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#51

Turkey Hunting Tips ,Strategies & Methods / Shoot Your Gun!

Last post by GobbleNut - December 20, 2025, 09:33:44 AM

To preface: forgive me for getting on my soapbox for just a minute...

This topic is directed more at newer guys that may be thinking about taking up turkey hunting, but also for those "casual" guys that grab whatever shotgun they may have and go turkey hunting on occasion. (I know a number of them)

Right now...or between now and turkey season...is the time to take your gun to the range and learn how it shoots! At the very least, get a box of inexpensive game loads or less-expensive turkey loads, set up targets at various ranges out to forty or so yards, and see where your gun patterns and how it patterns. If that pattern is not centered based on the way YOU aim your gun, either change guns or put some sort of sighting device on your gun and get comfortable using it.

I have just seen too many turkeys missed...or worse yet, possibly crippled...from guys that just pick up whatever shotgun they own, grab a box of cheap "turkey loads" from Walmart, and go hunting. If you are gonna go, at the very least learn how (and where) your gun shoots. The turkeys you might shoot at deserve as much.

...now jumping off soapbox... 

#52

General Forum / Re: Shot size and brush

Last post by Turkeyman - December 20, 2025, 08:46:18 AM

I've never shot through brush figuring on "plowing a path". If I can't find a hole to see his head/neck I hold off.

#53

General Forum / Re: Unicoi vendor list

Last post by Spring Creek Calls - December 20, 2025, 08:32:23 AM

Wow, what a lineup!

#54

General Forum / Re: Word Association Game

Last post by captpete - December 20, 2025, 08:08:13 AM

craving

#55

Welcome Posts for new members /Introduce Yourself / Re: Hello from Ohio

Last post by b wilt - December 19, 2025, 09:48:45 PM

Welcome!

#56

General Forum / Re: Unicoi vendor list

Last post by Tail Feathers - December 19, 2025, 08:39:00 PM

That list is chock full of some true craftsmen!

#57

General Forum / Re: New choke for sx3 longbear...

Last post by Gooserbat - December 19, 2025, 06:53:41 PM

I shoot 2 3/4 12" tss out of my sx4.  Try something in a .665 or .670.

#58

General Forum / Unicoi vendor list

Last post by Yoder409 - December 19, 2025, 06:40:29 PM

As per Mr. Mark Sharpe...

Here is the long awaited list for the 2026 show!

Aj Hiner,
Anthony Ellis,
 Billy McCallister,
Brian Lawter,
 Chad Scruggs,
Chad Remenaric/Brandon Martin,
 Daniel Harris,
 Darrin Dawkins,
 Dean Redbeard Mundhenke,
Derek Fowler,
 Dickie Champion,
 Doug Morgan/Kenny Pedelahore,
 Hoyt Brown,
 Irving Whitt/Chris Williams,
 Jeff Lacey/Clay Townsend,
 Jeffrey Thompson,
 Jeff McKamey,
Jeremy Stafford,
 Jimmy Schaffer,
 Scott Branca,
 Brandon Washington,
 Ken Rupert Jr./Jeff D'Agostino, Kevin Cantrell,
 Kevin Dorsey/Erin Dorsey,
 Kevin Farr,
 Kevin Kirkpatrick/Stanley Wymbs,
 Kevin Rouse,
 Kyle Osborne/Eric Osborne,
Lamar Williams,
 Larry Halford/Jeff Harrison,
 Larry Stephens,
 Lee Chadwick,
 Lee Smith/James Witmer,
 Lon Trice,
 Mark McPhail/Mike Cook/Til Prater,
 Mark Prudhomme/Pat Strawser/Kerry Terrell,
 Timothy Oldham Jr.,
 Don Watkins,
Matt Fulkerson/Steve Lumma,
 Matt McLain/Ralph Permar,
 Mike Lapp/Scott Bashore,
Nathan Taylor,
 Paul B Durham/Moye Howard,
 Richard Hudson/JR Teague,
Roger Parks,
Ron Watters/Robert Mosley,
Steve Mann/Marvin Breedlove,
 Steve Morgenstern/James Harrison,
 Tim Bullock/Seth Hamon,
 Thomas Jameson,
 Tim Sandford/Mike Robare,
 Todd Black/Matt Futch,
Tony Ezolt/Ralph Snodgrass,
 Wendell Lancaster/Tom Osmer
 Will Dutton.

Lobby....

Duncan Dobie
 Ed Muller,
 Bryan Absher,
 Ray Berryhill,
 Bart York,
Dave Cirincione/Antique Turkey Calls,
 Brent Rogers
 Doug Stone.

#59

General Forum / Re: New choke for sx3 longbear...

Last post by Pistole - December 19, 2025, 05:39:45 PM

Thanks for the info I think I'll try the Indian creek with my lbxr 3 1/2 #5 2oz and see how it patterns.I have had good luck with the briley choke that came with my longbeard Winchester 12 ga but always looking to improve,thanks again for everyone's input

#60

General Forum / Re: New 20 gauge shotguns 2026...

Last post by BullTom - December 19, 2025, 04:17:02 PM

I've owned a Mossberg 835 and a youth model bantam pump for 20 years.  My son even killed a number of nice bucks in Ohio with the 20 gauge.  Both were fantastic guns, especially for the money.  When my son turned 16 I bought him a 935.  We had a lot of trouble with that gun cycling shells.  Kinda turned me off of mossberg.  I got burned this year when I bought my grandsons an escort 410 youth.  It's been gone for "repairs" for 7 months.  Knowing that the subguage mossbergs are manufactured in Turkey, it makes me not even want to consider a mossberg.  I'm not trying to stones at this post.  Just my honest opinion.  Thank you

If I wrote off every firearm manufactuer that I had issues with (mechanical and/or customer service) I would have to start manufacturing my own pretty soon. They all make good ones and they all make crappy ones. I just buy the ones that I find interesting, modify them with after market parts if appropriate and learn to fix them myself when they inevitably break. The 12ga. 940 pro turkey is the only turkey gun I own that I havent modified, and one of only a few that hasnt had any mechanical issues (yet).

Admittedly, I'm a collector and a tinkerer, and I dont mind voiding a warranty. I get that most people dont want to do that.

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