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by Southern Sportsman
April 20th, 2021, 12:44 am
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Anybody ever had a misfire?
Replies: 40
Views: 6736

Re: Anybody ever had a misfire?

quavodus wrote: April 19th, 2021, 10:48 pm The misfired shell had a slight dent and other shell had more pronounced firing pin dent in primer. But, the shell that misfire fired later.
It sounds like a classic weak hammer spring to me. Especially if it is the original hammer spring with 24 years of service to it’s name.
by Southern Sportsman
April 17th, 2021, 12:54 pm
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: O/U or SxS question
Replies: 12
Views: 2583

Re: O/U or SxS question

I’m shooting a trulock modified in my open barrel. I think I’d prefer light mod.
by Southern Sportsman
April 15th, 2021, 10:01 am
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: I quit
Replies: 33
Views: 8680

Re: I quit

I don’t think feeders are a good idea or recommended by biologists. They may hold a few turkeys in the area, but artificially concentrating turkeys in a feeder size area can make it a windfall for predators. Plus the risk of disease transmission. And I’ve heard a lot of speculation about aflatoxin p...
by Southern Sportsman
April 14th, 2021, 8:10 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Registering a turkey online
Replies: 2
Views: 974

Re: Registering a turkey online

I think everything has to be to the 16th of an inch, so fractions are not reduced. I.e., 1/4” = 4/16”, 1/2” = 8/16, etc.

At least that’s how TN’s online “harvest reporting” check-in system works.
by Southern Sportsman
April 6th, 2021, 11:42 am
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: What's your closest turkey kills
Replies: 37
Views: 13785

Re: What's your closest turkey kills

SwampDrummin wrote: April 6th, 2021, 5:01 am I’m trying pretty seriously to kill one with a samurai sword.
In what state is that legal?
by Southern Sportsman
April 5th, 2021, 4:34 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: What's your closest turkey kills
Replies: 37
Views: 13785

Re: What's your closest turkey kills

5 steps. It was a good setup for a turkey gobbling to my right. I hid in a patch of vines to my left. But the turkeys circled behind me and came in from the left, so when they came into view they were point blank.
by Southern Sportsman
March 31st, 2021, 12:52 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: My thoughts..
Replies: 30
Views: 6402

Re: My thoughts..

Also, dekes are ghey. I warn new hunters away from the use of dolls because they will ultimately be more successful and get more enjoyment without them. I get the weirdest looks from new hunters when I tell them hard earned secrets because it isn't anything like they have seen on tv. Then become su...
by Southern Sportsman
March 31st, 2021, 12:47 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Georgia season changes
Replies: 62
Views: 51783

Re: Georgia season changes

There's lot of good discussion in this thread. SS, as I mentioned earlier here, I do sincerely appreciate you posting a link to the TWRA report regardless of our dust-up elsewhere. I won't pretend for second that I have enough depth of information to offer robust suggestions on what to do about the...
by Southern Sportsman
March 31st, 2021, 1:04 am
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Georgia season changes
Replies: 62
Views: 51783

Re: Georgia season changes

If all we need to do is provide an opportunity for people to kill more turkeys, so they’ll go out and manage more ground for more turkeys, and we really just need fewer government restrictions, why not just do away with tags and limits? Jut let everybody kill all they want. I’m sure they will self-g...
by Southern Sportsman
March 30th, 2021, 11:35 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: My thoughts..
Replies: 30
Views: 6402

Re: My thoughts..

So your telling me on an internet turkey hunting forum, I can’t argue about turkey decoys? My God, man is nothing sacred?

What about roost shooting and reaping? We don't have to stay quiet about those do we?
by Southern Sportsman
March 30th, 2021, 10:27 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Georgia season changes
Replies: 62
Views: 51783

Re: Georgia season changes

SS, that was a very good post that presented the argument for greater restrictions very well. I do not deny that there are places with declining populations, but I really hate to see our turkey hunting ruined in the places that are doing just fine. Most of the issues you bring up are about public l...
by Southern Sportsman
March 30th, 2021, 6:50 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: The one decoy you would not leave @ home
Replies: 54
Views: 15121

Re: The one decoy you would not leave @ home

Good God, this thread turned into a shitshow quickly. Gil expressed a belief, not at all uncommon in turkey hunting circles and undoubtedly held by many on this forum, that hunting over decoys is not at all the same as traditional turkey hunting — i.e., finding a turkey, knowing how to set up in the...
by Southern Sportsman
March 30th, 2021, 3:00 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Georgia season changes
Replies: 62
Views: 51783

Re: Georgia season changes

I think very, very few people control blocks of land big enough include a turkey’s entire home range. Their range shrinks in the spring, but even still it would take thousands of acres for me to feel like I was the only one to have called at a turkey.
by Southern Sportsman
March 30th, 2021, 12:13 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Georgia season changes
Replies: 62
Views: 51783

