I'm a pattern junky like many here and 40 yards is my standard distance. This year I have decided to make 30 yards my standard and limit shots to that max....I'm already preparing myself to have several birds walk by at 40..????
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I hear ya on the 30 yard range. I guess I am just more comfortable at 30 yards. I know it is easy to produce really tight patterns at 30 yards, but I like to find even patterns. For me 30 yards is a long shot on turkeys.
To each his own I guess. I've killed several in the 30-40 yard range.
More power to you. Will you be selecting a weapon with a max range of 30 yards? When I bow hunt turkeys, I take all my pins off, but the 20 yard. My max range is then limited to 22 yards by default. I do think it would be an interesting endeavour to hunt with a 410 and factory 7's. That would probably limit you to your desired max range.
Good luck with your plan when you're staring down the barrel at a strutter with a paintbrush beard 1/12" daggers 35 yards. :TooFunny:
I feel more comfortable with 30 yards shots. I hunt in one of 3 hardwood hollows behind my house and being on the ground my line of site is very limited anyways.
Quote from: Tail Feathers on February 14, 2017, 12:59:13 PM
Good luck with your plan when you're staring down the barrel at a strutter with a paintbrush beard 1/12" daggers 35 yards. :TooFunny:
bugman be like... :begging: but I guess the same could happen at 40 and beyond :OGani:
Quote from: dirt road ninja on February 14, 2017, 12:53:44 PM
More power to you. Will you be selecting a weapon with a max range of 30 yards? When I bow hunt turkeys, I take all my pins off, but the 20 yard. My max range is then limited to 22 yards by default. I do think it would be an interesting endeavour to hunt with a 410 and factory 7's. That would probably limit you to your desired max range.
I bet you'd find your max range to be much closer than that. Just saying.
I'm hunting the bird that's hunt me and i will decide the range i'm going to kill him after he get's in front of my gun barrel.. 0-40....
Quote from: tha bugman on February 14, 2017, 08:19:35 AM
I'm a pattern junky like many here and 40 yards is my standard distance. This year I have decided to make 30 yards my standard and limit shots to that max....I'm already preparing myself to have several birds walk by at 40..????
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An ole muzzle loader double sure makes that interesting.
I used on for a while .
Nothing wrong with self imposed limitations.
Quote from: Tail Feathers on February 14, 2017, 12:59:13 PM
Good luck with your plan when you're staring down the barrel at a strutter with a paintbrush beard 1/12" daggers 35 yards. :TooFunny:
That 35 yd bird will be a tough one to pass for sure! Hopefully they just keep closing the gap for you. Good luck!
Even if I was planning on limiting myself to 30 yards I would still shoot at 40 to see what kind of buffer I may or may not have. It's not hard to misjudge a bird.
Bugman, I don't think that's a bad idea at all! I have never ever killed a bird past roughly 18 steps. However now that I just said that I want have one come closer then 36 steps. I want a great pattern at 12-27 yds I feel as if that is my hunting setup most of the time. I could have thrown lead at a monster bird last year at 60 but why take the chance and wound him, that is just my thought! Just like I hear bowhunter say man I shot through brush and nicked him..... Ding ding why are you shooting a bow through brush? To wash his own. I like to shoot my turkey setup at 10,15,20,25,30,35,40 see what it's doing. My best pattern might be at 27.3 yds who knows without trying!
Quote from: yella yelper on February 14, 2017, 11:31:18 AM
To each his own I guess. I've killed several in the 30-40 yard range.
Yep, I too probably would not be welcome in the 30 yard or less group. I prefer my shots to be in the 35 to 50 yard range since they introduced LB #4's: no I have not had any wounded birds.
Quote from: Gobble! on February 14, 2017, 06:21:46 PM
Even if I was planning on limiting myself to 30 yards I would still shoot at 40 to see what kind of buffer I may or may not have. It's not hard to misjudge a bird.
I am planning on doing this for sure.
Quote from: tha bugman on February 14, 2017, 08:19:35 AM
I'm a pattern junky like many here and 40 yards is my standard distance. This year I have decided to make 30 yards my standard and limit shots to that max....I'm already preparing myself to have several birds walk by at 40..????
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I guess I don't get this other than if you want more of a challenge or you don't have confidence in your gun/self being able to shoot that far?? Or even terrain. I strive for under 20yd shots and enjoy calling them in close,but if one hangs at the 40yd mark he's going to be toes up especially with all the improved shells on the market and bench time I have in. Different strokes for different folks...
Quote from: 1iagobblergetter on February 15, 2017, 10:31:39 AM
Quote from: tha bugman on February 14, 2017, 08:19:35 AM
I'm a pattern junky like many here and 40 yards is my standard distance. This year I have decided to make 30 yards my standard and limit shots to that max....I'm already preparing myself to have several birds walk by at 40..????
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I guess I don't get this other than if you want more of a challenge or you don't have confidence in your gun/self being able to shoot that far?? Or even terrain. I strive for under 20yd shots and enjoy calling them in close,but if one hangs at the 40yd mark he's going to be toes up especially with all the improved shells on the market and bench time I have in. Different strokes for different folks...
Totally agree...to each his own. Gun patterns fine, I just guess I'm challenging myself to try and get one closer knowing that 30 yards is my range. Something seems lost to me in having these guns that effectively kill at 60 yards...I remember coaxing him in close was what you had to do now it just seems like an option...if he locks up I can kill him anyway. Funny story a few years ago I moved on this gobbler and he shuts up...after a while guy comes walking up to me and says I spooked the bird...he said he could have killed him at 80 yards with his gun but wanted to watch him some. ( I would not have messed him up intentionally just one of those cases in public land hunting that happens from time to time.) I told him "Man if you had him in your wheelhouse you should have been pulling the trigger. You don't know when some yahoo is going to come walking in on you. " I guess my point is, that each gun has a limit...the question is do we have to max out that limit? Does maxing out the gun cause us to take iffy shots as longer distances just so we don't have to say that we let him just walk off. Again to each his own, the hunter has to determine what makes the hunt complete and how he sees the game to be played.
Self discipline is good...A few years back, I hunted on Ft. Indiantown Gap, Pa and shot a long beard about my max at 47-50 yards....Shot fired, beard down...though at the time hunting with a Moss 835, felt good about the shot. Good luck.