,but how close. That being said sometimes the big tom can be at 35 plus yards and its nice to have that 3" mag full of 6 or 5 shot. Depends on what you want to do and what you want to use. After 3.5 decades of hunting them and 58 turkeys in the freezer I try all the ways to hunt. But still have to try the Bow&arrow! I am working on hunting with a Osage orange selfbow in 50lb. with cedar arrows for turkey and deer this year. I have hunted for years with recurves for deer,but never turkey. I have turkey feathers on my arrows from the harvested birds of this season. The Osage bow is a marvel to shoot and been around for at least a thousand years or more in America. Mine are one plain Osage and one with a rattlesnake skin on the front for camo. So light and easy to shoot! Good luck on your hunt My favoirte turkey getter is a J.C.Higgins SxS 16ga. F-M choked 28" barrels with Federal Hi-brass 6,s,its a 311A stevens made for Sears&Roebuck in 1957.
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Post by emmahudson88 on Sept 25, 2011 20:54:53 GMT -5
Congratulations on that fine shot. A 28 guage? Hmm. I did not think that it had the power for such work. I am impressed. I do believe some states mandate a minimum of 20 guage. I want to say that Connecticut has a 20 guage minimum for turkey. I also think so. |
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