Example Of How Tough These Birds Are

[Sir-diealot]

We have all missed. My point is that people are sometimes reckless and dont think clearly. And coincidentally, I ride a donkey.  Z

[WV Flopper]

In a man's lifetime of turkey hunting he will encounter many scenarios. Most have results to the hunters expectations, some do not.

Life and death are not always as obvious as they seem! I have seen some odd things in my day turkey hunting.

You can trust that I hunt more than a few times each spring.

People make mistakes, daily, multiple. But it's not always the obvious mistake.

Pellet looks large to me. Maybe it's not! Sure does look like at least a 6 or even a #4. Not to many of these long range TSS hunters wasting money on TSS 4's or 6's.

[Sir-diealot]

In a man's lifetime of turkey hunting he will encounter many scenarios. Most have results to the hunters expectations, some do not.

Life and death are not always as obvious as they seem! I have seen some odd things in my day turkey hunting.

You can trust that I hunt more than a few times each spring.

People make mistakes, daily, multiple. But it's not always the obvious mistake.

Pellet looks large to me. Maybe it's not! Sure does look like at least a 6 or even a #4. Not to many of these long range TSS hunters wasting money on TSS 4's or 6's.

Not everyone shooting to far is using TSS I never even suggested TSS

[TrackeySauresRex]

Definitely tough resilient birds. A game of millimeters by the looks of this photo. Nice work on the skull, I never did one, I think I'll try... if I ever shoot one. 
Looks like #4 to me.

[Prospector]

Gobblers can be out of range for TSS or Lead. So "shade" can be thrown either way. The point is 1) whichever you shoot, know your target including its range....

[GobbleGitr]

Have taken a couple with broken and rehealed bones, and a number of them carrying old pellets, but that is truly amazing!

[3bailey3]

Looks like a lead shot to me, how do you guy clean a skull? I tried it once by hang the head up in a tree to let it decay, went back and it was gone!

[Twowithone]

I always said 3 in the head he,s dead maybe not.

[ybuck]

wow!
thanks for sharing

[Gobble!]

Looks like a lead shot to me, how do you guy clean a skull? I tried it once by hang the head up in a tree to let it decay, went back and it was gone!

I believe it to be a lead 5. Here's a picture of a larger pellet I pulled out of a birds head/neck when I was cleaning it from this past spring as well. I'm not 100% sure this was the same bird but it's highly probable.


To clean the skull, I cut some holes in the bottom of a zip lock bag to let fluids drip out then cut a larger hole on both sides of the bag to let bugs get in. After a month or two in the woods I'll soak the head in peroxide for a couple days.

[Gobble!]

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[Gobble!]

Some other pellets I pulled from a bird this past spring. Believe these larger pellets to be TSS 7s but could be wrong.


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[3bailey3]

Thanks for the tips on cleaning one!

[Haypatch]

I've found a 22 bullet under the skin of a tom i harvested once!!

[Badger]

Very interesting.  Thanks for sharing.