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12 ga Turkey Gun Pattern Pictures / Re: Longbeards XR , 12 Ga, 3 I...

Last post by bigwoodstom - Today at 10:07:55 AM

Good lead killing pattern. I've got a 665 sumtoy in my versamax and mine patterns similar with 6 shot but I keep my shots under 40.

agreed

I misjudged an Osceola that I thought was about 40 and ended up being 50 and it turned out okay but certainly not ideal. For some reason the old 1 7/8 lbs 6s pattern better than the 1 3/4 in my gun.

More pellets probably the reason ?


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There's a few more in the 1 7/8 but not many. Those are discontinued so I wouldn't hesitate to shoot the 1 3/4 #6 load.

#2

Turkey Hunting Tips ,Strategies & Methods / Re: Favorite Vests?

Last post by Twowithone - Today at 10:05:34 AM

Cabelas TacTatr. Great vest lots of storage just wish they would have put thought where they put the Box call pocket.

#3

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by mountainhunter1 - Today at 10:01:46 AM

Here is another thought as one prepares to go to the woods - I have yet to see any turkey call, that if played correctly and all other factors being equal, that the soft stuff on it did not sound a whole lot more like a hen than the loud stuff on the same call. True on some calls more than others (trumpet/wingbone especially), but true on all calls without exception.

Practice with this in mind - soft is the secret sauce. 

But I do have a great friend on here who calls like the turkey is in the next state, and he will be by here likely shortly to tell me that I am all wrong. LOL And - he kills ALOT of turkeys. But I have often said, "As good as he has done, just imagine what he would have killed had he not being blowing their ear drums out the whole time."

#4

General Forum / Re: Word Association Game

Last post by Turkeybutt - Today at 09:59:59 AM

Chair

#5

Turkey Call Classifieds / WTS Primos Heartbreaker

Last post by bwhana - Today at 09:57:59 AM

Older heartbreaker box, purchased around 2011. $75 tyd PP

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12 ga Turkey Gun Pattern Pictures / Re: Longbeards XR , 12 Ga, 3 I...

Last post by sasquatch1 - Today at 09:54:25 AM

Good lead killing pattern. I've got a 665 sumtoy in my versamax and mine patterns similar with 6 shot but I keep my shots under 40.

agreed

I misjudged an Osceola that I thought was about 40 and ended up being 50 and it turned out okay but certainly not ideal. For some reason the old 1 7/8 lbs 6s pattern better than the 1 3/4 in my gun.

More pellets probably the reason ?


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#7

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by mountainhunter1 - Today at 09:52:41 AM

...but the best sounds you can learn from are from the real hens themselves.

Sorry to again get a little bit off the subject...but sometimes things need to be said... 

The above statement is true...but anybody that has listened to very many hen turkeys should be aware by now that, just like us humans, turkey voices vary a LOT. The consensus in the turkey hunting world seems to be that you should try to produce that "box call yelp" that so many contest judges want to hear. Gobblers in the woods are generally not nearly as particular about whether that hen they hear sounds like that or not.

At times, however, they can be very particular about what that hen they hear is saying to them...no matter what voice that hen is saying it in. In summary, you can practice your calling until you are "blue in the face"...but if you get out in the woods and say the wrong thing, even with that perfect "box call yelp" that those contest judges love, that gobbler you are calling to ain't necessarily gonna buy it!   

I'm glad someone on here finally said it. I have sat by trees in the spring woods for nearly 40 years and virtually never hear that "stage talk' from real hens in the mtns where i hunt during the spring turkey season. All that highly and over emphasized roll over you hear in a guy running his pot call on facebook like he is the babe ruth of turkey callers, I personally have never heard that in the woods from an actual live hen during the spring turkey season.

The worst calling I ever heard was from a live hen. Most birds in the mtns around here have very little roll over in their calling and they sound like they are dying of emphysema from smoking the last five years. More importantly - they tend to call rather soft and they do very little of it. Oh yea, occasionally a hen will get agitated and go off for a few moments, but 99% of the time, she just gives a few plain yelps or clucks to let the other birds know what she wants them to know. I know what someone is going to say - She will do small talk all day long, purring and tiny clucks and such, but you have to be in bow range to hear most of that. 

Here is the truth - way before turkey season, you will hear a lot of that hen talk as they set up pecking order and preparing to breed - but by the time that the spring turkey season begins in most states, she is going to be like I just described her above. So my suggestion - as you practice - why not plan to do sound like "she" is going to sound during the spring turkey season - which is soft and subtle 99% of the time.

[LIFE]

#8

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by Tail Feathers - Today at 09:50:25 AM

David, every year I tell myself that I'm going to start practicing my calling early.... but then LIFE happens!! This year is no different with the wife having medical issues. One of these years I'll make it happen!! Good luck this spring!! Please tell LT and Joe I said hello!!

I sure will.  Look for a PM.

#9

General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by Greg Massey - Today at 09:40:39 AM

Knowing what to say and how to sound like a turkey is always a big challenge, so always practice your cadence, first start off soft and add volume as needed ... Learn the basics of calling etc, I always say if you have hunted and listen to enough turkeys you can almost tell within a few minutes if that turkey is killable that day ...if not it's up to YOU to convince him you are the best HEN in that area.

I totally agree, not all hens sound the same, but they all have a similarity in sound... that's the same with calls, they are all made with a similar sound / tone ... So again practice as much as you can with good yelps, cluck, purr etc and put it all in a cadence... Nerves / adrenaline in the heat of the battle can cause you a big problem within that battle. So why not practice and sound the best you can... IMO

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General Forum / Re: Practicing your calling?

Last post by GobbleNut - Today at 09:14:10 AM

...but the best sounds you can learn from are from the real hens themselves.

Sorry to again get a little bit off the subject...but sometimes things need to be said... 

The above statement is true...but anybody that has listened to very many hen turkeys should be aware by now that, just like us humans, turkey voices vary a LOT. The consensus in the turkey hunting world seems to be that you should try to produce that "box call yelp" that so many contest judges want to hear. Gobblers in the woods are generally not nearly as particular about whether that hen they hear sounds like that or not.

At times, however, they can be very particular about what that hen they hear is saying to them...no matter what voice that hen is saying it in. In summary, you can practice your calling until you are "blue in the face"...but if you get out in the woods and say the wrong thing, even with that perfect "box call yelp" that those contest judges love, that gobbler you are calling to ain't necessarily gonna buy it!