Dean,

Yea, no need to debate loads when any will do the job they are designed for. Had I let him into ten yards, no question. But I like to let the Parker chokes do what they were designed for, deliver a perfect pattern. It did.

Hey Charlie,

I said I fooled with him over five hours, but I have "Old Turkey Hunter's Disease." I got up very early, was close to the bird at daybreak, and fooled with him for a couple of hours.

About 10:30, it got warm and I lost all consciousness, and went into a coma-like state. I was completely paralyzed, did not move for an hour. Someone who had seen me up against the tree with my chin down on my chest would have called 911 thinking my motionless body was dead.

Only the gobble of the turkey revived me. I've had this disease for years now.

How about you, have you been diagnosed with it? My wife always asks "Where have you been?"

The great thing about our doubles is you can put two different shot sizes/loads in and be ready for different shooting situations. The camo auto crowd can't do that.

Jerry,
Do you think your snoring is a gobble or a cluck?

I do that all the time when deer hunting I really enjoy falling asleep with the snow falling all around. It's really weird to wake up with three inches of new snow on myself.
I do the same thing while turkey hunting too.... especially after a hard night in "Turkey Camp".

jerry i too am afflicted with that terible disease have been moist of my life..no known cure that i know of..one time while hunting with my dad we had seen some big birds feeding the day before in a field at about 12.00...we decided the next day to get in there early in case they decided to be a little early theirselves...well that disease kicked in i awoke to the sound of a gunshot and flopping wings..my dad lilled a nice one and i should have had it not been for the disease...o well...charlie

Anytime you shoot a bird in the head it will flop around as the wings go into overdrive - no matter if with a scattergun or a .22. It's just like cutting the head off a chicken. They'll fly away making a horrible racket if you let them. They're way dead but just don't know it.

Richard,

I know they are dead or soon will be. Just have been spoiled by high velocity heavy magnum loads to the head at close ranges (30 or less). So many hits to the head and neck, they fall over, and that's it. No flopping around.

I think it's just a matter of time Jerry.... There's an exception to every rule.

A chicken or even a turkey will flap and flop around uncontrollably even after his head is lopped clean off with an axe... just sayin'...

I lost Sunday dinner at my uncles that way once when I was a kid.

not talking about getting sick,

I really lost it - over the hedge row and gone

now thats a good one...bet your mom said a word or two..i can see that chicken now...charlie