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I was able to fill my tag this morning on the only day I had available to hunt after not filling the tag during my original allotted time. It was a jake with 4" beard (if I stretched the beard a bit) and nubbin spurs but I'll take it over tag soup.
I didn't expect much, it is windy, cloudy, and threatening to drizzle all morning. I didn't hear a gobble until well after sunrise and the bird did the usual and wandered off to the south someplace. A couple hours and a few moves had my hopes down. I returned to my original stand area as it was the only place sheltered from the wind. I called a couple series and kind of dozed off for a minute or two. I woke and gave a couple clucks when I saw movement to my left. It was a pair of birds that looked like males but was difficult to tell due to immaturity.
I was finally able to see a beard on them but I couldn't move as both were looking at me. When they put their heads down to feed, I got the gun up but didn't have a shot as they were too close together and we are allowed only one turkey in MN. Finally, the one wandered behind a tree and I was able to shoot the other.
I was able to bloody the Mossberg 930 on something breaking its string of bad luck. A handful of excursions for turkeys and waterfowl had none seen and a pheasant hunt had it acting up due to poor cold weather ammo. Now, I have to decide between it and the Browning Gold for such duties.
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I'll take meat over tag soup any day. Congrats!
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CONGRATS on some tasty white meat !!!!!
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Congrats on your season F bird.
MN is nice that they let us do that.
On your shotgun choice...
I've had poor luck with mossberg pumps in the past so I would keep the browning.
Other than that, How was the show Mrs. Lincoln?
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Yeah, it is nice they do that. It came in handy for me this year.
Until recently, I would not take a semiauto Mossberg shotgun if I were paid. I had a 5500 MK II that was pretty reliable until it broke a firing pin which it did regularly. I could (and did) change out the firing pin in the field on more than one occasion. The 9200 was given to me to try- I won't even look at one again let alone use one. Mine, and those of others I knew, had nothing but problems and is a reason for their quick demise.
The exception was the 1000 but that was made by Howa and picked up by Mossberg when S&W dropped their long guns. I had one of the S&W Supers and it ran like a champ. I kick myself for selling it.
The 930 series has been pretty good to me so far. I have a black synthetic version that I extended the magazine to 10 shots to use for spring snow geese and 3-gun type events. It has close to 5000 rounds through it since I bought it (salesman demo gun) and all I've had to do is change the recoil spring.
I picked up a slug version and then the aforementioned camo gun from the same person. The slug gun has been stellar but it has only a few hundred rounds through it by me. It has been my most accurate slug gun outside Savage and Browning bolt guns.
The camo version has a couple thousand rounds through it, enough I should change out the recoil spring as I don't know how many rounds went through it before I picked it up. My only problems occurred during a pheasant hunt in below zero temps and it was an issue with the shotshells (primer specifically) rather than gun.
I'll keep the Browning, it is a 3.5" gun so makes a great back up/loaner gun. I have used less than a box of 3.5" shells since ~1985 so the 930 would be an acceptable gun for me. It's being a few ounces lighter between the hands makes for a decent upland gun too.
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Way to persevere! Congrats on your successful hunt.
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Congratulations on taking your bird.
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