Three gobblers were walking down a track. I was in the treeline next to the track. A pasture lay beyond. I brought my gun up as the gobblers went behind some trees and waited with my eye to the scope. One of the gobblers appeared in my scope a short while later, right where I had been planning. I shot. The turkey fell over and did not move. I ejected the shell from my pump and started getting up to retrieve the carcass. Then the stuff hit the fan.

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Bottom line: I shot a bird at 80 yards. It knocked him out, but didn't kill him. I ended up in hand-to-hand combat with the bird

Moral: With an optical scope there is no depth of field. Be sure of the distance to target before locking your eye on the scope.

Gun: Mossberg 500, 12 GA 28" ported barrel. Carlson Dead Coyote choke
Ammo: Federal 12 GA 3inch #4 2 OZ lead.

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