Home Forums Birds & Dogs Turkey Hunting The Beauty of High Density Shot....

Many seem to think that everyone jumps on the TSS wagon to be able to snipe turkeys at long range, but that's just simply not true. Let me show you a small example of the positive attributes of the shot.....

My good buddy Nick has a young boy by the name of Carson. Carson is a small guy that came into this world with a physical condition that limited his mobility, but it darn sure didn't effect his mind nor get in the way of his passion for hunting. He's flat eat up with chasing all sorts of game(especially turkey) and his loving father goes the extra mile to provide him with every opportunity he possibly can. One challenge when it comes to turkey hunting was finding an acceptable firearm to get the job done as efficiently as possible. The tool chosen for that task was the gas operated 11-87 20ga for it's weight and recoil reduction. I loaded some 1oz 19g/cc #9.5s at a MV of 1080fps for Carson this season as the other lower recoil loads Nick's tested the past couple years were very limited on range and the TK19 allowed him to have a bonafied 40yd capable gun. The outcome:



Carson went on to kill more birds this year as well. Nick even let him shoot some of the EM 1-1/4oz #7s at 1090fps as they shared the same zero and Carson tolerated the recoil of the larger loads just fine. Since he handled the EM loads well, we are going to step him up to a 1-3/8oz TK19 load for the coming season and I feel like those will work out quite well.

High density shot is not just about long range, but some seem to lose focus.....


Have a good one,

Loder

THANKS for loading some turkey rounds which made it possible to find a capable and comfortable hunting load for this young man. Well Done.

LUV those pics too.

Well done to you and the dad. Congrats to the young man!!

I have a very petite 8 yr old daughter (she is smaller than some of her 5 and 6 yr old friends) who seems to have the hunting bug as much as I do and was able to take her first buck this year much in part to modern advances in bullet technology. I'm currently looking into TSS loads for her to turkey hunt next year. At the worst case, she'll be using 2 3/4" Fed. HW #7s, which is a big recoil reduction from the 3" version and seems to be fine at reasonable distances.

Really terrific, Reloader. Extra effort so the boy can get it done im sure feels really good.

And those are some outstanding birds!!

Very Well done!

(Tell him he just killed a dinosaur that the meteor missed, he'll be jazzed!)

Wow there's nothing better then that rite there good for you and lots of credit to dad as well