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#179369 - 04/02/19 12:35 AM Spring Gobblers
Duke Offline
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Registered: 08/21/09
Posts: 2004
Loc: Southwest Virginia
Anybody else a little bit excited about hunting Gobblers? Opens here in VA in 2 weeks....this coming Saturday if you've got a young one to take to get his/her first one. Both my son & daughter got their first ones that early Mentor day 15-20+ years ago.....her with a 35mm Minolta & him with a Savage. Wonderful memories for all of us. The huge gangs are splitting up, the old boy are fighting & their heads are turning blood red now. I heard one gobble on roost yesterday at barely grey......from my bed. Had the window cracked, mid 50's & no breeze. Gets ya up so much quicker than a clock & boy-o does my wife love hearing me calling back to 'em that time of day.
Every year have to go back & forth with which gun......the Savage 222/20guage or the Mossberg 500 "special" with my custom camo finish, 19",extra full choke. Had them both 40+ years now & fit like a glove.
Anybody else?
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#179371 - 04/02/19 06:58 AM Re: Spring Gobblers [Re: Duke]
Shoot870p Offline
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Registered: 01/12/17
Posts: 1408
Co worker guided a young lady on a hunt last week. She got a gobbler at 49 yards with a 20 gauge! That will be a very memorable hunt for her I'm sure. She got a true Osceola in Florida.
Walker
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#179373 - 04/02/19 09:05 AM Re: Spring Gobblers [Re: Shoot870p]
Wayne Dengler Offline
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Registered: 08/01/17
Posts: 1555
Loc: Earth
I know of one person that uses a 10 gauge single shot for his Turkey hunting.

Uses 3.5 inch shells. Gosh! That must hurt (only once).

I remember back in the early 70s,there were no turkeys or turkey seasons in my state.

Now we have two seasons each year!!!

Wayne
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#179376 - 04/02/19 10:21 AM Re: Spring Gobblers [Re: Wayne Dengler]
Shoot870p Offline
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There has been a great improvement in the population of game animals for sure.
And the varmits too (hogs, coyotes, etc).
Walker
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#179387 - 04/02/19 01:47 PM Re: Spring Gobblers [Re: Shoot870p]
coachblalock Offline
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Registered: 12/03/16
Posts: 1872
Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas
We are starting to get them back.

I saw 3 together about 5 miles away a couple months ago and I thought I heard one one about Sundown one evening last week.
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#179393 - 04/02/19 07:43 PM Re: Spring Gobblers [Re: coachblalock]
rodbrown Offline
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Registered: 12/11/05
Posts: 2119
Loc: Ontario, Canada
We live in a small city, 125,00. There is a flock of 30 +/- a few blocks from us on the edge of town. Been there all winter.

There are 15-20 that live/frequent our Gun Club all year round. They must know how what poor shots we are and they are safe there!!
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#179400 - 04/02/19 09:19 PM Re: Spring Gobblers [Re: Wayne Dengler]
coachblalock Offline
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Registered: 12/03/16
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Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas
Originally Posted By: Wayne Dengler
I know of one person that uses a 10 gauge single shot for his Turkey hunting.

Uses 3.5 inch shells. Gosh! That must hurt (only once).

I remember back in the early 70s,there were no turkeys or turkey seasons in my state.

Now we have two seasons each year!!!

Wayne


I’ve got one. Browning BPS pump, shoots 3.5 inch shells. Has a 20” barrel and a 30” barrell. Invector choke system with all the chokes.

My wife got it for me for Christmas in 1993. I was so proud of that gun...

...until I shot it. I had it loaded with magnum 00 Buck. It almost knocked my shoulder off!
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#179407 - 04/02/19 11:00 PM Re: Spring Gobblers [Re: coachblalock]
alan_grombacher Offline
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Registered: 08/20/07
Posts: 1011
Loc: Canada
I just picked up the perfect turkey cannon. It is an Ithaca NID 10-gauge with 32 inch barrels. A real turkey blaster. Just like Elmer Keith’s!
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#179412 - 04/03/19 07:01 AM Re: Spring Gobblers [Re: alan_grombacher]
coachblalock Offline
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Registered: 12/03/16
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Loc: Lake Fork, East Texas
You got to be TUFF to shoot them 10 gauges very much.

I got mad at the damn beavers once and decided to use my 10 ga. on ‘em that night.

The next day, I was so sore and my shoulder looked like my wife had been beatin’ me.
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#179414 - 04/03/19 08:11 AM Re: Spring Gobblers [Re: coachblalock]
Eric Offline
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Registered: 11/18/15
Posts: 1668
Loc: Michigan
Coach, When I bought my Browning BPS 10 ga. 30" barrel, I asked the clerk if it was a teeth-rattler. He simply asked me if I was a MAN. I knew then I was gonna love my new goose gun. Six Tom's from last October.


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