Does anyone on here have a local sport shop or club that offers a turkey gun sight-in day? My buddy that own his own shop offers a sight in day at his shop. He supplies the targets, earplugs, safety glasses and sand bags. We set up a 20, 30, 40 yard targets and a shooting bench. We also put a 45yd target out for the 50/50 shoot, who ever gets the most pellets in a 3" dot wins a custom box call. Oh, everyone has to use the same load, a 2 3/4 #5' s in the 50/50 (unless someone slips in a 3.5 by accident of course)

He puts out three brands of ammo in 4, 5 and 6 shot. If you want to try a different load, you buy the shell for a dollar. I' ll switch out he targets and write the yardage, shell size, shot size and pellet hits on the target. He' ll also have different chokes on hand for a variety of guns so that someone can try a tube before investing in one.

It' s a great time and everyone benefits from it. After the sight-in he holds a turkey seminar with a Wood Wise rep and offers food/drinks for everyone attending. Fun of everyone is what' s it all about

Man thats sounds like a barrel of fun. I wish we had something like that around here.

I agree that sounds like an absolute BLAST!!!!!!

Thats a good idea, we dont have one but i wish we did, mabe our sportsmens club should think about somthing like that sounds like a blast to me.

man thats so worth it...id love to do that...you and your friend do a good thing...thats really helping out turkey hunters.....patterning diffrent shells and chokes can get very expensive id imagine..my gun liked the first shell and choke combo i tried..and im not one to fix unbroken things so i left it go.....cant get much better less you shot a rifle lol...thats a good thing you guys do...

I don' t know of anything like that around here. That is a great idea, and I agree it sounds like a lot of fun.[8D]

Tom,
I attended a similar event in Maine four years ago. I would be interested as would a friend or two . When and Where ?

I haven' t seen a turk for two months. I admit the cold has kept me close to the
furnace.

Mark

Morse Sporting Goods in Hillsboro. I' m not sure yet on the date, I think it' s April 9th. Come on down and join us, I' ll get back with you on the date and time.

We don' t have anything quite that extravagant, but we have something close. One of the neighboring towns holds a Turkey seminar at a Sporting Club co-hosted by the NWTF and the CT DEP. There are raffles, information and seminars conducted by various people, ranging from professional guides/hunters to DEP wildlife biologists.

At lunch (which is hot and served on site) guys are allowed access to the shooting range. Various targets are free that day, and there are usually enough guys (and some gunshop owners) around to allow everybody to pattern their gun with various rounds.

There' s also usually a cabelas/bass pro proteam staffer there who lets us " investigate" all the new toys from the manufacturers.

Happens sometime towards the end of April, about 2 weeks before season.

Sounds great MK. It might be worth a trip down form mid coast maine. Post the date when you know for sure.