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Old 02-24-2004 | 02:14 PM
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Where do you all aim on the turkey. I have always aimed on the neck right below the head but on the new Mossy Oak Turkey school video I was watching they were telling a young hunter to aim at the very bottom of the neck at what seemed like the top of the breast feathers. What is everybody elses opinion on this???
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Old 02-24-2004 | 02:38 PM
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They might have said that because they were young and they could not control the recoil as well. JMO
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Old 02-24-2004 | 02:47 PM
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I make the little head disapear behind the Barrel. When they are close I center it on their head. Let the shot String work the rest.
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Old 02-24-2004 | 03:58 PM
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just below the head,i have a good habbit i think,i aim at his head and lower point of aim
just a little..worked alot times...
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Old 02-24-2004 | 05:00 PM
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Out to 25 yards at the spot of where the feathers meet the neck. 25 to 40 at the head...BT
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Old 02-24-2004 | 05:13 PM
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ORIGINAL: Adrian J Hare

Out to 25 yards at the spot of where the feathers meet the neck. 25 to 40 at the head...BT

Ditto for me also!
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Old 02-24-2004 | 05:27 PM
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base for the neck
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Old 02-25-2004 | 08:18 AM
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Lower part of the neck, just above where the feathers start, on fairly close shots. On longer shots I will aim where the head joins the neck to allow for a little bit of gravity on the pellets.
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Old 02-25-2004 | 11:30 AM
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Here is a good picture of the vitals as it relates
to bowhunting

http://www.jesseshuntingpage.com/bow...#shotplacement
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Old 02-25-2004 | 05:23 PM
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I use three different guns and all pattern a little different. One I hold just under the head where feathers stop..one I hold dead on the head and one I hold about 8" below the head.
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