Re: Georgia season changes

First, you are not going to make me mad. I can't speak for everyone, but I'm not married to my opinions and I think debate is a good thing. So by all means, share whatever you have the time and inclination to post. And I will most definitely read the ALDeer forum you referenced. I’ve discussed this ...
by Southern Sportsman
March 30th, 2021, 9:17 am
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Georgia season changes
Replies: 62
Views: 51783

Re: Georgia season changes

Tennessee had some unusual hunting limits, especially as to fall hunting. One could go from county to county killing the county limit in one day. A few years ago, a Tennessee call maker posted his kill for one day which I believe consisted of two grown gobblers and 3 poults and apparently it was le...
by Southern Sportsman
March 30th, 2021, 7:46 am
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Georgia season changes
Replies: 62
Views: 51783

Re: Georgia season changes

Something has to be done. The population is nowhere near what it was 15-20yrs ago. The legal Alabama harvest was up 53% last season over the season before. That doesn't sound like we have a declining population, and yet they went with more restrictions anyway. I am going turkey hunting, but I will ...
by Southern Sportsman
March 29th, 2021, 8:14 pm
Forum: Gobbler Talk
Topic: Georgia season changes
Replies: 62
Views: 51783

Re: Georgia season changes

A couple of university professors have become famous, and probably rich, by pushing a theory that killing the dominant gobbler early in the season is responsible for declining populations. The problem I see is that they have no evidence to support it, and they will admit that they have no proof whe...
by Southern Sportsman
March 16th, 2021, 8:44 pm
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: Retay red dot mount.
Replies: 18
Views: 10001

Re: Retay red dot mount.

Drilling/tapping another hole seems like a really simple fix to this dilemma.
by Southern Sportsman
March 16th, 2021, 9:38 am
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: Retay red dot mount.
Replies: 18
Views: 10001

Re: Retay red dot mount.

Did you check with Sumtoy? I have a couple if his mounts using the Burris/Vortex footprint, but I can’t remember if he makes them for the RMR style. Have you looked at these?: https://www.brownells.com/optics-mounting/electronic-sights/mounting-hardware/trijicon-rmr-ultralight-sync-mount-prod117007....
by Southern Sportsman
March 15th, 2021, 8:40 pm
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: Gun or shells
Replies: 86
Views: 21637

Re: Gun or shells

M2s are popular because benellis are well built and will last a lifetime. For turkey guns, many use a Francchi Affinity as a cheaper alternative for an inertia gun. But generally, people aren’t buying a particular gun for the pattern.
by Southern Sportsman
March 15th, 2021, 8:46 am
Forum: Big Bore
Topic: 12 ga. Benelli Mobil Chokes with TSS
Replies: 14
Views: 5865

Re: 12 ga. Benelli Mobil Chokes with TSS

The only gun I ever struggled with using TSS was a SBE II, though with crio chokes. I tried a handful of chokes and all were underwhelming. I got with Hal and wound up trying a different load using CSD100 wads and only split them 1/2 way down. That finally gave acceptable patterns.
by Southern Sportsman
March 10th, 2021, 9:36 am
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: Yildiz O/U trigger?
Replies: 2
Views: 1080

Yildiz O/U trigger?

I set up a Yildiz O/U 20 gauge for turkeys last year. I’m still tinkering, and have it almost like I want it. But one thing I’m reminded of every time I shoot it is that the trigger sucks. Anyone here worked on or had work done on a Yildiz trigger? I’m wondering how involved it will be.
by Southern Sportsman
March 10th, 2021, 8:35 am
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: 8.5 or 9 shot
Replies: 16
Views: 4180

Re: 8.5 or 9 shot

At that payload, it’s really an academic discussion. 9s are usually better because they are plenty big enough to kill turkeys are all reasonable turkey ranges and they maximize pattern density. But with 2.5oz of shot, you’ll still have way more than enough pattern density with 8.5s, but the bigger p...
by Southern Sportsman
March 9th, 2021, 4:20 pm
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: 8.5 or 9 shot
Replies: 16
Views: 4180

Re: 8.5 or 9 shot

I’ve killed a couple with the 2.5oz load. If I was going to hunt with that load again—which I’m not—I would shoot 8.5s.
by Southern Sportsman
March 6th, 2021, 7:23 pm
Forum: Gun Talk
Topic: Hulls Available
Replies: 8
Views: 2746

Re: Hulls Available

GLS wrote: March 6th, 2021, 5:08 pm Thanks. Usually when I see one of these threads the items are gone.
They actually sold out of the Cheds Wednesday when they first came in stock, but they apparently got another little batch in.

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