Tungsten Super Shot will eliminate the need for a big bore

[Southpaw]

Yes sir. Used to bow hunt way before any range finders and became pretty good at estimating distances. Problem with scenario I described is that I had made note of where I thought bird was standing and believed hung up, except due to lay of the land he was standing about 15 yards farther out. Could not see that second little ridge from angle when sitting and we set up in the dark. Size of bird also gave a false of impression it was closer than it was. Also knew that if I could have seen legs and feet then might have pinpointed him better but who knows. Hindsight is 20/20 and would have set up for this bird differently but only had one shot at him.

Anyway, made me sick to misjudge that bird, I'd of let it walk if had known it was farther out than 50 yards and I was on a guest hunt. Definitely did not want to shoot up someones birds on a whim. My buddy and I both thought bird was standing in same place when I shot. 50 yards was limit of what I would try with 3 inch load of #5 lead shot and choke I was hunting with. I like what you observed about the lead shot's performance at long distance as not having much as much impact compared to tungsten. When that old bird shook like a dog it looked like he was doing it to shake shot out of his feathers.

Btw did find out after the season from a guy that did harvest that big old tom. I asked him if there were any noticeable wounds from my encounter and he said not one scratch best he could tell. Bird was not a record breaker but definitely the bird of lifetime for most of us.

Again sure wish I'd know then what I know now about what you have demonstrated with tungsten. Believe it would have made a difference for me in that one scenario, but like you, prefer to get em in closer.

[Dean Romig]

Vermont limits shot size while hunting turkeys to #8 being the smallest and #2 being the largest - though I don't know who would ever use #2 for such a tiny target.






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[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Vermont limits shot size while hunting turkeys to #8 being the smallest and #2 being the largest - though I don't know who would ever use #2 for such a tiny target.






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Dean,

They do make it in #8 equivalent.

[StubTwist]

Thanks for the update Jerry. Looking forward to the follow up report of your turkey hunt. Best of luck!

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Frank Cronin

Thanks for the update Jerry. Looking forward to the follow up report of your turkey hunt. Best of luck!

No test volunteers so far. I've called in four so far. Opening day a 60 yard look at my decoy did not please him; Tuesday a fly down to 75 yards and one gobble (called him back at about 11 a.m.) and he said goodbye; and today, well I watched him strut at another seventy-five yards, and the clock struck twelve (end of shooting time) and he was safe for another day. We talked for over an hour. All of them have lots of concubines.

I give them 3 points for every day they beat me. I get seven for a score. Score now: 15 to 0. Three more shutouts and I can't beat them this year.

Back again tomorrow at 5 a.m.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow

Dean,

They do make it in #8 equivalent.

Hal will recommend #8s and #9s.

[Tom Flanigan]

[QUOTE=Dean Romig;240896]Vermont limits shot size while hunting turkeys to #8 being the smallest and #2 being the largest - though I don't know who would ever use #2 for such a tiny target.

Dean, I don't know if Vermont has a fall season but NY does. I have taken many fall birds with #4 shooting for the body, not the head. #2's don't pattern well with any of my tightly choked 12 bores, so I went to #4 which pattern well. I've never owned a gun that patterened well with #2's. I used to use #3's on geese back in the day which I bought from Herters. In my guns, the 3's patterend well and far better than the 2's. I am a big fan of #3's. I wish it were still available.

[Dean Romig]

It's okay - I'm good with my chilled #6 lead from .042 & .043 chokes at 45 yards or less.






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[Southpaw]

Jerry

Finally was playing around in the interweb and saw a video of fella shooting Federal TSS in 3.5 shell using #9. Not certain what his choke was but pretty sure it was turkey choke but he put a lot of pellets into the kill zone target at about 75 yards. Pattern was also evenly dispersed so even if you were off some, plenty of shot to wax that bird on either side. Pretty cool stuff.

[Dean Romig]

I wonder how many ounces of shot those 3.5" shells were loaded with?

Anybody here shooting 3.5" shells in their Parker?




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