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General Forum / Re: I’m a huge Browning fan bu...

Last post by lunghit - Today at 03:27:09 PM

Hey Tom good luck with the new SBE. How are you going to set it up? Spring will be here soon enough!

I put my Aimpoint Micro S rib mount Red dot on it with an Indian Creek .570 choke. Shoots Long beard 6's and Federal 9's real nice. Carlsons Choke also a fine shooting tube. The gun is fantastic. Can't wait to tote it this spring. Be safe buddy

Sounds like a great set up, best of luck with it. Aimpoint is top of the line, I still have one that is 10 + years old.

#2

Turkey Calls / Re: Firewood to HenBox

Last post by DLPetrey - Today at 02:22:36 PM

Absolutely beautiful.

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Turkey Calls / Re: Unicoi 2026

Last post by DLPetrey - Today at 02:20:41 PM

Lord willing, I'll be there for the first time this year. I am looking forward to it!

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General Forum / Re: I’m a huge Browning fan bu...

Last post by btomlin - Today at 01:37:39 PM

I have a similar deal with my Affinity 3 20ga Elite.  I bought it to shoot doves, quail, pheasants, ducks, etc.  It won't consistently cycle a "standard" 1210fps 7/8 oz bird load.  Called Franchi.  Tech indicated that I wasn't using a "hot" enough trap load.  I advised that the manual called for a 7/8oz 1200fps load as a minimum.  I like the gun enough that I have just started shooting 1300fps 7/8oz loads, but Win AA are more $ than the regular stuff.  Hoping that it loosens up but we are on year 2 and there's nothing more frustrating than your $1000 shotgun not functioning in an infested dove field. It will probably be the last inertia gun that I will own.

["That's wrong.....it's not that they don't hear that sound....it's the sound that they hear everyday!!!"]

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General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by bbcoach - Today at 11:42:48 AM

One of the men responded with the very popular answer that it was because so few folks use them and it's something different to the turkeys. Mr. Billy Buice interrupted..."That's wrong.....it's not that they don't hear that sound....it's the sound that they hear everyday!!!"

I believe that is 100% true.
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EZ, I LOVE this!

#6

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by redwad - Today at 10:35:49 AM

I practice my calls year round. Not daily but several times a week. After deer season I ramp it up though. This year I want to listen to a lot more hen talk. Where do you guys find audio to listen to.

#7

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by TrackeySauresRex - Today at 10:22:29 AM

I usually start when the Holliday season ends. The  decorations will go up in the attic and my garage clears out somewhat. Then, my deer gear gets put together put away in early February.

My play room is then organized (Garage) and I start to tinker with everything turkey. Bones, pots and boxes.

Soon I will order some additional latex to assemble some new calls. I usually don't run them until a month out.

["That's wrong.....it's not that they don't hear that sound....it's the sound that they hear everyday!!!"]

#8

General Forum / Re: Trumpets???

Last post by EZ - Today at 10:17:52 AM

I quit worrying about "why" yelpers (Wingbones, Jordans, Trumpets) work so well in the turkey woods and am just satisfied knowing they are killer calls. Turkeys just like them. Anyone that puts an honest effort into learning and using these instruments will absolutely come to that conclusion.

I'm a turkey hunter first and foremost and use a variety of really good calls and all of them work great, but over the years, the yelpers have risen to the top as my "always go to" calls. That wasn't always the case, even when I first started making wingbones, it was a novelty to me (wish I could say different, lol). I was intrigued by the history and the coolness factor, but had no idea what killer calls these yelpers were. It was a slow process to learn and discover how much I didn't know back in the days of no internet and really very little info on much of anything, let alone the yelpers.

Fast forward to today and I will still tell anyone that there is no "magic wand" turkey call, but, a good yelper is the closest thing I've found. My first trip to Unicoi there was a "Round Table" of Trumpet and Yelper men. Someone in the crowd asked that very question as to "why" these yelpers were so effective. One of the men responded with the very popular answer that it was because so few folks use them and it's something different to the turkeys. Mr. Billy Buice interrupted..."That's wrong.....it's not that they don't hear that sound....it's the sound that they hear everyday!!!"

I believe that is 100% true.

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General Forum / Re: I’m a huge Browning fan bu...

Last post by Tom007 - Today at 10:06:53 AM

Thanks for all the great info. I do believe this is isolated to the new Sweet 16, the other A5's are legendary and are among the best shotguns in history. I wanted to get this info to this great forum just in case someone was interested in one of these guns. The video I posted, sorry it's not a link and is sideways is the best review showing this issue. Good luck to all this spring, thanks again!

#10

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by CALLM2U - Today at 09:39:03 AM

My pot calls get played a few times throughout the Fall and Winter.  My mouth calls don't get played until normally after Christmas.