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Originally Posted by Cory Rams
I agree...
But it only really takes one pellet with 4 pounds of energy in the right spot to get the job done. If I am lucky enough to put one right behind the eye like I did on my target and the bird I shot last year at 85 yards that all it takes. All other pellets not hitting bone still help with TKO factor (energy transfer) for trauma and shock to help slam the bird to the ground. Many more hunters, including myself, have harvested turkeys at some pretty far distances with way worse patterns then the above target I have posted. In all reality I don’t plan on pulling the trigger past 25 yards this year where I’m set up.
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A few years ago I had two longbeards come in to my calls but they wouldn’t come any closer than about 35 yards. They were about 6 feet apart and I decided to take the larger one of course, and with the longer beard. I put the bead on the tom’s neck just below his head and held it there for a couple of seconds as they eyed my setup. I touched off and to my shock both birds lifted off with the one I hadn’t shot at making a clean escape. The one I shot at flew directly to the woods and crashed right smack into the trunk of a huge old maple, regained his balance and then crashed into another tree about 30 yards away. He continued crashing into limbs and trunks until he was out of sight and earshot. I never found that bird even after more than an hour of searching. I was shooting a full choke Parker 12 with constrictions of .034” and .035” and my load was 1 1/4 oz. of #6 shot.
So, that one lucky pellet you mentioned, from my shot, I presume went right through both eyes and all others that hit him were of no significance whatever.
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