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You don't need a Magnum #2173256 04/28/08
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 991 Michigan R RWL99 OP Campfire Regular
OP RWL99 Campfire Regular R Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 991 Michigan	My wife got her 1st Gobbler yesterday and she's pretty happy. It had a 9 1/2" beard and was bigger than the bird I got on opening day with my bow and flintlock fowler. She doesn't have a smoothbore barrel for her muzzleloader yet so she used her Youth Model 20ga single shot with a modified barrel.It was loaded with a 2 3/4" low brass shell and #8 SHOT. I patterned the gun at 20yds so I knew it would do the job at that distance with a head shot...she dumped the bird at 18yd's. 3" magnums?...who needs em.. Last edited by RWL99; 04/28/08. "We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past"

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Re: You don't need a Magnum RWL99 #2173303 04/28/08
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,758 Omaha, NE BOWHUNR Campfire Tracker
BOWHUNR Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,758 Omaha, NE	Did they have pop-up blinds back in the frontier days? Just kidding!! Tell your wife congratulations and nice job. Mike Know fat, know flavor. No fat, no flavor. I tried going vegan, but then realized it was a big missed steak.

Re: You don't need a Magnum RWL99 #2173304 04/28/08
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 12,628 Lyndeborough New Hampshire Longbeardking Campfire Outfitter
Longbeardking Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 12,628 Lyndeborough New Hampshire	VERY VERY well done. Congratulations!!!!!! NRA Endowment Life Member (and proud of it) Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato Deuteronomy 22:5

Re: You don't need a Magnum Longbeardking #2173351 04/28/08
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pullit Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 11,326 Middle/West Tennessee	congrats.... I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....

Re: You don't need a Magnum pullit #2173431 04/28/08
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dakota blues Campfire Regular Joined: May 2006 Posts: 547 Michigan	very nice indeed! DB "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." - Mark Twain

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Re: You don't need a Magnum dakota blues #2173836 04/28/08
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remrug77 Campfire Regular R Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 530 md usa	I have heard of some using #8s on turkeys and could see it really working on close birds.Here in Md we are limited to 4,5 and 6 shot.Way to go!!!Nice bird.

Re: You don't need a Magnum RWL99 #2175823 04/29/08
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GPA Campfire Regular G Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,003 Upstate NY	I agree.....You do not need a magnum, but maybe you should have! Question: Why shoot the turkey at 18 yds? With the blind you were using, why not wait til the bird gets to 5 yds. and whack him with a slingshot? Methinks you are bragging inappropriately. In my opinion (and, I have killed a bunch of turkeys with the 20 ga.), one should not hunt turkeys with a 20 ga., choked modified, using low base 8's. (And, if you do.....consider yourself lucky and keep your mouth shut!)

Re: You don't need a Magnum GPA #2176378 04/30/08
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killahog Campfire Regular K Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,425 Likes: 1	Congratulations I would agree with you on not needing a magnum to kill the turkeys. I have a 410 that shoots a real nice pattern would kill a turkey if it came within the effective range of the gun. Did you make the call you are holding? Proud to be an American United States Marine

Re: You don't need a Magnum killahog #2176402 04/30/08
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Lawdwaz Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 8,781 WNY	Ron- Congrats to your wife on her first bird and to you on the assist! What do you mean by "bow and flintlock fowler"? P.S. You should see the 3.5" cigars I use in my Benelli!

Re: You don't need a Magnum Lawdwaz #2176414 04/30/08
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Longbeardking Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 12,628 Lyndeborough New Hampshire	7 say congratulations and one has other thoughts. Guess that's what makes the world go around. Dead is dead and I still say congratulations!!!!!! NRA Endowment Life Member (and proud of it) Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato Deuteronomy 22:5

