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10gaugemag


"... Shot in the back of legs??

That was a flying bird for sure.

If he was hit with #4 anywhere else within 60 yards you wouldn't have been the one tagging him. ..."

First off, I shoot #8's, so it wasn't my shot.

Shot in the back of the legs means he was probably in full retreat, shot from the back.

Since:
1) I wasn't the one doing the shooting
2) the bird was alive
3) the shot was just under the skin
4) the target area on a turkey is very small
....it is likely:
1) the shooter was a numbskull
2) the bird was, without out a doubt, out range
3) the bird was shot running or walking, not flying.
4) the shot was taken in desperation.

Leg shots don't count, brain and CNS shots do.

This is my misgivings with gun writers telling about TSS and Hevi-Shot and 3.5" ammo and #2 to #4 shot and making 60 and 70 yard shots.
With your 10 gauge magnum, prolly so!
I've never shot a 10 gauge, so who am I to say! LOL!

I hunt with a .410 and TSS shot, but I'm NOT going to shoot over about 20 yards max. (I also hunt with a 16 ga)
I find it inconceivable that a gunwriter would risk his/her reputation by publishing the .410 with TSS shot is a "forty yard turkey gun"! 🐴💩!
Too many dip wads are already thinking they can kill turkeys at 60/70 yards because they shoot 3.5" #4's and slinging shot at turkeys with no consideration for "range".

Ok. I'll get off my soapbox! 😜

If you don't shoot over 20 yards you're not going to shoot many turkeys....unless you're hunting out a blind with decoys or over a bait pile.

Two gobblers I killed this year appeared to have been shot with fAiry dust previously.....tiny gangrene holes in the breast and one had a tiny hole that was gangrene that had penetrated the breast bone.

Never shot it. No experience or no need for it. Winchester Longbeards #5 get the job done. 3 or 3.5"