Remington 1 ounce game loads for turkey?
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Iowa
Posts: 470
And I don't care if you have 2000+ posts and I only a few. I shot my first pheasants @ 10 years old over 50 years ago. I have shot enough game with rifle and shotgun, big game and small from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and read enough and studied enough to know what a gun can do. Go back to school, boy!
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 270
First, I'll say I'm a big advocate of using appropriate
Turkey loads that pattern well from the particular
shotgun you are using. Somewhere there is a
Turkey load that will pattern well in that shotgun.
However, I do have to say that Phil needs to go
back to the Maine law book, while lead shot is
prohibited for hunting migratory waterfowl
there is nothing preventing someone from using
lead shot in Maine while hunting Turkeys. The
only restriction is on shot size 4's to 6's or
4's to 7's with a mixed load.
Turkey loads that pattern well from the particular
shotgun you are using. Somewhere there is a
Turkey load that will pattern well in that shotgun.
However, I do have to say that Phil needs to go
back to the Maine law book, while lead shot is
prohibited for hunting migratory waterfowl
there is nothing preventing someone from using
lead shot in Maine while hunting Turkeys. The
only restriction is on shot size 4's to 6's or
4's to 7's with a mixed load.
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
You don't realize you are agreeing with me when you say it will work at 20 yards. Read carefully I wrote - "If you keep the range short to where you have a dense pattern in the head area". You're living in a dream world if you think shooters of 3 1/2" 2 oz loads don't stretch the range to 60 or 70 yards and sometimes cripple a bird.
And I don't care if you have 2000+ posts and I only a few. I shot my first pheasants @ 10 years old over 50 years ago. I have shot enough game with rifle and shotgun, big game and small from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and read enough and studied enough to know what a gun can do. Go back to school, boy!
And I don't care if you have 2000+ posts and I only a few. I shot my first pheasants @ 10 years old over 50 years ago. I have shot enough game with rifle and shotgun, big game and small from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and read enough and studied enough to know what a gun can do. Go back to school, boy!
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 04-10-2014 at 08:54 AM.
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Iowa
Posts: 470
Any time you start a post like that, you will ruffle my feathers. I never care what the majority says, because often the majority is wrong. Look who they elected President - twice!? Go to the beginning. Will 12 gauge 6's (with a bunny on the box ) kill a turkey? My reply - yes at short range. Not the best choice for a turkey load by any means, but it will kill. I think at 40 yards the energy 6 shot has is questionable, so anything beyond that is looking for a cripple. I'll stick to my answer. A turkey shot at 20 yards will not care if there isn't a picture of a turkey on the box. There ya go old timer.
Hey, if you're ever in NE Iowa, look me up. I'll buy you a beer for old times sake. Or do you prefer a glass of warm milk?
Still friends?
Hey, if you're ever in NE Iowa, look me up. I'll buy you a beer for old times sake. Or do you prefer a glass of warm milk?
Still friends?
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 270
Phil,
When I first started Turkey hunting I shot several
with lead shot that died very nicely. However, I
have evolved into only using the more advanced
and I agree better "turkey loads" with heavier than
lead shot. My thinking is that whatever it takes
to improve the odds that when I pull the trigger the
Turkey is going to drop dead is what I'm going to do.
The bottom line is being sensible about the distance
you can effectively shoot with your set up which
includes gun, choke, ammo, With my current
set up I know that if a Turkey is within 45 yards
and I pull the trigger ---if he isn't in a heap on the
ground I've done something wrong. Happy Hunting
this spring downeast-hope that snow goes away
soon.
When I first started Turkey hunting I shot several
with lead shot that died very nicely. However, I
have evolved into only using the more advanced
and I agree better "turkey loads" with heavier than
lead shot. My thinking is that whatever it takes
to improve the odds that when I pull the trigger the
Turkey is going to drop dead is what I'm going to do.
The bottom line is being sensible about the distance
you can effectively shoot with your set up which
includes gun, choke, ammo, With my current
set up I know that if a Turkey is within 45 yards
and I pull the trigger ---if he isn't in a heap on the
ground I've done something wrong. Happy Hunting
this spring downeast-hope that snow goes away
soon.
#17
What were turkeys killed with before anyone ever made a specific turkey load? Food for thought. Then again ive also heard that you cant kill a turkey with a single shot 2 3/4" choked barrel gun
Last edited by Teebugg; 04-11-2014 at 04:58 AM.