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Re: You don't need a Magnum GPA #2176510 04/30/08
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OP RWL99 Campfire Regular R Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 991 Michigan	Quote I agree.....You do not need a magnum, but maybe you should have! Question: Why shoot the turkey at 18 yds? With the blind you were using, why not wait til the bird gets to 5 yds. and whack him with a slingshot? Methinks you are bragging inappropriately. In my opinion (and, I have killed a bunch of turkeys with the 20 ga.), one should not hunt turkeys with a 20 ga., choked modified, using low base 8's. (And, if you do.....consider yourself lucky and keep your mouth shut!) Thanks for your opinion but you know what they say about opinions I've killed a bunch of turkey myself, to the point I don't brag inappropriately or even appropriately. Go back and re read my post and you'll see that I said I patterned the gun with the load and knew it's limit. By the way, this is not the first turkey this particular gun and load has killed. My Wife is 70 years old and has Parkinsons disease. She can't hold and aim a heavy gun but she can do just fine with the little Youth Model single shot. It has a 3" chamber but the recoil would be too much for her in that light gun with a Magnum load, that's why we used the load we did. As for bragging inappropriately, I think not. This is her first turkey and I'm damn proud of her so I think my bragging is VERY appropriate. As for waiting for the bird to come in to 5 yds and "whack him with a slingshot" this bird was coming no closer and had to be shot when he stood. I think your smart a$$ remark is "inappropriate" "We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past"

Re: You don't need a Magnum killahog #2176524 04/30/08
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OP RWL99 Campfire Regular R Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 991 Michigan	Quote Congratulations I would agree with you on not needing a magnum to kill the turkeys. I have a 410 that shoots a real nice pattern would kill a turkey if it came within the effective range of the gun. Did you make the call you are holding? Killahog, the call I'm holding was made for me by a friend in April of 1988 and I killed my first turkey with it that year. It's made out of walnut and has a nice deep raspy tone. I've got a box full of turkey calls but I decided to use this call in honor of it's 20th anniversary. "We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past"

Re: You don't need a Magnum RWL99 #2176607 04/30/08
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BOWHUNR Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,758 Omaha, NE	Originally Posted by RWL99 Quote I agree.....You do not need a magnum, but maybe you should have! Question: Why shoot the turkey at 18 yds? With the blind you were using, why not wait til the bird gets to 5 yds. and whack him with a slingshot? Methinks you are bragging inappropriately. In my opinion (and, I have killed a bunch of turkeys with the 20 ga.), one should not hunt turkeys with a 20 ga., choked modified, using low base 8's. (And, if you do.....consider yourself lucky and keep your mouth shut!) Thanks for your opinion but you know what they say about opinions I've killed a bunch of turkey myself, to the point I don't brag inappropriately or even appropriately. Go back and re read my post and you'll see that I said I patterned the gun with the load and knew it's limit. By the way, this is not the first turkey this particular gun and load has killed. My Wife is 70 years old and has Parkinsons disease. She can't hold and aim a heavy gun but she can do just fine with the little Youth Model single shot. It has a 3" chamber but the recoil would be too much for her in that light gun with a Magnum load, that's why we used the load we did. As for bragging inappropriately, I think not. This is her first turkey and I'm damn proud of her so I think my bragging is VERY appropriate. As for waiting for the bird to come in to 5 yds and "whack him with a slingshot" this bird was coming no closer and had to be shot when he stood. I think your smart a$$ remark is "inappropriate" Very well said. You, unlike others here, are a class act. Mike Know fat, know flavor. No fat, no flavor. I tried going vegan, but then realized it was a big missed steak.

Re: You don't need a Magnum RWL99 #2176717 04/30/08
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hunter1960 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10,863 Middle Tennessee	That's a very nice Turkey in deed.

Re: You don't need a Magnum hunter1960 #2177906 04/30/08
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Tom264 Campfire Ranger T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 24,851 USA	Well I say congrats to you and your wife, thats the beauty of everybody....we are all different! Imagine how boring life would be if everybody did everything the same. The way you got this turkey was obviously good enough....cause he's dead right? Anyway your style of hunting and choice of implements are dramatically different than mine but you got a bird and I dont yet , but I will get one. Like I said congrats..... .

Re: You don't need a Magnum GPA #2179006 05/01/08
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SKane Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24,651 Likes: 1 Midwest	Originally Posted by GPA I agree.....You do not need a magnum, but maybe you should have! Question: Why shoot the turkey at 18 yds? With the blind you were using, why not wait til the bird gets to 5 yds. and whack him with a slingshot? Methinks you are bragging inappropriately. In my opinion (and, I have killed a bunch of turkeys with the 20 ga.), one should not hunt turkeys with a 20 ga., choked modified, using low base 8's. (And, if you do.....consider yourself lucky and keep your mouth shut!) GPA - Happy to see you're regularly taking your @sshole pills.... RWL99 - congrats to you and your wife. WWP53D

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