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Weather was beautiful this morning and I decided to tidy up the garage. I worked hard for about 3 minutes then I found a couple boxes of 3.5" Rem Premier #6 Turkey loads and ditched the stupid idea of garage cleaning
. I knew where a few partial boxes of other turkey loads were hiding so off to the range I go.
Figured the trio could use some sunshine
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Browning Maxus (28" bbl) Invector X-Full Turkey Choke
Benelli SBE II (26" bbl) Benelli Full Choke
Rem 870 (23" bbl) Indian Creek .665 Choke
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870 Compact camo 20 gauge with Rem turkey choke.
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BPS 10 Gauge. Got a good 15 or so turkeys to its credit. Only 1 with a bow though.
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Most recent: Model 12 16Ga mod. 1oz 7.5s.
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Mossberg 835 tactical turkey.
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870 super mag
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Northstar west 20 ga.
36" jugged barrel.
1.25 oz. #5 plated,85 grs. 2F Goex.
24lb. Pa. bird back in 2010 at about 30 yds..
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Mossberg 500, factory full choke, shooting 2oz of Federal #4's. Been running the same/same since '91.
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Browning BPS Game gun. Hevi-Shot H13 # 6
Want To Buy; Form die for a 7mm Mashburn Super. .284 Hornady AMax 162gr. .224 Hornady AMax 75gr. 22-250 bushing die Bushing die that will work with the 7mm Mashburn Super A couple Glock 42 380ACP mags
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Remington 11/87 supermag
23" RS bbl currently sporting a ICBDS choke
It has I think 14 gobblers to its credit.
Here's just a few
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Benelli SBE..........
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Benelli M1S90...
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I noticed a few more birds having some gray in their beard. Is it old age like us, or??
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Seal, I've got that same 12 gauge. Is that the Burris speed dot on yours?
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Mossberg 835 Star Dot choke
Remington SP10 Basner choke
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Single shot H&R in custom turkeyflage. Generally have to hike quite a bit to get to the public land birds around here, so we go light. My boys helped in the paint job!
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Hey Dave, what choke do you have in that H&R?
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My newest addition is a little youth stoeger condor 20g.
My first bird with it last year.
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And a copy other I have had, I sold both benellis. Probably killed 30 or so birds with the SBE.
"I do not hunt turkeys becuse I want to, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion." I love my wife:)
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that is a sweet paint job!
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What kinda sight is this?
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What kinda sight is this?
Burris Fast Fire II with a custom guard around it.
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that is a sweet paint job!
+1 That is really good!
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that is a sweet paint job!
+1 That is really good!
Thanks! I'm painting two more right now. I'll post pics when I'm done.
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This little 20 gauge Wingmaster has killed a pickup truck load of turkey.
My son called both those gobblers to his decoy with an easy yelper. Shot one then the other.
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Browning Auto-5 16 gauge, full choke barrel.
Browning BPS 12 gauge, 3" NWTF version pump.
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Taz, that H&R has a modified choke. Not ideal, but we usually get them within 30 yards or don't get them in at all. Hevi-shot does the trick!
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Here's mine, a Mossberg 500 3" 12 ga, 20 inch barrel, fiber optic sights. Light, powerful and has a nice recoil pad. Shown with the factory X-factor turkey choke, it now has a Star Dot.
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Here is one I bought last week and mounted the scope this morning
Benelli Vinci
12 ga
Leupold VX1 2-7 x 33mm with Turkey Plex reticle
Talley Lightweight rings
Kick's Gobblin Thunder .660
Can't wait to take it out this spring
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I finally got two 20's I'm putting together for friends assembled last night. Off to the patterning boards today to dial in the red dots and see how they perform. Not the best pics with the cell phone, but here they are:
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Not 100% happy with them, but at least they aren't solid black now. Learned a few more lessons this go around with one being to base layer the tracks black where they'll pop. You really have to know what you are looking at to notice them on the gun.
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Turned out great. Good paint job's Sand_Man.
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Custom 12ga English Fowler
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Centermark Fusil de chase, 20ga. 80gr 2FF 90gr's #5 shot
Custom 12ga English Fowler
Now
that's old school!
