Quote from: THattaway on July 15, 2015, 12:33:55 PM
You can go ankle deep or neck deep on turkey guns and still kill turkeys. For a set up like yours and just starting out I'd do a quick pattern session with what you have on hand. Use a big piece of paper, like contractor paper you can get a roll of from lowes. Trace your forearm and balled up fist for a rough turkey head and neck in the center of it. Make a spot on the wattles for an aiming point. Measure off 30 and 40 yards and shoot about three times with a given load at each yardage. You will immediately see pattern density and any point of impact issues. Then when hunting hold for a shot opportunity where you can see a tom's eye clearly and you should have him within 40 yard range. If you hold for 40 yards you will pretty much have necessary penetration with all lead turkey loads. Hunted successfully for many a year with guns that consistently put 12 pellets in the head and neck of a turkey silhouette target like that at 40 yards. These days it's generally accepted that your max range should be where you are still getting 100 pellet strikes in a 10" circle. That will get you started but be warned, you will quickly be upping your gun pattern performance expectations and gun and ammo collection if the turkey bug takes.
Thank you for the info.
I'm pretty sure it already has, I mean it's a hot, humid, July day in Louisiana and I'm worried about getting ready for turkey season.
