turkey ammo

[Buckly]

The Savage was cheaper and worked okay for a rebuild. The factory, Browning BPS was a favorite in the Hunter class. I also mounted a pistol scope on the rib of a Briwning Citori, White Lightning and won a lot with that gun.

Native, do you remember a woman that used to shoot in those competitions. Laverne Vincent, I think she did pretty good in the woman’s divisions

 

[Native Hunter]

Native, do you remember a woman that used to shoot in those competitions. Laverne Vincent, I think she did pretty good in the woman’s divisions

I was once given a record of the winners at the world shoot, and I found her name. It looks like she may have possibly quit shooting the year before I started. According to what I was given, she won the Ladies championship four times, and the last year she won was in 2000. I started competing right after that in 2001, and I remember the lady who won the year I started. Her name was Julie, and she was from Florida. Her son also shot in the Jakes class and had won two Jakes championships prior to when I started shooting.

 

[Buckly]

It goes way back many years but, I chased around a few Osceola’s down in Florida with her and her husband Lance.

 

[catscratch]

Great thread and discussion! I feel way out of my league though. When it comes to turkeys I just grab something and go. Have killed them with everything from dove loads to steel duck loads. I get way more picky with dove shells and chokes than turkey stuff.

 

[yoderjac]

Just about anything can be used. The key is knowing how your specific equipment performs together so that you can limit shooting distances to the range of your gun/choke/load combination. Otherwise, wounding rates go up quickly and recovery rates go way down.

 

[OkieKubota]

The Turkey I shot on the opener was 40 yards through the woods with a 3” load of Federal #6 shot. Only pellets I found in it were all in the head…luck…there is a video of it out there though

 

[catscratch]

To be honest I use the same shotgun for everything. I know it very well and know exactly how it shoots those non-turkey loads. If I had a specific turkey gun I'd go through the trouble to tune it to ammo.