I am no seasoned turkey hunter but I never heard of anyone hunting with #7's. Only 4-6. I read about the h13 7's a lot on here. Are these big and bad enough to kill a turky? If so, how far out? Last thing I was wondering is what states can you hunt with these in? I mainly hunt MN, WI and NE.
You have to check the individual state regulations. They are okay in NC (of course so are #2 lead for that matter).
I hunt in WY, NE and KS and 7's are legal in these states and are very effective in bringing that old gobbler to bag! :cowboy: :icon_thumright:
MD just made them legal this year. Many here have killed turkeys at 50 yards plus with the hevi13 #7s
you have to remember that htl 7's and lead 7's are a world apart, a htl 7 is comparable to a lead 5.5-6 in terms of penetration. many peole who are unfamiliar with htl shot stick their nose up at someone using 7's but that doesn't matter to because i know my 7's with smoke their lead 4's all day every day
Wow! 50 yards with #7 is just hard to wrap my mind around! But shells have come a very long way. Cant wait to try my 7's. Waiting patiently by the door waiting for the UPS man ;D
Killed a longbeard stone dead at 47 steps this morning with Hevi 7's. His head and neck was a mess. If you can hold the numbers there is not a doubt in my mind that they will kill at 60+ yards.
I killed one last year at 72 steps with Hevi-13 #7's. They will do the job!
They are legal in Wi..
Not legal in NH.
New York they are allowed PA they are not allowed. I used to hunt with 1 1/4oz 7 1/2 loads when I was first hunting them and they killed them good from 0-30 yrds. This will be my first season hunting with htl 7's and thinkinging I should of gone to them years ago.
I was skeptical at first with the 7's as well. But after I bought some and tried them on paper I seen what I knew was going to work with the super dense patterns I ws getting. Then I put them to the real test. Take a look.
http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,1421.0.html
Now erase any doubts you have and believe.
Quote from: SR1 on March 26, 2011, 07:04:29 PM
New York they are allowed PA they are not allowed. I used to hunt with 1 1/4oz 7 1/2 loads when I was first hunting them and they killed them good from 0-30 yrds. This will be my first season hunting with htl 7's and thinkinging I should of gone to them years ago.
Where are you getting that they are not allowed in PA? PA's regs state "Fine shot no larger than No. 4"
Quote from: CntrlPA on March 26, 2011, 10:15:04 PM
Quote from: SR1 on March 26, 2011, 07:04:29 PM
New York they are allowed PA they are not allowed. I used to hunt with 1 1/4oz 7 1/2 loads when I was first hunting them and they killed them good from 0-30 yrds. This will be my first season hunting with htl 7's and thinkinging I should of gone to them years ago.
Where are you getting that they are not allowed in PA? PA's regs state "Fine shot no larger than No. 4"
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They are legal in MN..
Legal in WV and Ohio.
Good to go in Iowa
Quote from: CntrlPA on March 26, 2011, 10:15:04 PM
Quote from: SR1 on March 26, 2011, 07:04:29 PM
New York they are allowed PA they are not allowed. I used to hunt with 1 1/4oz 7 1/2 loads when I was first hunting them and they killed them good from 0-30 yrds. This will be my first season hunting with htl 7's and thinkinging I should of gone to them years ago.
Where are you getting that they are not allowed in PA? PA's regs state "Fine shot no larger than No. 4"
I was going by what I have been told for years. I just looked and it doesnt say on the GC web site so I most likely was wrong about PA sorry.