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You must have misread the post, he was talking about turkeys, not pigeons...
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Dat was mean...did I forget to mention I weigh 780 lbs...?
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Ingwe I have used the .17 rem for turkeys in the past up to 200 yds..it's perfect for turkeys. And Kawi is right you gotta get them to you before you can wack em around here.
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I got one too, but at least I was using a real man's gun...
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I've never done it, but I'd think for calling ( judging by what all I see on Bubbavision...) that a .17 HMR to the noggin would be ideal....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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OO ingwe Thank You!! 17hornet in sav 25 walking varminter Ho my! Thanks. It just took a bump to send me over the cutbank.
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I got one too, but at least I was using a real man's gun... Oh, sure...a wood& blue and classic firearm snob.... Ive seen those pics you posted of your varmint guns ( slobber...slobber...drool...) and it makes the old .223 SS/Syn look a little...shall we say..."pedestrian"
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Those MT birds look to be 10lbs or less in the pics.
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They are both small ones...they make big ones here, and I cant speak for Shrapnel...but to me turkeys are "targets of opportunity".....don't take them too awful serious..until its time to cook them!
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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I know several guys in PA that use 222s and 22 Hornets for turkey.
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When it is springtime, you need a little less range and a lot more shot. A Benelli SBE II with a Turkey choke and mag extension will let you shoot a lot to an extremely long range if you put 3 1/2 inch #4 Buckshot in the magazine first topped with the usual gentleman loads...
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Now... a couple of those birds look all grown up!
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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They are both small ones...they make big ones here, and I cant speak for Shrapnel...but to me turkeys are "targets of opportunity".....don't take them too awful serious..until its time to cook them! Turkeys are the same as grouse to me. I don't shoot them for sport, I shoot them to eat, if that means ground sluicing a grouse or shooting a turkey fetus, it doesn't matter, it is in trouble...
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Like to see your fat birds buck this wind.
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Exactamundo...they are just white meat on the hoof....
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Those are dandy birds. Miriam's? I assume from all the white trim. I wasn't bashing on the lil birds..I'm sure they eat just fine, maybe better than an old tom. I was just surprised to see ones that size. Here we shoot them in spring, and by then, even the 6 month jakes are pushing 20. Hope I didn't ruffle any feathers
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Holy Moly...they got a head the size of a tennis ball....cant understand why shotguns are popular for them.... Shotguns all that's legal here bud. Course if'n our turks were the size of the ones in your pics I'd probably just use my Daisy 880 !
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Blackheart He's just an extension of steelheads Large intestin.
He's my new buddy I guess. I reckon so !
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We grow thou lanky but a tuff bird here that is why not many people choose stick&string. Wounded? never good remember your pepper spray and bells on your fly zipper in close cover.
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