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10 bore · 05-03-2023, 10:15 AM

Now i like using my parker NH but I also like my Ithaca NID 10 ga. I already shot a bird with the NH so NID 's turn.
Called in a lone tom from 300 yds across a field to 30 yds into the woods where i was set at. at 20 yds after a 1/2 show he too took a bath in the only little stream that was near us. he was a nice looking bird until than

. 22 lbs, 1 inch spurs, 2 beards 9 1/2 and 5 1/2 long.

Harold Pickens · 05-03-2023, 12:03 PM

Nice bird Scott.
I was just given an old gun that my grandfather used on the family farm, an H&R 12 ga single shot with 30" full choke, I want to take a turkey with it now.

charlie cleveland · 05-03-2023, 12:27 PM

nice bird I like to hear about them long range birds getting called in...I have called in and killed a few of these long range birds makes for one exciting hunt... I too have taken several birds with the 10 ga here are some of mined used in battle with the turkeys over the years...lefever e grade. lc smith short 10 field grade. parker short 10 p grade. parker 10 n grade 3 1/2 inch gun. parker n grade 10 3 1/2 inch gun...1894 Remington 10 ga short chambers a grade with steel barrels....an ithica mag 10 auto.for many years all I used was double barrel 10 ga. I really liked these guns...charlie

Stan Hoover · 05-03-2023, 03:21 PM

Nice going there Scott,

You guys must be over run with turkeys up there

I'm anticapating taking a new to me 34" Ithaca 10 out there for turkeys as soon as I can find the time to spend some time in the woods.

Congrats on another fine turkey,
Stan

mobirdhunter · 05-03-2023, 03:40 PM

Nice bird, Scott. Is your gun one of the 3 1/2” Ithaca’s? I have one, and it is a turkey thumper.

10 bore · 05-03-2023, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Nice bird, Scott. Is your gun one of the 3 1/2” Ithaca’s? I have one, and it is a turkey thumper.

no, i couldnt handle one of them beast, its the super 10 with 1 1/2 oz of 6's that load with blue dot. it shoots tight!

10 bore · 05-03-2023, 05:38 PM

here is a pic of gun and star crimp and roll crimp, i like the roll so you can tell what the load is.

charlie cleveland · 05-04-2023, 10:19 AM

nice.....charlie

LtCol Henderson Marriott · 05-08-2023, 12:41 PM

First rate, Scott.
And here I am sneakin around in AL-AZ with a HE Super Fox and LC Smith Long Range.
The Smith has been quite the gun, finally fooling an old one here after two years.
It's like a chess match with an old moss-back: a learning experience even after decades.
Next year will mean a new/old shotgun: A 1920s Parker 3 in gun. The Eastern Wild Turkey
is the king of wild fowl. B. Franklin was right. A noble bird with few peers.