RE: .17 HMR for turkey
 

it wouldnt be fun with a .17

RE: .17 HMR for turkey
 

Id rather take em at 40-50 yards with the old Winchester 12g.

RE: .17 HMR for turkey
 

i have a hard time getting them in close and would love it if i was able to hunt with a 17. i hunt to feed my family and that would be an almost gauruntee kill if I couldnt get them in for the shotgun by the end of the season.

RE: .17 HMR for turkey
 

illegal here in sc. but doesnt seem to be to challenging

RE: .17 HMR for turkey
 

Kinda takes away the whole point of turkey hunting in my opinion. Trying to outsmart that old gobbler, pulling him in close, watching him put on a show and come in strutting and drumming, feeling that major adrenaline rush when he gobbles from twenty yards away....I could go on and on, but yall get the picture.

RE: .17 HMR for turkey
 

i dont see how shootin a turkey at 150 yards can even be fun. hek if i did that i could kill 100 dang turkeys a year.. i like shooting them about 10 or 20 yards :Dmore like 30. but yea its illegal here in kentucky. i agree it should be illegal everywere in the u.s

RE: .17 HMR for turkey
 

Does everyone just read the thread title and form an opinion without reading the question? I never once said that I was sniping turkey at long range, I even stated that I disagree with it. What I said was that an oportunity for a shot over forty yards was extremely improbable with the dense brush and palmettos. You still have to call them in close and there's a good chance that you'll be taking a head shot which is much harder with the .17 than a shotgun. What I was asking was if the .17 has enough penetration for a body shot?

RE: .17 HMR for turkey
 

To the OP, no I don't think a body shot with a .17 would be advised by anybody with any respect for the animal.