How do ya plan to get your Gobbler this Spring?

[Carl Fowler III]

Very NICE looking 12ga...what she weigh & what load are ye using? :v

 

[jamesthomas]

I'll make a stop at Winn-Dixie myself :grin: . I've never been Turkey hunting and the only person I know who does is my nieces husband and they are 250 miles away Maybe I can leave a careful suggestion next time I talk to her.

 

[okawbow]

My turkey load is 80 grains 2f and a 90 gr measure of #6 copper plated shot. I use an 1/8" over powder wad, 2- 1/4" lubed felt cushion wads, and a single overshot card. Throws a good pattern, has a full choke.


P8200428 by okawbow, on Flickr

 

[bilder]

Going to try turkey hunting for the first time this year. No ML allowed for turkey around here and I do not own a smoothbore anyhow, so it is a modern shotgun for me.

I got permission to hunt on a farm with at least 60 birds roaming around the place, so my odds are good. Should be a lot of fun.

 

[Skychief]

Thanks to all that contributed to this thread. We just received another dose of snow. Makes me yearn all the more for the green hillsides of late April!

 

[roundball]

You mean we need to get from photo 1 to photo 2 ?

 

[Patocazador]

It looks like Photo 2 here right now. High today was 65 ... a bit chilly. :blah:

 

[bilder]

Yep, you guys can keep the snow.

20 years in Alaska gave me an appreciation for the cool rain of the Oregon coast. No need to shovel rain.

 

[bubba58]

I am currently working up a load for my newly acquired T/C new englander. So far 85 grains of goex ffg 1 1/4 ozs of #4 and #6 mixed. Seems to be a good load. Season here does not start until May 1st. Cant wait

 

[Rat Trapper]

I plan to sit in my blind over a food plot like I do every year. When bird shows up I pull trigger and walk back to truck. Blind has a good roof and slab wood sides. Looks like small log cabin. Keeps me warm and dry and it works for me every year.

 

[dcalef3]

This is gonna be my first year hunting turkey with my t/c 56 smoothbore. Once it warms up here some im gonna get out and try some different loads. Im thinking about starting with 90 ffg goex and the same volume of #5 shot and see what that gives me. If i can get a good pattern out to 25 or 30 yds id be happy.

 

[Patocazador]

Less than 3 weeks until the opener. :v