HighKnob

I' m putting a 2.5 scope on my 835 and was wondering if you have the shot pattern centered with the crosshairs on the scope, where do you hold on the bird when shooting. I would say about 1/2 way up the neck. What do you do?

ewruesink

I have the cross hairs centered on the target. I don' t want to have to remember to hold an inch, or maybe 2 inches, low to be able to hit the target.

PABeardBuster

I aim right at the neck/feather junction. This part of the bird can be easier to aim at because it doesn' t move as much, it' s also slightly larger.

PBB

MOTurkeyTamer

I aim at the neck/feather juncture also. Try sighting in at 10 yds. first. You will have a small hole a little bit larger than a golf ball or so at this yardage and you want it to punch through the paper exactly where you aimed. With the tight chokes offered today, there' s not much room for leeway at close yardages so set your scope up to be dead on. Good luck!

maytom

I agree with MOTT!! That' s the only way to make sure that your scope is right on!! Blow a hole right at the X, then go back to the 40 yard marker to see how it' s doing at the max distance as well.

Adrian J Hare

Have that + right in the middle of your pattern.

When aiming on a bird I break up my aim point at two distances,,0-25 The neck/Feathers as the other aim.

On the Head at 25-40. a shotgun has a Lob problem with a pattern and find that alot of shot will tend to drop at the farther range. That extra few inches of aim point can help...BT

HighKnob

Thanks guys, going out tomorrow to pattern and sight in.