TURKEY AMMO GOING UP $$$
- GOLD HUNTER
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TURKEY AMMO GOING UP $$$
I was looking around the web @ basspro and others and WOW Hevi and Magnum-Blend ammo has gone up BIG TIME !!!
3" is about $29.99 and 3.5 is $32.99 and magnum-blend 3.5 is 34.99 a box @ gandermoutain and its not looking like its going to come down.
http://www.basspro.com/HEVIShot-Magnum- ... /10211133/
http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/p ... rchID=4006
3" is about $29.99 and 3.5 is $32.99 and magnum-blend 3.5 is 34.99 a box @ gandermoutain and its not looking like its going to come down.
http://www.basspro.com/HEVIShot-Magnum- ... /10211133/
http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/p ... rchID=4006
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- Stinky J Picklestein
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Indeed.
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I'll never pay $35 dollars for 5 shells to harvest any animal...$7.00 a shot to kill a turkey!!!! I'll just be a little patient and wait til he crosses the 40 yard line and kill with the cheapest lead shell I can buy....ridiculous !!
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Pretty soon we will have to buy our turkey loads from the hand loaders. Where we can get a deal.
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I've been thinking about just switching back to Nitros!
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i will never buy anymore factory turkey ammo. with the option of loading your own, i see no reason to rely on manufactures for your favorite load.
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By the time I burn through my stockpile, they will be $100 per box anyhow...in the year 2040.
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A good 3 in. load of 6 shot lead will do the trick every time, anyone shooting over 40 yards, IMO, is just pushing their luck and asking for a wounded runner.
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Man! If all you pay is $7 per animal harvested, that's dang cheap!Frankinthelaurels wrote:I'll never pay $35 dollars for 5 shells to harvest any animal...$7.00 a shot to kill a turkey!!!! I'll just be a little patient and wait til he crosses the 40 yard line and kill with the cheapest lead shell I can buy....ridiculous !!
I hunted 6 states for turkeys in the last year, and spent $614 for licenses, of which I filled 10 tags. That's $61.40 per bird (and it was that cheap only because I own lifetime licenses in two of them, which aren't amortized into my figures). Then I spent heaven knows how much on gas -- I figure about $685 for gas, or $98 for each of the 7 birds I drove to hunt. And then the birds I flew to hunt cost me another $700 (3 tags filled), or $233 a piece. Not to mention the $2000 spent on leases, on which only 3 birds were killed, or $667 per bird. And even the food and drink I consumed while on these hunts come to approx $12 per bird.
Licenses: $61.40 per bird
Gas: $98 per bird
Leases: $667 per bird
Airfare and related: $233 per bird
Food and drink: $12 per bird
shells: $7 per bird
And all that even though 4 of the 10 birds were killed on public land. And that's not counting the calls, camo, and other equipment I bought, as well as the guns I hunted with. If I included all that in there, that's who knows how much more per bird!
And of all the stuff I hunt with, the shells are by far the best investment, in terms of performance boost per dollar spent.
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what he says +1hawglips wrote:Man! If all you pay is $7 per animal harvested, that's dang cheap!Frankinthelaurels wrote:I'll never pay $35 dollars for 5 shells to harvest any animal...$7.00 a shot to kill a turkey!!!! I'll just be a little patient and wait til he crosses the 40 yard line and kill with the cheapest lead shell I can buy....ridiculous !!
I hunted 6 states for turkeys in the last year, and spent $614 for licenses, of which I filled 10 tags. That's $61.40 per bird (and it was that cheap only because I own lifetime licenses in two of them, which aren't amortized into my figures). Then I spent heaven knows how much on gas -- I figure about $685 for gas, or $98 for each of the 7 birds I drove to hunt. And then the birds I flew to hunt cost me another $700 (3 tags filled), or $233 a piece. Not to mention the $2000 spent on leases, on which only 3 birds were killed, or $667 per bird. And even the food and drink I consumed while on these hunts come to approx $12 per bird.
Licenses: $61.40 per bird
Gas: $98 per bird
Leases: $667 per bird
Airfare and related: $233 per bird
Food and drink: $12 per bird
shells: $7 per bird
And all that even though 4 of the 10 birds were killed on public land. And that's not counting the calls, camo, and other equipment I bought, as well as the guns I hunted with. If I included all that in there, that's who knows how much more per bird!
