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Shot placement
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03/11/17 02:43 AM
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Christian Hoffmann
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Im 14 yrs old and like to walk our property alot. Sometimes i have a .243, AR, others a 22lr pistol and sometimes Recurve bow. Sometimes i just walk up on a flock, and now that its almost season i can shoot a gobbler. Where shoot u shoot with the rifles? What about the bow?
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Re: Shot placement
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03/11/17 12:44 PM
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Mike Mathena
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Im no Turkey hunter (yet) but, from what i understand the mid neck region for shotguns and bows, not sure about the laws on private property but, i believe we're not supposed to use rifles for turkeys. I could be wrong on that though.
Go get in the woods
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Re: Shot placement
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03/11/17 01:11 PM
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Gamblinman
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shotgun = head and neck rifle = base of neck bow = good body shot to break a wing(s) and hit vitals.
Using a rifle for spring season is a legal means for harvesting turkeys, except in the east part of the state where hunting for the Eastern subspecies is allowed.
" I don't hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt turkeys because I have to."
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Re: Shot placement
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03/11/17 09:29 PM
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krmitchell
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If you are using a .223 or bigger just put it on the body. It will kill it.
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Re: Shot placement
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03/11/17 09:30 PM
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Christian Hoffmann
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In southwest near Devine to Bandera then Rocksprings, guess im good thanks!
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Re: Shot placement
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03/11/17 10:39 PM
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Gamblinman
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If you are using a .223 or bigger just put it on the body. It will kill it. LOL..is there anything left to make a meal out of? I would think that would make a mess of the breast.
" I don't hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt turkeys because I have to."
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Re: Shot placement
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03/12/17 12:56 AM
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kmon11
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with the rifle a FMJ works well on turkey body shots. Have seen finger size holes punched through the breast with not that much meat damage. Also a standing alert turkey shot high from the back or right above the beard works pretty good with a rifle. 22 take the neck shot.
Bow Strutting wing but or of facing straight away in the pie hole will make for a quick kill. Same goes for bow as rifle just below sings center of back just below wing butt or wingbutt from the side.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Shot placement
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03/12/17 02:39 AM
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krmitchell
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If you are using a .223 or bigger just put it on the body. It will kill it. LOL..is there anything left to make a meal out of? I would think that would make a mess of the breast. Yea just don't use a varmint load. Fmj works fine. Or use a .22, turkeys aren't that hard to kill.
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Re: Shot placement
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03/14/17 02:15 PM
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diablodog
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With the rifle you will want to hit the base of the neck . Body shots can ruin breast meat . A body shot with a high velocity bullet of any type will hit with enough force to bloodshot or blow bones through a lot of meat . On a wild turkey the breast is the main meat , the rest is much smaller and tougher than a store bird . I have neck shot a lot of birds with a .223 and have found I get much less damage with low velocity down loaded ammo , bullet type did not seem to matter at high velocity. Accuracy at 100 yards is important for me to make the neck shot , I found military fmj ammo not to be accurate enough .
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Re: Shot placement
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03/14/17 09:59 PM
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colt45-90
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Im 14 yrs old and like to walk our property alot. Sometimes i have a .243, AR, others a 22lr pistol and sometimes Recurve bow. Sometimes i just walk up on a flock, and now that its almost season i can shoot a gobbler. Where shoot u shoot with the rifles? What about the bow? good to see you on hear and getting advice
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Shot placement
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03/17/17 03:11 AM
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I do not disagree with anything above. But I've also had good success with a rifle shooting low on the turkey, with the bullet coming in below the breast, killing the bird, and maybe just taking out a leg or thigh.
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Re: Shot placement
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03/19/17 11:03 PM
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ErnestTBass
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And yesterday (opening day) I put a 17 hmr round through a Gobbler low and from the side. Dead Gobbler. Untouched breast.
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Re: Shot placement
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03/21/17 06:56 PM
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krmitchell
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I do not disagree with anything above. But I've also had good success with a rifle shooting low on the turkey, with the bullet coming in below the breast, killing the bird, and maybe just taking out a leg or thigh. I've had the same experience, show one low, basically gutted it and left the breast intact.
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Re: Shot placement
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03/21/17 11:03 PM
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hetman
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big bore rifle- blow there butt off it guts them and leaves the breast alone. Didn't believe until a old time hunter showed me one day when we were out hunting and did not have shotguns with us.
"Lesser mortals are pitied for the misfortune in not being born Texan."
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Re: Shot placement
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03/22/17 10:01 PM
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ErnestTBass
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I do not disagree with anything above. But I've also had good success with a rifle shooting low on the turkey, with the bullet coming in below the breast, killing the bird, and maybe just taking out a leg or thigh. I've had the same experience, show one low, basically gutted it and left the breast intact. Yessir. Done it myself a few times. You and hetman have it right. I learned it basically by accident when I decided to shoot a turkey while deer hunting and carrying only a .270. But I've repeated it a few times since. It also works with a small rimfire rifle (like that .17), but without the gutting effect.
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