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Team GOATS 2024 / Re: Congratulations Thread

Last post by Rapscallion Vermilion - Today at 01:34:04 PM

67.175 for Avid's most recent upgrade

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General Forum / Re: As seasons end what is nex...

Last post by Dhamilton1 - Today at 01:15:01 PM

Vacation my wife keeps bringing up, get some time behind the compound bow and get ready for fall archery season.


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Trumpets / Wingbones Forum / Re: Trumpets from Osage fence ...

Last post by War Nock - Today at 12:43:12 PM

Some beautiful calls and a true history to pass on. Absolutely love this idea !!

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Trumpets / Wingbones Forum / Re: Sappy Cocobolo

Last post by War Nock - Today at 12:37:50 PM

beautiful call brother !!!!

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Trumpets / Wingbones Forum / Re: Trumpet Calling Competitio...

Last post by War Nock - Today at 12:28:39 PM

Each time I see this thread pop up I think about a trumpet call competition here on OG...?

Well that would be a great idea !!!!!

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General Forum / Re: 3 word story

Last post by Sanders153 - Today at 12:25:41 PM

He's coming back

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General Forum / Re: Word Association Game

Last post by Sanders153 - Today at 12:21:11 PM

Progeny

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General Forum / Re: Turkey meat question

Last post by Shiloh - Today at 12:00:29 PM

I buy a cheap $40 cooler from the dollar store.  Use it to keep food and turkey breast in during the hunt.  Of course the breast goes in a 1 gallon zip lock.  Before we fly out the last morning move the meat into my gun case between the foam that protects the guns and fly it home right there.  I got home last week about 12 hours after moving it over to the gun case and it was still almost cold to the touch.

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20 Gauge Turkey Guns / Re: Affinity3 Turkey Bolt Issu...

Last post by compton30 - Today at 11:51:33 AM

Good advice provided already, especially on running very little lubricants.

They really should include a warning with all guns in the package on blaze orange paper that tells owners to completely breakdown and thoroughly clean the gun before use (not saying you did not, just adding this for anyone reading later on with less experience).  My Stoeger and Franchi were filthy from the factory and I surgically cleaned them before ever cycling the actions. Zero problem with them.

It is also important to shoot higher powered shells for a bit before going to lower power shells (according to many experts), but I only use mine for turkeys and they have only seen turkey loads the whole time. The only shell that would not cycle in the Stoeger was the Federal TSS due to the shell length, but I don't shoot those anyway. Have fun breaking it in and hope it goes well for you!

My Franchi also had an issue with the shell length on the Federal TSS. Easily remedied by buying a different brand. Other than that it's been Gucci.

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2024 Scattered Flock / Re: I managed to score today!

Last post by notsure - Today at 11:32:46 AM

I'm finally getting around to posting a brief story summarizing my 2024 Spring turkey hunt. For starters, I missed a bird on opening day. I've been hunting turkeys for 21 years, and this is the first time I missed with a shotgun. (bow hunting is another story entirely). The Tactacam video shows the shot pattern hitting very low, completely missing the tom. I re-patterned the gun and made a subtle adjustment, but that didn't explain the miss. I flinched, BADLY, and that's all on me. At least I didn't wound the bird, which brings me to the primary reason I'm posting this story. As you know, I did manage to kill a tom, and on the very last day of my season. That's a first for me. Another first, at least as far as I know, is taking a bird that had been shot during a previous season and managed to survive. Looking at the attached photo, note the two very distinct pellets I pulled out of the tom's breast tissue (I shot a bit low!). The small silvery pellet came from my gun, a #9 TSS piece of shot. The much larger gray colored pellet was also embedded in the breast and appears to be a #6 tungsten shot pellet, although rougher in appearance (lots of flat sides) compared to the TSS pellet. Turkeys are very tough animals!