So its almost turkey time....

and I was wondering what loads you gunners are shooting. I have a Remington 11-87 semi-auto, with some sort of turkey choke on it.

I hear lots of good things about 5's and 6's and everything else.

I was thinking squirrel shot as well. will that work?

archer1983 wrote:and I was wondering what loads you gunners are shooting. I have a Remington 11-87 semi-auto, with some sort of turkey choke on it.

I hear lots of good things about 5's and 6's and everything else.

I was thinking squirrel shot as well. will that work?

i use 4 shot on turkeys.

but nubby prefers a good ol' facial load

I typically use 4 or 6 shot but have used as small as 8 to kill turkey.

Ok but I want something that takes out the whole herd in one shot.

85 grain slick trick.

how about a bunch of nails and a 1/4-stick of dynamite in a section of steel pipe?


I HAVE heard of folks spreasing corn around an old bedspring mattress, supposedly they'll peck in there till sone actually get snared by the head......

Michael wrote:85 grain slick trick.

Next......

markalbob wrote:how about a bunch of nails and a 1/4-stick of dynamite in a section of steel pipe?


I HAVE heard of folks spreasing corn around an old bedspring mattress, supposedly they'll peck in there till sone actually get snared by the head......

Man your starting to scare me a little

old graybeard wrote: Man your starting to scare me a little

You don't know the half.

old graybeard wrote:

markalbob wrote:how about a bunch of nails and a 1/4-stick of dynamite in a section of steel pipe?


I HAVE heard of folks spreasing corn around an old bedspring mattress, supposedly they'll peck in there till sone actually get snared by the head......

Man your starting to scare me a little

anal rape is ok, explosives for turkeys crosses a line molesting fellow hunters and women form the retirement home and sheep does not?

So is anybody actually out hunting thurkey's yet or is everyone still waiting for their season to open? I picked up some 3" mag ,12 gauge, #5's this weekend just incase I can't get one in close enough to put on Thunderhead through but I've still got week's to wait

old graybeard wrote:So is anybody actually out hunting thurkey's yet or is everyone still waiting for their season to open? I picked up some 3" mag ,12 gauge, #5's this weekend just incase I can't get one in close enough to put on Thunderhead through but I've still got week's to wait

still waiting here in Ohio until when I say its time.

Still waiting. Opens the 15th here. I hate waiting.

I'm gonna pass on the spring season and get a tag this fall to shoot one in front of my father-in-law's birdfeeder......

the kids can sit in the blind w/ me, or if they get bored they can go inside and play till the birds come to the feeder and then watch and wait for one to get shot......

damn I wish I could have posted that on At for the ethics cops.......

Q!! wrote:Still waiting. Opens the 15th here. I hate waiting.

Good news Q!


You dont have to wait

Just go!

I almost shot a doe this morning with the rem 700....is that unethical?

Richard wanted to post these, but couldn't figure it out. So here's some turkeys!

Yep, those are some nice strutters.

Man, I just hope I get to see some birds this May...

Illustrator wrote:Man, I just hope I get to see some birds this May...

that farm you told me about, if it has cows and trees there are turkeys.

My mother in law's farm?

I've seen birds while deer hunting, so I know they are there. It's 84 acres; about 14 or so acres of woods, butted up to the neighbor's 10 acres or so of woods, surrounded by corn and soybeans.

I just hope I can do enough pathetic calling to get one within eyesight, let alone 20-30 yards! I just want my son to a see bird in the wild.

Here is what the farm looks like... sorta... waiting for GoogleEarth to get better aerials... the red is the farm boundaries, and the blue denotes where the woods are.

Illustrator wrote:My mother in law's farm?

I've seen birds while deer hunting, so I know they are there. It's 84 acres; about 14 or so acres of woods, butted up to the neighbor's 10 acres or so of woods, surrounded by corn and soybeans.

I just hope I can do enough pathetic calling to get one within eyesight, let alone 20-30 yards! I just want my son to a see bird in the wild.

I'm a terrible caller and i called one in last year on my own I just shot and missed

Now lets talk about pathetic.

April 15th is the opener here. I have a customer that has about a hundred of the things running wild at his place. He's been trying to get me up there for a while now so I'll be there on the opener and see if I can call one of the darn things in to bow range, otherwise it's going down with the shotgun.

shotguns are unethical ,,wait not here.

jkcerda wrote:shotguns are unethical ,,wait not here.

I ran my shotgun by the ethics police and it turns out it passed the ethicalness test.


So because I suck I'm gonna try to get a gobbler with the gun first and then try the last one with a bow, and the next three will be with explosives of course.