Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes

[dfarley33]

Leaving this weekend, and have not been able to find one.  Checked Outdoor Emporium, and others.   Any advice?

[lokidog]

What gun?  I've got an extra for a Benelli.

[turkeydancer]

Where are you going?  If you going to NE Wa, Spokane has many outdoor stores ... also Clark's All Sports in Colville.  Do a websearch and make some calls.

Suggest that you pattern your shotgun anytime you install a new or old choke to know what your effective range is and to ensure that your pattern is fairly even with no "holes" in the pattern. 

[BPturkeys]

Stop worrying about having a turkey choke this late in the game. Hell man, you know how many birds been layed low with a full or even modified choke...more than you can count. Just take the gun you have AND KNOW and go hunting, you'll be just fine.

[dawei]

Leaving this weekend, and have not been able to find one.  Checked Outdoor Emporium, and others.   Any advice?

Yeah, go to Cabelas® in Lacey.

[jackelope]

regardless of whether you get a new choke or use an old one...please pattern it so you're not wounding birds...kinda like sighting in a rifle for deer season.
I'd be willing to bet that most guys shooting shotguns don't pattern them, don't know if they shoot low/high/left/right...

[WDFW-SUX]

Does patterning really matter?  Ive never done it

[turkeydancer]

Yes it matters ... 

[woodswalker]

yes it matters....took 4 chokes to find one that patterns where the shotgun looks....now its a ray-of-doom.

[WDFW-SUX]

I dont know..... I shoot alot and when I miss its because I did somthing stupid not because the pattern failed me just sayin

[jackelope]

you're pointing though, not aiming and it only takes a couple BB's to break clay...


I've had to make adjustments with my turkey gun because it shoots left and low. If I didn't shoot it before-hand I would have been wounding birds or missing all together.

[WDFW-SUX]

good point. 

[jackelope]

It's also kind of important to remember it's not always a problem with the choke. My choke works sweet...punches giant holes in paper at 15-20 yards...but they're low and left. If I aim right at the tip of the turkey's beak, I will smoke him DRT but I don't like to compensate like that. I'd rather aim where I want to hit.
Front and rear rifle sights worked fine for me...also the foam pads you can use to raise/lower the cheek well will also help this. With a shotgun it seems to be a line of sight issue sometimes since there is no sight alignment method without a rear point of reference...like a rear V rifle sight or a peep on a bow.

[Copperwood]

Sportsmens should have them or Wholesale sports I mean