my bad i didnt read that part

The only way to shoot a turkey is with a bow unless you're handicapped and need to use a shotgun. A rifle is no sport! I am upset that we are now using a rifle to shoot a turkey 100 yards away. Where's the sport in that??!!! In most states, you can shoot deer with a high powered rifle and that's no sport either! I have never shot a turkey with a gun much less a high powered rifle.

Is it lonely up there on your high horse you arrogant !!!!!!? Maybe you should bother to go back and read my posts. I'm deployed to the east coast and have no shotgun with me, but I have a rifle with me. A gun in the hand is worth 10 in the safe.

By your logic I should just stay home, or better yet, throw rocks and hope I hit one. That's not going to happen.

MAC - if you were close to Pennsylvania - you could come hunting with me.

Thanks for serving our country...

If you are not capable to hit them at the base of the neck, shoot for the base of the spine or root of the tail. Any centerfire round will anchor a bird this way and won't ruin the breast. Reload centerfire bullets backwards so the flatbase offers a good meplat. Seriously, this can be done. I've seen fellows do it this way in Texas. Or, load hardcast lead bullets and shoot at a lower velocity. Makes the effort a bit more challenging and interesting.

Don't evershow up on my property to ask permission because attitudes like this.........man!

And all I can say is good for you!

JW

Come on JW this should be a teaching moment. Obviousy Turkman1 is a new and inexperienced hunter and needs guideance in the complexities of hunting to see the error in his mindset.

CAN YOU SEE THE SOUTH OF FRANCE UP THERE ON YOUR HIGH HORSE.

I don't have my reloading equipment with me here on the east coast; it's all in Colorado. So I'll be shooting factory rounds. I imagine that any bullet will do with a .270. It's not like I need an expanding, soft point bullet or anything.

i agree, 270 anything should do the job. as small as you could go.