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First 28 gauge bird

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LA's season opened this past Saturday and I didn't have much to go on. I heard one bird gobble one time at 7:45 the previous day. To my surprise, he decided to gobbled about 75 times opening morning and was dead before 7:15. I heard 4 other birds as well. He put on a pretty good show, strutting and drumming through thinned out pines until he met his demise at 38 steps. He had a 9-1/2" beard, matching 1" spurs and weighed a touch over 20 lbs. He was shot with a Franchi 48AL, flush full choke, slinging TSS 9-1/2's. I think I had just as much fun watching my sweet little girl play with him as I did actually killing him. Poor baby cried when I had to take him away.

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nice
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Welcome to the 28 ga club! :struttin:
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Congrats
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Nice bird and gun. Gil
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Congrats on the bird. Love the gun and that's a great pic of you and the little lady!
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Congrats on the nice gobbler..
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Thanks guys. It felt good to get on the board early, especially with the 28. That's an awesome little gun to tote.
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Great job with the 28! :thumbup: I ain't man enough to go that small yet.
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Nice job gettin it done with the small bore!
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:thumbup:
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:thumbup: Congrats !
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She is beautiful, nice bird also! :)
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DocHolliday wrote:Welcome to the 28 ga club! :struttin:

:cheers:

Yes, welcome and congrats!!
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Shooter wrote:Great job with the 28! :thumbup: I ain't man enough to go that small yet.
Thanks, there's nuttin to it man. I honestly don't feel handicapped in any way with the way the little gun shoots. It's better than any 12 gauge lead or H13-6 patterns I ever had. I'm averaging low 240's @ 40.
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Waddle Whacker wrote:
Shooter wrote:Great job with the 28! :thumbup: I ain't man enough to go that small yet.
Thanks, there's nuttin to it man. I honestly don't feel handicapped in any way with the way the little gun shoots. It's better than any 12 gauge lead or H13-6 patterns I ever had. I'm averaging low 240's @ 40.
That ain't no handicap!
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There IS no handicap as long as you use T9's! Knocked one down-no flop @ 53 yds two yrs ago w/ that load.
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hawglips wrote:
Waddle Whacker wrote:
Shooter wrote:Great job with the 28! :thumbup: I ain't man enough to go that small yet.
Thanks, there's nuttin to it man. I honestly don't feel handicapped in any way with the way the little gun shoots. It's better than any 12 gauge lead or H13-6 patterns I ever had. I'm averaging low 240's @ 40.
That ain't no handicap!
No sir, not at all!
DocHolliday wrote:There IS no handicap as long as you use T9's! Knocked one down-no flop @ 53 yds two yrs ago w/ that load.
That's the truth Doc! 53 yds! No flop?!?! Wow, thats impressive...but not surprising.
I've always had a strong passion for the 28 gauge, never thought I'd be killing turkeys with one. I love it.
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congrats!
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Congrats on a great bird with a great gun. You guys are making me want to skip right over the 20 straight to the 28. WTG.
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