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Author Topic: My latest turkey slayer!! (patterning pics added)  (Read 3009 times)

Offline Dr Juice

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Re: My latest turkey slayer!!
« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2020, 06:09:38 AM »
Awesome. Good luck and knock ‘em dead.

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Re: My latest turkey slayer!!
« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2020, 08:52:56 AM »
Good to hear range report not ideal weather but smooth sailing ahead with your turkey opener. :firefighter:
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Re: My latest turkey slayer!!
« Reply #17 on: April 05, 2020, 10:50:11 PM »
Did a little range time today. On the 20 gauge, I shot 3" Apex TSS loads using their Small Town Hunting Blend, which is a #7-1/2 and #9 duplex load. At 40 yards I got 281 hits on a 8-1/2" x 11" paper target. 87 of those hits were on the body of the gobbler.

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Re: My latest turkey slayer!!
« Reply #18 on: April 05, 2020, 10:56:01 PM »
Next, I moved out to 60 yards with the same gun and load. Not quite the numbers some other guys have been achieving with TSS. 97 hits on a 8-1/2" x 11" paper target, with 27 on the body of the gobbler. I think that ethically this is a 50 yard gun. But that's OK! 80% of my gobblers have been at 20 yards or less, with the rest in the 30 & 40 yard ranges. I've only taken 2 gobblers beyond 50 yards, both at 54 yards.

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Re: My latest turkey slayer!!
« Reply #19 on: April 05, 2020, 11:00:24 PM »
I also switched over to an Indian Creek choke and TSS on my 12 gauge land cannon this year.
At 40 yards with a 3-1/2" Small Town Hunting Blend of #7-1/2 & #9, it put 382 hits on an 8-1/2" x 11" paper target, with 162 hits on the body of the gobbler.

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Re: My latest turkey slayer!!
« Reply #20 on: April 05, 2020, 11:05:29 PM »
At 60 yards, the land cannon put 170 hits on the 8-1/2" x 11" paper target, with 75 hits on the body of the gobbler. Considering the target isn't life size, which equates to more body hits on a real gobbler, I'd say that set up is a legit 60 yard gun. Not that I've ever shot a bird at 60 yards, but it's pretty cool to see those numbers with your gun.

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Re: My latest turkey slayer!! (patterning pics added)
« Reply #21 on: April 14, 2020, 12:07:27 PM »
Well, what do you guys think of the patterning pics? ???

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Re: My latest turkey slayer!! (patterning pics added)
« Reply #22 on: April 14, 2020, 04:47:24 PM »
They look good.  You're getting a better pellet count than me with my 20 shooting handloads. Now you just need some turkeys to hunt!

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Re: My latest turkey slayer!! (patterning pics added)
« Reply #23 on: April 14, 2020, 07:47:05 PM »
Yeah, no kidding. I might be able to get back up to SC one last time.

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Re: My latest turkey slayer!! (patterning pics added)
« Reply #24 on: May 03, 2020, 01:58:15 PM »
WOW that’s a dead bird! Nice patter