And of all the stuff I hunt with, the shells are by far the best investment, in terms of performance boost per dollar spent.
when it gets down to it, the ammo will be the cheapest investment
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But but but Hal, think of all the money you could have saved if you had killed your turkeys with $3 shells.
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Jamey wrote:But but but Hal, think of all the money you could have saved if you had killed your turkeys with $3 shells.
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I hope John Doe doesn't read this ...He'll open up a can of Whip A$$.
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WHOOOP AZZZ
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hawglips wrote:Man! If all you pay is $7 per animal harvested, that's dang cheap!Frankinthelaurels wrote:I'll never pay $35 dollars for 5 shells to harvest any animal...$7.00 a shot to kill a turkey!!!! I'll just be a little patient and wait til he crosses the 40 yard line and kill with the cheapest lead shell I can buy....ridiculous !!
I hunted 6 states for turkeys in the last year, and spent $614 for licenses, of which I filled 10 tags. That's $61.40 per bird (and it was that cheap only because I own lifetime licenses in two of them, which aren't amortized into my figures). Then I spent heaven knows how much on gas -- I figure about $685 for gas, or $98 for each of the 7 birds I drove to hunt. And then the birds I flew to hunt cost me another $700 (3 tags filled), or $233 a piece. Not to mention the $2000 spent on leases, on which only 3 birds were killed, or $667 per bird. And even the food and drink I consumed while on these hunts come to approx $12 per bird.
Licenses: $61.40 per bird
Gas: $98 per bird
Leases: $667 per bird
Airfare and related: $233 per bird
Food and drink: $12 per bird
shells: $7 per bird
And all that even though 4 of the 10 birds were killed on public land. And that's not counting the calls, camo, and other equipment I bought, as well as the guns I hunted with. If I included all that in there, that's who knows how much more per bird!
And of all the stuff I hunt with, the shells are by far the best investment, in terms of performance boost per dollar spent.
Amen
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Handloaders don't look at cost. There is no way to put a price on your own recipe penetrating through a soup can at 60 yards.
Right Goldhunter?
PS how much for some of those magical 20's I heard about?
Right Goldhunter?
PS how much for some of those magical 20's I heard about?
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no money can buy the look I got from Ricky after the shot them.
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Your right about that Brian !! I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when we walked up to the patterns. Im about to bust a gut to kill a bird with them !! You the man Brian & I truely respect your knowlege of handloading. And Hal your recipes are better than Paula Deans !!GOLD HUNTER wrote:no money can buy the look I got from Ricky after the shot them.
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yep you got that right, Hal is the man of TSS....... you can't cook up a better recipes for turkeys just don't eatum !!!
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Hey Gobbler, I think once Gold Hunter and Ricky load up like 100 rounds or so..............we execute that search warrant that I've been working on. If they cooperate with us then they won't be banned off of GN
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then we only maken 99CamoMan4025 wrote:Hey Gobbler, I think once Gold Hunter and Ricky load up like 100 rounds or so..............we execute that search warrant that I've been working on. If they cooperate with us then they won't be banned off of GN
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CRAP!GOLD HUNTER wrote:then we only maken 99CamoMan4025 wrote:Hey Gobbler, I think once Gold Hunter and Ricky load up like 100 rounds or so..............we execute that search warrant that I've been working on. If they cooperate with us then they won't be banned off of GN
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Hey Kevin, Can I ride with you. I took a Criminal justice class in 12 th grade. Wait maybe it was drivers ed.
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Hey Camoman ! You & Jake man walk on down here to Hickvill cause you're gonna limp back !!CamoMan4025 wrote:Hey Gobbler, I think once Gold Hunter and Ricky load up like 100 rounds or so..............we execute that search warrant that I've been working on. If they cooperate with us then they won't be banned off of GN
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Brian needs to bring out the Brass Home Interior trash can that I shot @ 40 yds with the 20 & HW 7'sGobbler wrote:Handloaders don't look at cost. There is no way to put a price on your own recipe penetrating through a soup can at 60 yards.
Right Goldhunter?
PS how much for some of those magical 20's I heard about?