Originally Posted by
Todd1700
The Mag Blend is clearly the winner but did you draw your circle before or after you shot? When you are trying a new shell and choke combo you are at first just purely trying to see how good a pattern it is throwing, not how well your aim is or even whether the gun is perfectly sighted in. That comes later. To me it looks like the center density of that Mag Blend shot hit higher than your circle. Draw your circle where I have it in the photo and do a recount. I think you will be well pleased. Then you can adjust your point of impact down a bit. Looks like well over 200 pellets inside the 10 inch circle I drew to me.
Good point. What I did was draw the "roughly" 10" circle freehand on the posterboard. Then I put the turkey target on top of the circle with the base of the turkey's neck centered in the 10" circle. My point of aim was the base of the turkey's neck. This was all done in a crouching position on the ground against a tree to simulate what it would be like "live." I also do not have a red dot sight or anything like that. Just a bead on the end of the shotgun.