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by howl
May 5th, 2017, 2:59 pm
Forum: Small Bore
Topic: Yildiz ready
Replies: 13
Views: 2779

Re: Yildiz ready

It might be hard to put down once you start carrying it. Details on mount? Anyone push the envelope on 10s on a gobbler yet?
by howl
May 5th, 2017, 7:48 am
Forum: Calling & Competition Calling
Topic: Gobbler, jake diaphragms
Replies: 15
Views: 10890

Gobbler, jake diaphragms

Is there a small volume maker who does mouth calls tuned to sound like male birds?
by howl
May 5th, 2017, 7:46 am
Forum: Calling & Competition Calling
Topic: 3" and smaller
Replies: 12
Views: 6868

3" and smaller

Who makes good small pot calls?
by howl
May 4th, 2017, 6:14 pm
Forum: Big Bore
Topic: 835 ulti mag
Replies: 15
Views: 8586

Re: 835 ulti mag

2 1/4 ounces at 1200fps is elephant gun territory. Pretty sure you can just body shoot at ten yards with that.

Have you looked at the smallbore section of the forum yet?
by howl
May 4th, 2017, 4:12 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: flocked-up toms
Replies: 13
Views: 4650

Re: flocked-up toms

Larry Gresser makes a Jake Pot just for this sort of thing. It works.
by howl
May 4th, 2017, 11:01 am
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: flocked-up toms
Replies: 13
Views: 4650

Re: flocked-up toms

They did that all the way through the season here this year.
by howl
May 3rd, 2017, 10:18 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Decline in bird population
Replies: 29
Views: 6908

Re: Decline in bird population

I have read in a few places that the supposed strategy for setting seasons was to start after the peak of breeding. Have they ever actually done that anywhere?
by howl
May 1st, 2017, 8:58 pm
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: Point of aim
Replies: 9
Views: 3311

Re: Point of aim

The money lost trading in a high dollar gun would probably buy a Mossberg 835. One of those with the old original lead only turkey choke and Win 3 1/2" black shell 2oz lead sixes is point and shoot to 50. If your head is on the stock the bird dies. Those chokes are usually like $10 on ebay, etc...
by howl
May 1st, 2017, 8:51 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Decline in bird population
Replies: 29
Views: 6908

Re: Decline in bird population

Populations are cyclical. I think a lot of people have learned in the last few years that their areas are not the core areas that will always have birds. There are plenty of deer leases that only ever had birds because populations were higher and turkeys expanded into those areas. We all say killing...
by howl
May 1st, 2017, 12:33 pm
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: Flintlock fowler with TSS for turkeys
Replies: 48
Views: 14087

Re: Flintlock fowler with TSS for turkeys

:thumbup:
by howl
May 1st, 2017, 12:32 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Off-season feeding
Replies: 17
Views: 5188

Re: Off-season feeding

Corn only holds them on your place as long as it is on the ground. If you have to have it gone to hunt, the gobblers will probably leave when the hens move to nesting areas. I don't know much about bait plots, but I do know that if you keep feeding them in the same spot year after year you increase ...
by howl
April 30th, 2017, 12:14 pm
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: high left patterns
Replies: 4
Views: 2301

Re: high left patterns

Put your target a 13 yards. Look straight down the rib with the bead or beads looking like a single ball sitting on a table with your eye at the edge of the table. You should be able to see the bottom of the ball but not the top of the table other than as a line or plane. If the hole from the wad an...
by howl
April 24th, 2017, 11:20 am
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: Forcing cone buildup
Replies: 1
Views: 1532

Forcing cone buildup

I saw a thick ring of fouling about halfway down my barrel. It appears to be wad, cardboard and carbon that built up around the forcing cone and then came loose after several shots. Anyone got any comments on how that might affect the pattern on the shot that moved the fouling down the bore?
by howl
April 23rd, 2017, 5:09 pm
Forum: Small Bore
Topic: Drilling and tapping a yildiz single
Replies: 18
Views: 4042

