Red Dot/Bead

[RED NECK]

Neither,first choice is a set of adjustable fiber optics,I prefer the Williams with the peep sight.

[Turkeybutt]

Simple is always better but as I got older the beads were getting harder and harder to see and align. I have a scope on two of my turkey guns and a red dot and green dot on my other two guns.
I like the scopes and of the two dots I prefer the green dot.

[Bowguy]

Imo if you want optics a prism sight is worlds better than a red dot. It's got an etched reticle so it's always visible. You can turn on optics which light reticle plus no starbursting or over illumination occurs.
You can also if so inclined add a small magnification. It's also much tougher and they're about same prices dependant on which prism or red dot is chosen.

[ddturkeyhunter1]

Red dot all the way. FF


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[JeffC]

Holosun 507 green, love the sight, shake awake, adjustable brightness, use the circle reticle, know if turkeys head is inside of circle, he's beyond 40. 

[GobbleNut]

Started out with beads, then when the first scopes for turkey hunting came out, I put one of those on my gun. First gobbler encounter: he popped out unexpectedly at five yards...put the scope on his head briefly as he started head bobbing...head would bob in and out of the scope...I pulled the trigger as he started to depart...unfortunately, head bob was out of the scope right at that moment...turkey ran away unscathed as I tried to find him in the scope...scope was removed and has not seen the light of day since.

Moved to a red dot. First gobbler encounter: called one to twenty yards thru brush...he stepped out, quickly looked around for the hen, and started to dart back into the brush...swung on him, guessing if the dot was on him as he went...had no idea if it was or not, but I managed to kill him. ...Won't even talk about the time the red dot fogged up in the rain with a gobbler standing there at thirty yards... Red dot was removed and has not seen the light of day since 

Both turkeys above would have been dead meat shooting beads with no questions asked.  Went back to beads...and unless I become blind as some point, will stay with them. Of course, my gun shoots beads dead-on POA/POI and has a great...and forgiving...pattern at the ranges I shoot turkeys. It weighs a ton, but that is a trade-off I am willing to make to stick with the beads...which I currently have the utmost confidence in.

End of story...    

[dublelung]

Red dots on all my turkey setups. Don't think I could go back to shooting a bead.

[Will]

Thanks for all of the replies. I have been a bead guy all of my life and am now considering a scope or red dot. I held a Mossberg with a red dot yesterday and the dot was neat to say the least.   

[NEhomer]

Thanks for all of the replies. I have been a bead guy all of my life and am now considering a scope or red dot. I held a Mossberg with a red dot yesterday and the dot was neat to say the least. 

Red dot for me as well.

To properly sight down the barrel, you must partially block out your view of a portion of the bird. Hunters often miss because they're trying to see the bird over the top of the lead bead and they shoot high. With the red dot, the whole bird is in view the entire time.

[Gobbler428]

Vortex Venom on both my 12ga SBE2 qnd 20ga SBE3.

[Jbird22]

Went from bead/rifle sights to a Burris FF2 in 2011 and have never looked back.