???Red Dot,,,or Not?????

[totoe]

...Just cant make my mind up,thinking of a red dot scope this spring for gobblers?anybody use them
thanks for any info,the good and the bad.....[&o]

[MOTurkeyTamer]

Hey totoe, go for it, you' ll never regret it I promise! I have a scope (not a red dot though) on my gun and it is the best improvement you can add to a turkey gun next to a good choke tube. With the tight patterns afforded by today' s choke tubes, anything that helps a hunter aim better is a welcome improvement in my opinion. If you go red dot or the regular scope route, after the first season with it you' ll wonder why you didn' t do it a long time ago.

[squidkid]

i love my red dot.
MO is right, you wont believe the difference it makes. my confidence went up knowing that as long as the dot is on the bird, it' s over. don' t have to worry about not drawing down just perfect when tom fever sets in.....lol
i did however go with a large(42mm) recticle for better coverage.
i have a inexpensive BSA on a b-square.......

[fantail]

I used a BSA red dot last year and had a problem with it getting knocked off zero. What caused this I don' t know for sure but it happened twice. Talked to another guy who had the same problem one time, also with a BSA. Other than this I' ve had no problems. I will use a red dot this year but I am looking to upgrade from the BSA. On the up side, the things I like about a red dot are....unlike fiber optic sights the dot appears to be on the target so nothing is out of focus, not having to line up two sights, and you can keep both eyes open so your field of view is not limited by the scope.

[PABeardBuster]

I' ve been using a regular shotgun scope on my turkey gun for the past two years. Last week I bought a red dot, the Burris SpeedDot 135. With these sights ranging in price from $40 up and over $300, the model from Burris is kind of in the middle at about $170. I like it better than my previous scope because there is no eye relief, and no matter where the dot is in the scope, if the dots on his neck, you' ll kill him. I think this feature alone makes the sight worth the price, you know the contorted positions a turkey hunter gets into at the base of trees .

PBB

[Der Jagd Meister]

Got me a Tasco, and two turkeys later it is 100% with my Tom probably at the 35-40 range mark! And yes, it does give you confidence to put the dot on and squeeze! [8D]

[HuntingBry]

My buddy told me about the Simmons scopes with the Pro Diamond recticle. He said if you just put the bird' s head and neck in the scope you' ve got turkey dinner. I' m looking into getting one now.