i heard mid neck, low neck, head, where the feathers meet the skin on neck etc.
it will probably vary for alot on here with hold overs.
where the feathers end and the kill zone begins :z-guntootsmiley:
I hold mid-neck because of the way my gun patterns. The shot is very even high,low,left,right when I hold there but every gun is different. If your gun shoots high you want to hold at the feather line. This works for guns with fixed sights or a plain bead.
Quote from: SR1 on March 27, 2011, 11:40:12 PM
I hold mid-neck because of the way my gun patterns. The shot is very even high,low,left,right when I hold there but every gun is different. If your gun shoots high you want to hold at the feather line. This works for guns with fixed sights or a plain bead.
:agreed:
I put the bead on the wattles/caruncles.
I put the front sight on the middle of the neck. The head gets the top of the pattern, the mid neck the center and the lower neck the bottom. Plenty for everyone!
If your turkey gun doesn't shoot to point of aim, get some sights and adjust them so it does.
I aim mid neck as well.
Quote from: natman on March 28, 2011, 03:55:36 AM
I put the front sight on the middle of the neck. The head gets the top of the pattern, the mid neck the center and the lower neck the bottom. Plenty for everyone!
If your turkey gun doesn't shoot to point of aim, get some sights and adjust them so it does.
:agreed: :icon_thumright:
I set my sights up with more group high than low. I aim at the waddles. Now this only works when he has his head up. If he sticks it out to gobble I have to adjust my aim point. It works for me.
Base of the neck. Lower than the spot marked on a typical turkey target. Takes care of a split second head bob or me being stupid and lifting my head which causes a shot to pull a little high.
I aim mid to low neck. This gets the most out of my pattern covering the head and neck entirely.
With my 20, I hold at the waddles. With my Win 1300 and Nitro 4X5X7's I hold top of the head cause the shoot about 6" low at 40. With the 1300 and lead 6's I aim mid neck.
I just aim where the load will hit his head, neck, and waddles.
Daman
That depends on the POA / POI of the individual setup.
My 870 12, Middle of the Neck.
My BPS 12, Bottom of the Neck.
My Charles Daly 20, the Head.
Quote from: knightrider on March 27, 2011, 11:33:07 PM
where the feathers end and the kill zone begins :z-guntootsmiley:
+1
Waddles
I try not to get very technical about my hold, that red noggin seems to be a good bullseye to me.
Me too. By the time the shot gets there, it will be spread enough to hit the neck, as well. I aim for the noggin. Mike :you_rock:
From 15-40 yards I place the bead on the middle of the neck. Beyond that I aim for the top of the head.
I try to aim between the wattles and beard, but I rarely ever get shot in the breast so I must be holding higher than I think.
turkeys must tear me up alot worse than everybody else. super overactive adrenaline. cant hardly see, can't hardly breath. can't hardly judge distance, there's no way I could concentrate on aiming. Instinct tells me to shoot him in the head so I just shoot him in the head. I don't know if I aim or not. After I get to the turkey and calm down a bit there's always a fresh shell in the chamber and safety is on. I don't know how it gets like that. Only ones I've ever missed is when I shoot a tree or something. If I could invent a drug that would do that to you all the drug lords in the world would be out of business. :gobble:
mid neck or just below the head, everyone that Ive shot in the waddles blew most of the beard off
right below the head, don't like shot in the breast!
Quote from: Spuriosity on March 28, 2011, 09:04:49 AM
You guys that shoot 3 different guns and have a different POA for all three are cooler under pressure than I am. I want all my guns shooting to exactly POA so there is no thinking involved. Aim for mid neck and let fly.
Sound like a plan to me, easy no brainer and a Tom for the deep fryer :anim_65:
Hold right on the head my gun patterns 4" low and I just hold on head instead of adjusting the sights like I should do
I dunno I usually have both eyes close and flinch :-\
In the past i have aimed at their head but this year i going to aim in the middle of the neck.
Sometimes though i try to take out there legs then finish them with my spear!!
Quote from: trkehunr93 on March 28, 2011, 02:20:00 PM
right below the head, don't like shot in the breast!
Same here. I don't take a lot of time to think about it. Aim, squeeze, boom, dead bird.
Quote from: dawei on March 28, 2011, 01:51:02 AM
I put the bead on the wattles/caruncles.
Same here but no bead - crosshairs! :icon_thumright:
I put the fastfire dot on the waddles. I have it set to where the densest part of my pattern covers his head so really my poi is higher than my poa. I like to see his head above the dot so I can align up better on close shots. Plus it keeps a lot of shot out of the breast at the longer ranges.
I recommend this: like his screen name says
shootumindaface
:TooFunny:
Think about this. We always measure the effectiveness of our guns by counting the pellets inside a 10 inch circle. If you aim at the head, you are assuring that half of your pellets in that 10 inch circle fly harmlessly over his head. Shoot for the bottom of the waddles and less than a quarter of those pellets go over his head.