loss of lessons learned

[Kylongspur88]

I have heard the hype on the longbeard ammo but testing in my gun showed that 50 yards is the max range I would feel confident with it.  That's with 2 oz #5's. I am sure some of it is the way I have it set up but there is a lot of marketing hype that is really detrimental to the sport with most ammo companies.

Agreed. I shoot longbeards but am well aware of their limit in my gun. The marketing/adds on these when they came out was unethical in my opinion.

[Gooserbat]

I've been on the TSS Train for a few years now.  Honestly It's picked up some yardage but out of the 20 or so birds I've taken in the last 3 years, I only can think of one bird that those extra steps made a difference on.  That said I'll keep using it and enjoying it.

[Spitten and drummen]

I shoot tss out of my 20ga and enjoy loading them. I am a turkey hunter and dont use it to extend my range. I use it because in my opinion it is the most effective in energy and patterns that i have found. I shoot birds no farther than i have over my 40 years of turkey hunting. I have let birds walk that i know i could have most likely killed with it because i felt they were past 45 yards. I still have what i feel are acceptable goals. Thats to play the game and get them in close. Even though they are in effective range for tss , i still feel i did not beat the bird so he lives to do battle with me again. Just my 2 cents.

[Greg Massey]

I shoot tss out of my 20ga and enjoy loading them. I am a turkey hunter and dont use it to extend my range. I use it because in my opinion it is the most effective in energy and patterns that i have found. I shoot birds no farther than i have over my 40 years of turkey hunting. I have let birds walk that i know i could have most likely killed with it because i felt they were past 45 yards. I still have what i feel are acceptable goals. Thats to play the game and get them in close. Even though they are in effective range for tss , i still feel i did not beat the bird so he lives to do battle with me again. Just my 2 cents.

Totally agree, great post....

[Gobbler2577]

I remember back 18 or 19 years ago I hunted a bird 13 or 14 mornings in a row.  He was using a guys farm that has 3 creeks running through it.  The creeks ar more or less parallel and about 100 yards apart with mostly pasture between.  I never could get that bird to cross any of the creeks and he would roost and then fly down in a completely different place every day.  There were times I could've easily killed him with what is available today but I learned more from that one gobbler than any other single bird.  I will never forget killing him at 12 steps or the sadness I felt the morning after knowing he was gone.  I like killing them, but that's not what it is about.  Some of my best memories are birds I never laid eyes on.

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[paboxcall]

Some of my best memories are birds I never laid eyes on.

Ain't that the absolute truth.