sights

[goosehunter3492]

This is gonna be my first turkey hunt and was wondering if any of yoou guys use a sight and if so what would be the best brand....... Thanks for all the help

[kingvjack]

None..... Use the pins you normally shoot on.. easily fixed problem.

[r33h]

My gun came with the Tru-Glo sights on it. They are really nice for open sights.

[XXMag]

"None..... Use the pins you normally shoot on.. easily fixed problem. "

Agreed. Don't worry, over the years plenty have dropped to a simple front bead. Those fancy sights might buy you a few extra yards of reach, but IMO they are a luxury, not a necessity. Especially starting out. You don't need to go broke to go turkey hunting (though it is a lot of fun, I love having the newest toys). Get a good choke, pattern it with a few different types of shells untill you find a good match,and you're in buisness.

[HomerJ]

I have Tru-glo sights. Hunted for a few years without , went ahead and bought them, now I wouldn't hunt without them.
I don't feel that aproduct that assist's in good clean kills is a luxury.

[MKMGOBL]

goosehunter3492

Using the front bead on your shotgun is fine as long as your pattern is where it can be most affective. If you pattern your gun and you find it"™s shooting to the left, high, low or a combination of a few of those, than your problem isn"™t fixed and you"™ll need adjustable sights.

There are a lot of different sights out there on the market. Williams Fire Sights or TruGlo have a good line of simple adjustable sights. Good luck with it! Take the time to pattern your gun withas many different loads as you can!

ORIGINAL: XXMag

Those fancy sights might buy you a few extra yards of reach, but IMO they are a luxury, not a necessity.

How does adding an adjustable sight on any turkey gun get me a few extra yards? Please, fill me in on how this is done

And...Putting a good shot on any animal to you is a luxury?? I always though as a hunter is was my responsibility it put the best shot possible on what I'm hunting! If that mean spending a few extra dollar to buy a sight than that's what I do.

[XXMag]

Then by all means use them. I've used them myself. My point was simply that plenty of people have killed plenty of turkeys with stock equipment. My plain old 870 wingmaster with the stock beadhad ben dropping them for years before the fancy guns with the fancy camo finishand fancier sights came into vogue. Now don't get me wrong, when I hit the woods today it's with a fancy gun with a fancy camo finish and fancy sights. But that's because I've had years to pay for it andput all of it together.But I wouldn't tell a newcomer to empty his savings account just to get gear like mine.

Personally, I would put shooting a tight group and placing it where I pointed the gun ahead of purchasing fancy sights. After all, the best sight in the worldare not compensate for a gun and load combo that doesn't work.

[MKMGOBL]

For the first9 years of turkey hunting all I had was the front and rear bead on my Wingmaster too. I had to aim a little high and the the left for years because I didn't know about adjustable sights. I only wish back then I had a forum like this where I could have learned from others that thereare otherchoices out there without having to buy a scope.

Adjustable sightgo for what$50.00 to 75.00? That'smoney I'd have dropped in heartbeat to keep having to remember to adjust my aim point Other than needing one tomove your guns point of impact, there's another great advantage to them I didn't mention.

Now I'm not expert on this norcan I throw out statistics but I've read the number one reason someone misses a turkey is because their not down on the gun or sights. I'd have to say "Turkey Fever" is a close second, LOL. Having a front and rear sight could greatly improveyour chances of having to get down sight and staying there for the shoot.

My SBE II has a front and rear bead. If when I go to pattern it this spring I can get away without using a Williams sight on my gun, I'll be all for it! I would just one less thing I'd have to worry about breaking while out hunting. Best of luck and always hunt safe