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You've gotten great responses. Just call one in close and take him...and then post to the rest of us suggestions on how it's done. I can never decide between 6s and 4s, so I shoot 5s. I kill birds when I take good shots at reasonable ranges. That's the secret to success. BUT, be sure to enjoy the hunt. It's the reason we get up early and go.
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04-30-2020, 10:44 AM | #14 | ||||||
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Well today was a washout. Poured all morning. Should be better tomorrow.
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4's just never seemed to pattern tight enough to my liking, too many spaces, and that was thru a Rem turkey X-Full in my 870 shooting Active 1 5/8 oz of 4's. Patterning 7 1/2's was a real eye opener , nothing could get thru that.
First turkey this year went right down with 1 1/4 oz & 1/2's, and second with 1 1/8 oz 7"s thru my Parker hammer 12 30" F/F. Would keep shots under 35 yds
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04-30-2020, 07:04 PM | #16 | ||||||
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Since the 1980's I have used REM-Peters 12 ga 2 3/4" Duplex load short magnum. Its 1 1/2 oz loaded with both #4 & #6's. Only have 2 rounds left but I do have a box of Sears short mag #5, 1 1/2 oz ammo. 4x6 loads worked great, same rounds in 2x6 sucked(open patterns). In 16ga 2 3/4" Peters short mags with 1 1/4 oz loads have performed consistently well. Almost impossible to find today, thankfully I still have half a box left.
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04-30-2020, 07:32 PM | #17 | |||||||
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05-01-2020, 09:56 PM | #18 | ||||||
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Day 2, another washout, poured all morning and they weren't moving. Back at it again in the morning, should be clear and in the middle 40's.
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Keep us posted, John. My season is over, so now I can go along with you through your posts.
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05-02-2020, 10:26 AM | #20 | ||||||
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Day 3 was gorgeous morning. I went out and fed the horse just after daylight and could hear the toms across the road at my cousins. I figured this is the morning, I get my gear head through my back pasture knowing those toms are gonna cross the road above my place and come down into my pasture. Walking out all I hear is silence. No clue where they went. I set up in ground blind I have set up, call once in awhile hoping for a response and nothing. I decide to head east along an old stone wall calling every once in awhile and finally get a gobble back! I don't even get set up and I can see the the lead birds red head 50 yards away over the brush. I sit down against a tree, give a few soft calls and 4 jakes come in to 20 yards. I ended up letting them pass, I want to take a long beard first with the VH. It was fun having them come right in. The toms must be henned up somewhere. Will have at it again tomorrow.
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