Your first Turkey gun, do you still have it, or wish you still had it?

[ElkTurkMan]

1987, I took my first turkey with My dad's Model 12  12guage with a full choke barrel.   When he passed in 2008, I inherited that gun.  I want to say that it only shoots three inch shells, I need to pull It out of the safe and look. Anyway One of these years I am going to take it for  walk in the woods again, and hopefully take a bird with it.  .   

[Howie g]

1979 I think ?  Fox double barrel 20 ga . It was my grand pas gun , he killed tons of game with it .
I think one of my cousins ended up with it .  I've owned many since then .over / unders mostly

[Cut N Run]

Mine was an Ithaca 37R (solid rib) 2.75 inch chamber I bought used in 1980. Killed a bunch of ducks with it (before steel shot requirement) and killed my first turkey in 1991.  Gun was stolen when my house was broken in to.  Wish I still had it and I wish that d@mn thief was in range.

Jim

[Tom007]

Love the stories, thanks so much. Keep em coming....

[vt35mag]

Mossberg 600 (not a typo) country squire. 
Should get it out and shoot another gobbler with it.

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[Tom007]

Mossberg 600 (not a typo) country squire. 
Should get it out and shoot another gobbler with it.

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Wow, never saw one. If you can, post a pic.

[Happy]

Yup. An 835 mossy. Still use it to this day. We been at this for around 20 years now.

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[MO_HUNTER]

In 96 I bought an 835 Ulti Mag in woodland ofm camo. Saved up my turkey egg pickin, hay haulin and milkin money! I had to work, so my mom offered to go to Bass Pro and pick it up for me. They were on sale and I didn't want to miss out... I got home after work and mom had the box on the table. I originally sent her after a Mossberg 500.... she told me they didn't have any of the 500s and said they gave her a rain check for me to pick one up at a later date. We'll, the question I had was, what's in the box on the table. I opened it up and it was the 835 I wanted (but didn't have the money for) they were actually selling them at the sale price of the 500 so mom grabbed it and told me if I didn't like it she could take it back.
No need! It was the one I wanted in the first place and I just happened to luck out that day.

Me and "Ma Bell" have been together ever since. Haven't shot a 3.5" shell out of it since I was 18... too much kick for me!

[Hoosier2]

My grandpa gave me his old 835 goose gun once he gave up chasin em. Got it when I was 12 I'm now 32 and I will never replace it. Few years back I tried to build an 870 20 gauge for a run n gun setup. Patterned that little 20 ga with 2 shots with federal heavyweight #7 3" and was not thrilled with the pattern at 30 yards. Even bought a sumtoy choke and a lotta y'all have proven it to be a deadly turkey gun. But I just couldn't get a pattern with it. Gonna throw a fast fire on it this year and try tss. But I couldn't get federal ammo, had to buy em in Illinois( I'm from Indiana) at Dunn's so I only had 3 rounds to turkey hunt after my 2 pattern rounds left little to be desired but I was perfectly fine with my 20 yard shot when I patterned. Had a bird come walk past and actually brushed my blind. Came in totally silent and heard something hit the blind thinking it was a squirrel, peaked out and I could grab him by the snood unbelievable encounter. I let that bird work past towards my decoys at 20 yards. Kaboom. I let her rip. Birds still standing. Kaboom. Birds still standing now he's walking away. One final KABOOM. bird just keeps walking and I sit there in complete awe that I just fired 3 rounds at a bird and he didn't flinch. Found all 3 of my wads too. To this day I will only carry that trusty 835 and those big ol shells. I have killed 20 birds with that gun and it means something fierce to me. Every time I take a bird it makes me think of all the memories I've had with my grandpa and all he taught me to be an outdoorsman.


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[Ozarks Hillbilly]

First dedicated Turkey gun was a Stevens single shot 36" full choke barrel "Long Tom" 3" Remington Nitro Mag #4 copper plated lead. Killed on one end crippled on the other. Lost it in house fire in my late teens.

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[Yoder409]

Killed my first several birds with a Winchester 1200 and 2 3/4" shells.  It was my shotgun.  Not a "turkey gun" per se.

My first dedicated turkey gun was a BPS 10 gauge.  Got it the 2nd year they were out.

I still have both guns.

[Chad Gus715]

My first turkey gun was mossberg 835 ulti-mag, bought new from gander mountain. Patterned nice, but 6 inches high and 6 inches left, after missing my 8th or ninth turkey, i traded it straight up for a plain Jane 870. Best trade I've ever made, I've got zero desire to ever get it back.

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[Spring Creek Calls]

Still got it, first gobbler 40+ years ago in Northern Michigan and latest last May in Minnesota. 1938 Model 12

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[mcw3734]

Mossberg 500.

First turkey and firearms deer. Still have it because of the rifled slug barrel on the off chance I apply for one of Idaho's short-range weapon hunts. If not for that, I would have sold it years ago.

[spiggy2]

My first gun was a Remington 870, with gobble dot iron sights on it and an ati tactical stock. Loved it, even thought it was heavy. Lost it about a month ago when my car got stolen, so who knows where it's now. But my first shotgun and will be building another one just like it this summer.


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