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Shrapnel, is that Winchester a .25-35 that you mentioned in other posts????Killed one fall turkey with my .25-35..It was a hoot...The 117 grain RN ruin just a bit of meat..the only turkey I lost any meat to speak of when shooting turkey with a rifle..
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Yes, that Winchester is a 25-35. I have killed everything from gophers to a Grizzly bear with it. No meat was ruined on the Grizzly either...
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Last turkey pic gave me a chuckle.
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Aviators dress up even a turkey...
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Ithaca Model 37 Turkeyslayer Storm shooting 4x5x7 Nitros:
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Ithaca Model 37 Turkey Slayer 1950's version shooting my hand loaded 2 3/4", 1 1/8 oz. 6 shot pheasant loads (1150 fps).
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Ithaca Model 37 Turkey Slayer 1950's version shooting my hand loaded 2 3/4", 1 1/8 oz. 6 shot pheasant loads (1150 fps).
You must be too close, I have 3 1/2 inch #4 buckshot to get my turkeys...
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Shrapnel, one day when I was a high schooler I was callin' turkeys down on the Tongue River and just couldn't get 'em to come up close. I had a couple 3" copper plated BB loads in my pocket, Winchester Super X Double X if I remember right. Out of of interest, not to mention a might bit of frustration, I jacked one of 'em in the old 870 and took a 50+ yard shot at a tom. He went down like a frickin' box-a-rocks. Never did it again but it sure as hell showed me how deadly copper plated BBs can be.
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BPS 20.5" bbl with IC and Williams Firesights
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I guess I don't know how to make the picture show up without having to click. Sorry about that.
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A good day in the goose blind with my Super X2:
Life is like a purple antelope on a field of tuna fish...
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A good day in the goose blind with my Super X2:
Got to be a story there?
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The geese flew into the decoys and later the turkey walked in. Both seasons were open and I had 3 shells, so... Steel shot can kill a turkey.
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Life is like a purple antelope on a field of tuna fish...
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LIB I may have figured it out.
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nice gun and bird! feels good that springs here, just so dang cold this year.
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I love this gun for turkey type hunting. Light and compact with out loosing barrel length.
I have one deer kill with this Encore frame and would like to add a turkey kill by adding the 12ga barrel.
6.5lb and 39.5" overall 3" chamber and 24" barrel
15 yards on the left and 30 yards on the right
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Today was the opener in Ca. This from this morning. Rem.870 special field ,21" barrel. I call it the 'do all shotgun'. 2 3/4 0r 3" shells, screw in chokes, shoots steel or lead, and they always work!
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Heck yeah! Nice combo and it looks like your off to a good start. How many tags do ya get in CA?
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You are allowed 1 bearded turkey per day, 3 per season.Season runs for 37 consecutive days. Happy hunting!
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Ok, since you asked nice
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Shriveled old beards
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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
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Here's what I've been using the last 5-6 years.
Remington M870 Express Magnum 20ga. Primos Jelly Head Choke.
Camp is where you make it.
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The Maxis connected again Saturday morning on Rio. Gawd I love this stuff!!
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I guess the business end will have to do....SBEII w/ Patternmaster ext range.
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Worked like a charm!
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Remington 870 Super Mag with 3 1/2" #4 Hevi-Shot and Super Full choke!
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Mine uses arrows,
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Bloodied the new Benelli SBE II in Missouri on Saturday. It needs a few squirts of dark Krylon...
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My 870 put a hurtin on this Pa. bird this past Tuesday.
3" Federal #5's with an extra full Remington choke tube.
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Got this bird yesterday at 6:30am. The gun is an Ithaca turkey slayer with a 2 x 7 Nikon and a Kicks gobblin thunder choke. Been killing turkeys for 15 years with this set up.
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Bloodied the new Benelli SBE II in Missouri on Saturday. It needs a few squirts of dark Krylon...
I painted mine, the factory camo didn't suit me.
Golden............
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Here's one of them...
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Love the ole front stuffer, great bird too.
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Here's one of them...
Dat's cool...
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