Tungsten Super Shot will eliminate the need for a big bore

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by 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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Gawd I hope not unless its a bigger gun than a 12 gauge. Besides if your shooting at a turkey head at some of the distances people are patterning, you almost need a scope on the gun. I don't think I want to see a scope on a Parker.

I think Jerry is like others in finding out one of the limitations on SXS when it comes to distances, barrel regulation, sighting, point of impacts when it comes to a need of tight patterns on a small target. There is probably never going to be a need to overload a Parker for a long range distance shot on turkey. 40 yards is probably about the limit unless you start really vectoring your aim accounting for regulation left to right which can be challenging.

I know alot of really big time turkey hunters. One of them loves old sxs but he got a customized O/U that he loves and he calls it the perfect turkey gun for all occasions. Bottom barrel zeroed in at 35 yards and top barrel is dead on at 50+ yards.

[charlie cleveland]

i went hunting this morning for about a hour i seen a good gobbler but he was call shy....been putting radiator on my hunting truck they gave me wrong thermostat....hope to hunt a lot next week....jerry i hope you get to use that new shot load on a 60 yard turkey....charlie

[Southpaw]

Dang, something tells me waterfowl hunting is going to get a lot more expensive.

[James L. Martin]

Our Turkey season opens May first, so far I can't find Federal TSS loads in any local store, all say anyday. Plus we can't order shells thur the mail thanks to New York laws.

[Southpaw]

What fun. Birds like that taste better anyway. Btw once you get a bird educated you may have to back off a few days or try other subtle or aggressive tactics. Subtle ones are easier like changing a call so bird hears a different yelps. Sometimes it simple easy stuff you overlook, forgot or learn that makes a difference.

Years ago we had a bird like yours that bested us for 2 days working an area with woods, logging roads and food plots. We had that bird down in his patterns and he always did something different, but we did know about where he roosted. Got there early and owled him to roost gobble and then snuck within 300 yards of an old oak tree that had some thinned out pines it. Thinking was we would move to him some and cut him off to area of logging road on knoll he had been working. We sat down and yelped one time and he barked back at us. Off in the distance a few moments later even saw him drop out of that big old tree. We made one more yelp and he gobbled from the ground again and then we shut up, he knew where we were and it was right where we thought he wanted to be. Thinking he was going to be on us in a few minutes, then nothing but we were patient. We never heard him for almost an hour. He obviously went the other way to a food plot we knew of but never had seen him there nor any turkey sign before. So we think we need to try and move closer to him.

Luckily fella I was hunting with was way more experienced than me and said before we move lets try something. There was a crow calling way off in the distance and after the next crow call he shook an old box call and it sounded like a weak jake gobble. I had never seen that trick before. Immediately that gobbler hammered at it and he was 50 yards away from us with 3 jakes and about a dozen hens. In the span of about 30 seconds we were about to break cover and move to having a flock in our lap at 10 yards.

Thats turkey hunting.

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Todd Poer

Btw once you get a bird educated you may have to back off a few days or try other subtle or aggressive tactics. Subtle ones are easier like changing a call so bird hears a different yelps. Sometimes it simple easy stuff you overlook, forgot or learn that makes a difference.

I'll eventually get him. And yes, I do change calls. I have eight calls with me at all times: 1 gobbler, 1 box, 1 pot with two different strikers for different frequencies, and four mouth calls from a juvenile hen to great great grandma.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow

I'll eventually get him. And yes, I do change calls. I have eight calls with me at all times: 1 gobbler, 1 box, 1 pot with two different strikers for different frequencies, and four mouth calls from a juvenile hen to great great grandma.

Yea you will. Your definitely properly accessorized. What I like about challenging birds is the learning part and figuring out patterns. It's said you learn more from defeats, maybe so, but I like to learn from success just a much. He will slip up somewhere. Just a matter of time and mind over matter.

[Big D]

Seems like a great chemistry/metallurgy experiment, but $10/shell?

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by John Dallas

Seems like a great chemistry/metallurgy experiment, but $10/shell?

Most expensive part is patterning. After that, $10 for successful hunt with a bird on the ground is probably the most inexpensive part of the whole experience. What hacks me off now is that I have boxes of lead turkey loads but now want to buy these tungsten loads. I guess its a great 1st world problem to have.

[Big D]

Any guesses on the effect of such hard shot on old barrels, if any? Apparently it has some sort of razzmatazz hot rod wad/shot cup