OldGobbler

OG Gear Store
Sum Toy
Dave Smith
Wood Haven
North Mountain Gear
North Mountain Gear
turkeys for tomorrow

My nine year old's recipe for turkey samitches

Started by jakebird, March 15, 2013, 05:48:12 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

jakebird

Well my boy is a turkey killer , smoked a jake two seasons ago at age seven . I had bought him a little Rossi 20ga single shot . The short barrel and fixed modified choke had some real limitations. 25 yds was stretching it for the little 2 3/4" #6 field loads and 3" magnum loads were out of the question with a five pound gun and a young boy . Proved not to be an issue the first year as he dropped his bird with a bona fide jelly head at eight steps ! Last season though, a good shot opportunity at 25yds just ended up being too much to ask of the little gun with those loads and the bird lived another day . Well, I had a long year to think on the situation, and I decided against paying to modify the gun and also decided against heavier loads as theyre painful even for me out of that little gun . In the end I decided to see how he would do shooting lighter loads out of my turkey gun, a 870 super mag . It's not a youth gun , but he handles it pretty well . I bought a box of Federal Heavyweight #7 in 2 3/4" and they pattern awesome out to 35yds . I also bought a box of Remington heavy field loads in 1 1/4 oz of #6 for him to practice with. (The federal heavyweights are alot more salty and I only have three left .) Well needless to say he's practicing religiously and shooting like a pro and I've been pleasantly surprised how well those high brass #6's are shooting as well. I've got no reservations shooting them to thirty couple yds . This is working well for us. He has the benefit of my ported barrel and super full Carlsons .665 tube and my triviz sights and a good recoil pad . Gobblers gonna be toast inside 35 yds this yr! Here are a few of his shots from today with the distance. He pulled the shot at 35 just a little low I think .
That ol' tom's already dead. He just don't know it yet .... The hard part is convincing him.

Are you REALLY working that gobbler, or is HE working YOU?