I had no problem with shooting thru mesh this year. One consideration is your sights: if you are in a pop-up and relying on fiber optic sights on your shotgun, you could have a problem with not enough light to line up properly...

-fsh

Wow, ive never heard of anyone shooting though the mesh with a gun before, i was inclined it was for archers only. Now that i think about it i doubt it would affect a rifle bullet very much but i dont know about a shotgun, i would think that the wad would have trouble exiting through the mesh hindering your accuracy.

Being as you have already blown a hole in your shoot threw mess... Why dont you set your bling up and set a turkey target up at the distence you shot and try it again... Just a idea... That is what I would do... And while your at it... Shot one at verious distances to make sure...

If shoot thru mesh affected shots we only ever kill feild turkey's. Shot a few with brush and stuff in between me and the bird. Mesh won't bother it. The warning is due to fire hazard from the muzzle blast like was mentioned.

I think when it's a slam dunk guys miss more. Turkeys at 15 yds and no idea you there and we get complacent on technique. I had it happen to me yesterday. Put a gobbler in a guy's lap at 15 yds. We were both smilin as he strutted up right in fornt of the gun barrel. I know the guy was admiring the bird and not aiming. Sometimes your cookin' the turkey fingers too soon It happens....

As mentioned before the mesh doesnt affect the load, you do. I shot a turk that snuck in on me then somewhat saw me so I just pulled up without thinking and smoked him. Blew a good hole in my mesh and sindged it good. I got lucky that it didnt start on fire. I also just about blew out my eardrums! WEAR EAR PROTECTION! or have the muzzle outside the blind.

Okay - I have read this for the inforamtion.

Buck mentions a good thing - the first time I used my blind - do take the time to make sure you muzzle is outside the blind!

Yeah I shot - did kill the Tom at 27 yards - but I shot right through the fabric of the blind and didn't even know I did it. I didn't discover that until I was walking back towards brand new blind and saw a tear in the fabric!

Now I do use a gun with a very short barrel and a scope.

One thing I do tell all who hunt with me and especially the youngsters I take out with me, is to put the gun barrel straight at the bird as you get ready to take you shot. That way you are keeping your movement of soemthing new to a real low minimum. Take the extra time to poke at him slow but straight at him. That means with longer barreled guns you move it back in the blind first so you can poke that muzzle out. Only need an inch or so out and you are good to go. I have yet to have a bird who spooked. I even have dropped my windows to make them bigger in a slow sure manner and yet have that spook the bird.

JW