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05-06-2014, 07:37 PM | #3 | ||||||
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05-06-2014, 09:29 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Tom,
When did you kill him, this week? Tell us the details. Distance, choke, etc. Gobbling? |
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05-06-2014, 10:02 PM | #5 | ||||||
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very nice tom and a good looking fox...charlie
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05-07-2014, 05:23 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Killed last Saturday. Gobbled 4 times total. Abby gun is chokes .010 and .35. Probably should have used the more open barrel because he was so close (20 yards). However I pulled the rear trigger and over he fell. I must have held a tad higher then normal because he was facing me and I had zero pellets in the breast which make for fine eating.
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05-07-2014, 06:39 AM | #7 | |||||||
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Congratulations Tom on such a fine bird and a beautiful Fox. |
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05-07-2014, 07:44 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Yep, I normally aim between the base of the neck and his head. Because of pattern spread I will often get a pellet or two high in the breast.
PS. When I was a young fellow and shot one of my first gobbling/full strutting turkeys I was so nervous I aimed at the middle of the turkey and cut loose a 3.5" 12 gauge Number 5 Winchester load turkey load at 20 yards. Giant puff of feathers and a very uneatable turkey. Have gotten much better since. Did however shoot over the head of more then one even now, hence why I drop my aiming point about 4" below the head. |
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05-07-2014, 09:49 PM | #9 | ||||||
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Yes, we were lucky as we lived on a farm right next to town with many deer and had access to a couple more. I don't know how many deer I shot there but usually some with every type of weapon. I know I shot 5 with my muzzle loader one year. We had all my wife's family and our friends supplied with corn fed venison. The deer numbers were actually kind of a problem then. We left there in 1997. I hope it is still as pretty a place.
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