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Shot Placement

Started by WyoHunter, February 12, 2011, 07:06:08 PM

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Where do you hold your point of aim on an alert gobbler?

Head
Middle of neck
Base of neck
Somewhere else?
Shoot over top - hunt him another day

hobbes

Middle of the neck/wattles somewhere in there.  as long as I'm on something between his head and wattle he's dead.  The low neck/body shots on the videos drive me crazy.  Then their next segment is about how great their scope is........really?  You just blew his wing butt off.

turkey slayer


DC1.

I put the bead right under his waddles . :jesus-cross:

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TnTurk

Knowing where my POI is at 20, 30, and 40 yards, I just aim so that the top of my pattern rips across the top of his head.

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joshua

Aim where the skin meets the feathers.  If you pull a little high then this gives you a little room for error.
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Flydown

#22
Quote from: hobbes on February 12, 2011, 09:57:15 PM
Middle of the neck/wattles somewhere in there.  as long as I'm on something between his head and wattle he's dead.  The low neck/body shots on the videos drive me crazy.  Then their next segment is about how great their scope is........really?  You just blew his wing butt off.

He said wing butt.  :TooFunny:

HOOKS1

#23
Wattles.

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TURKEYWHACKER

Middle of the neck for me. Gives a little wiggle room in case he moves a bit during the shot. At close range my turkey slayer throws a pretty snug pattern and I want more to aim at than a bobbin' head.

Green Buffalo

Quote from: joshua on February 13, 2011, 12:22:46 AM
Aim where the skin meets the feathers.  If you pull a little high then this gives you a little room for error.

Same here  :fud:

surehuntsalot

middle of neck where skin meets feathers
it's not the harvest,it's the chase

Dan Mallia

Quote from: jakesdad on February 12, 2011, 07:14:09 PM
I usually hold for the middle of the neck or a touch lower,maybe where skin meets feathers.I dont think I could ever intentionally body shoot a turkey.

X2  :z-guntootsmiley: