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Perhaps what we need is a good belly crawling thread...been there done that. NWTF or OG or somebody would probably have a cow that we were really trying to sneak up on turkeys. But sometimes, especially late in the season, all's fair in love and turkey hunting.

Hawgnman wrote:I don't disagree with what you said, but is it going to make an appreciable difference at 40 yards?

Yes.

Cold air is more dense than warm air which means the molecules are packed closer together. Pellets encounter more resistance the colder and denser the air is and as a result spread apart faster, opening the pattern more quickly.

The Mossy sure does like that .575 choke, doesn't it? Those are some nice patterns. Shame about the POI/POA difference.

Looking good Shooter. Glad you took the time to preserve some memories. That's the best reason to preserve those trophies, the memories they bring back. I had this posted over at the old site, but don't think I have posted it over here. This is how I have mine displayed. I have a bunch more that I n...

Very cool. Congrats and great pix.

Great story, Hal. That's the cool thing about turkey hunting. I guarantee you had just as much fun as Karl did, and didn't even carry a gun. That doesn't happen deer hunting. Don't get me wrong. I love to deer hunt, kill half dozen a year, and love eating venison (having backstrap tonight in fact). ...

That's o.k. March 7th is my anniversary (26 yrs). Hoping I'll be too busy to log onto GN at 2 AM.

Checked zero on the FF III on my Beretta O/U yesterday. It was 4.5" right and 2.5" high, but I was not surprised since it rides on a B-Square rib mount that I had removed for grouse season. POI was bound to change removing and replacing the rib mount, so that can not be blamed on the FF II...

Looks great.

Sounds like a gimmick to me....electromagnetic fields to fool critters' senses? Don't think they will be getting any of my dollars.

Don't know how long your barrel is or how much velocity you are actually getting. But at the advertised 1090 fps, KPY shows true size HS 7s have 1.09 ft-lbs of energy at 50 yds which equates to 1.22" of penetration in ballistic gel. I use 1.25" as a min. (some suggest 1.5"). So you sh...

I've got to think it helps with lead shot, or all the best target guns in the world wouldn't have long FCs, but with HTL I don't know. I would definitely talk to William at Sumtoy chokes. He knows an awful lot about what makes shotguns tick, and he appears to be as honest as the day is long. I don't...

Sorry for your loss. All of us that own or have owned dogs feel your pain. It's still really painful when I remember having to put down my male English Setter almost 3 years ago. Fortunately, I still have his daughter, although I had to retire her from grouse hunting this year. They sure do leave a ...

Prayers sent from NC.

Sounds like great family time.

IMHO, if you gotta use holdover, he is too far. The exception might be if you worked up a REALLY tight load of tss and had done a lot of shooting at long range. I think it would be possible to develop a gun/load combo with tss that would cleanly kill turkeys at 100 yds, but you would definitely nee...

My hunting spots at home are usually a considerable drive from my house, so I rarely roost birds. About the only time I do that is when on an extended trip out of state, when saying close to where I am hunting and have nothing better to do in the evening than to roost a bird (no family or driving co...

I shoot my 26" 870 with a .660 jelly head, is that too tight for TSS? It would be too tight IMO. I tried a non-ported .660 in my Beretta O/U with just 1.25 oz of 9s. It wasn't over choked, but the pattern was too tight for hunting IMO. I am now using a non-ported .683 and am very satisfied. A ...

Very nice. Gotta love that mass.

I shoot a non ported .675 in my 1187 (Rem HS SF)with TSS 8s and am well satisfied. A .680 should do fine as well. I think Hal uses a lot of Carlson's chokes with very good results. Expensive chokes are not needed with TSS IMO. Pretty easy to get patterns too tight.

When pattern testing, I thoroughly clean between every shot. My guns shoot better when scrubbed with solvent (Shooter's Choice) between shots. A bore snake will do in a pinch when on an extended hunting trip, but scrubbing ups my numbers. My hunting and clays guns get the bore scrubbed at the end of...

My patterns drop about 6" @ 60 yds from a 40 yd zero. The pattern is big enough at 60 yds to cover that amount of drop. I haven't taken many long shots at turkeys and don't intend to. But where I normally hold on the waddles out to 50, I try to hold right on the bird's head at 60 and only shoot...

All bait has to be gone for 10 days prior to the hunt in NC.

BigHooks wrote:It weighs right at 6lbs, everything you see right at $300.00 not bad I think for what it does.

Sounds perfect.