Re: Drilling and tapping a yildiz single

The old school way was to put the barrel in the fork of a tree and bend a hair at a time in the direction you want to move the pattern. The .410 pattern is tight enough to want the red dot.
by howl
April 23rd, 2017, 5:01 pm
Forum: Small Bore
Topic: Relative pattern diameter
Replies: 11
Views: 3285

Re: Relative pattern diameter

That looks easy to hit with for sure. What was the ounces of shot?
by howl
April 23rd, 2017, 11:12 am
Forum: Small Bore
Topic: Relative pattern diameter
Replies: 11
Views: 3285

Relative pattern diameter

So my boy learned a hard lesson about picking your head up at the shot. That .410 is pretty tight even at the thirty yards he took the shot. So, how much more forgiving are the 28 gauge TSS loads or the lighter 20 gauge loads?
by howl
April 23rd, 2017, 11:01 am
Forum: Small Bore
Topic: Buying a new O/U for dedicated turkey rig 20 or 28?
Replies: 30
Views: 9493

Re: Buying a new O/U for dedicated turkey rig 20 or 28?

That's gonna be slick. I also called ATI about the regulation, POI issue. They don't have a limit, either. I got the line about how POI is determined by gun fit, etc. That's kinda odd since they sell models made specifically for turkey hunting, but that is what they say.
by howl
April 20th, 2017, 4:08 pm
Forum: Small Bore
Topic: 410 Ga hevi shot #7
Replies: 2
Views: 1460

Re: 410 Ga hevi shot #7

A 3/4oz lead #7 1/2 load will have ~120 more pellets. I killed a paper turkey with the Win load at 35 yards. I'd hunt it to 30.
by howl
April 19th, 2017, 11:47 am
Forum: Calling & Competition Calling
Topic: My current box call situation....
Replies: 38
Views: 14109

Re: My current box call situation....

http://www.longbeardcalls.com/calls.htm can build you a long box that sounds exactly like this hen http://vid23.photobucket.com/albums/b37 ... I_0141.mp4 Unfortunately that hen couldn't call a gobbler to save her life, because she sounds like a box call.
by howl
April 19th, 2017, 8:59 am
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: MT Season as of 4/18
Replies: 20
Views: 5118

Re: MT Season as of 4/18

Y'all don't give 'em no rest! Congrats.
by howl
April 19th, 2017, 8:56 am
Forum: Calling & Competition Calling
Topic: My current box call situation....
Replies: 38
Views: 14109

Re: My current box call situation....

You ain't missin' nothin'. I had some good ones that I killed turkeys with, but I sold them all. One of the better moves I ever made. This is the only one I wish I'd kept: http://www.enticerturkeycalls.com/shop/ ... ratch-box/
by howl
April 19th, 2017, 8:32 am
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Caught with no Camo
Replies: 12
Views: 3842

Re: Caught with no Camo

Congrats! Are there brakes that are quieter than others?
by howl
April 19th, 2017, 5:46 am
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Darwinism and turkey hunters
Replies: 12
Views: 4225

Re: Darwinism and turkey hunters

That's pretty funny. I remember when we used to talk about not having any red, white or blue on us. Now people are doing their best to actually look like turkeys. Play stupid games...
by howl
April 18th, 2017, 8:45 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Took the family turkey hunting
Replies: 8
Views: 1994

Re: Took the family turkey hunting

That's livin' right!
by howl
April 18th, 2017, 8:43 pm
Forum: Small Bore
Topic: Buying a new O/U for dedicated turkey rig 20 or 28?
Replies: 30
Views: 9493

Re: Buying a new O/U for dedicated turkey rig 20 or 28?

Heard back from Savage. They have no control limit on regulation. It would be up to their discretion whether to fix or not. Looks like either you get a good one or you get a red dot. One of the two I looked at in a store had a vent rib with a little curve to it. I told them I'd keep an eye out for w...

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