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Title: Where do you aim?
Post by: buglebuster on March 25, 2015, 03:19:01 PM: Just curious what others do? I personally aim for the gobblers head and have great success, tho I see on TV alot of shots are taken at the base of the neck. Just curious where others aim?
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Post by: zwickeyman on March 25, 2015, 03:21:28 PM: With a shotgun I aim for the middle of the neck
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Post by: Jonathan_S on March 25, 2015, 03:24:57 PM: Right at the base of the beard (archery tackle)

For shotgunning, I'd probably go head.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on March 25, 2015, 03:25:06 PM: With my bow i only take head Shots.
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Post by: Jonathan_S on March 25, 2015, 03:25:51 PM: Quote from: D-Rock425 on March 25, 2015, 03:25:06 PM
With my bow i only take head Shots.

Broadheads?
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Post by: buglebuster on March 25, 2015, 03:27:52 PM: I forgot to mention, I'm talking shotgun
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Post by: Dhoey07 on March 25, 2015, 03:32:57 PM: I stare that bird right in the face, and pull the trigger
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 25, 2015, 03:47:53 PM: I just close my eyes and pump three times :dunno:
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Post by: jackelope on March 25, 2015, 03:53:20 PM: I'm aiming mid-neck.
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Post by: Timberstalker on March 25, 2015, 03:53:46 PM: Quote from: BLRman on March 25, 2015, 03:47:53 PM
I just close my eyes and pump three times :dunno:

Just jack the three full shells on the ground. :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: Yelper Guy on March 25, 2015, 03:54:20 PM: Oh, you mean turkey hunting, I though you were talking bathroom etiquette!
Bottom of head to mid neck.
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Post by: buglebuster on March 25, 2015, 04:01:28 PM: Quote from: BLRman on March 25, 2015, 03:47:53 PM
I just close my eyes and pump three times :dunno:
How does your wife like that method? :chuckle:
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Post by: Jolten on March 25, 2015, 04:08:52 PM: Quote from: buglebuster on March 25, 2015, 04:01:28 PM
Quote from: BLRman on March 25, 2015, 03:47:53 PM
I just close my eyes and pump three times :dunno:
How does your wife like that method? :chuckle:

You looking for pointers to improve wifey's happiness?
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Post by: kirkl on March 25, 2015, 04:25:50 PM: Mid neck for me.
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Post by: vandeman17 on March 25, 2015, 04:27:23 PM: depends on distance. If close, head and if a little farther out I will shoot for mid neck.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 25, 2015, 04:32:59 PM: With a shotgun I am mid neck in most shot situations. If they are in strut I just cover there head.

With bow I like to either cut there spine or bust them threw the top of the leg and through the hips. You break there hips and they can't push off to fly. Sometime you have to play a little chase :chuckle:
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Post by: lewy on March 25, 2015, 04:58:22 PM: Depends on how your shotgun patterns the shells your using. You may want to pattern check it on paper, the majority of ur load may miss ur aiming point by enough to surprise you! I find a shell my shotgun likes and then aim for mid neck. Aiming for head puts a good majority of bb's high......good luck
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Post by: zike on March 25, 2015, 05:10:16 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: Limhangerslayer on March 25, 2015, 05:41:27 PM: I've always aimed for where the feathers meet the neck. Then when i miss i lead then according to how far out they are once i get my next shell jacked in! :chuckle:
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Post by: RadSav on March 25, 2015, 05:55:39 PM: I've only killed two with the shotgun. Both times shooting for the head. My thought always was if they are further than I think I'm still good for a neck impact. :dunno:

Bow is center back facing away or where the neck meets the head. But I have been known to get excited and not wait :o
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Post by: D-Rock425 on March 25, 2015, 06:04:58 PM: Quote from: Jonathan_S on March 25, 2015, 03:25:51 PM
Quote from: D-Rock425 on March 25, 2015, 03:25:06 PM
With my bow i only take head Shots.

Broadheads?
ive never shot a turkey but when i do its 40 yard head shots only.
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Post by: 270Shooter on March 25, 2015, 07:07:21 PM: My gun shoots pretty high so I'll usually aim for where the feathers meet the neck and they usually get hit mostly in the head/neck. I shot a little below where the neck starts once and it worked just fine.
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Post by: jasnt on March 26, 2015, 06:22:35 AM: Quote from: Limhangerslayer on March 25, 2015, 05:41:27 PM
I've always aimed for where the feathers meet the neck. Then when i miss i lead then according to how far out they are once i get my next shell jacked in! :chuckle:
yup right where the feathers stop
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Post by: tonymiller7 on March 26, 2015, 08:24:10 AM: base of the head. Birds head on top of front bead.
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Post by: baldopepper on March 26, 2015, 08:53:07 AM: I don't know that I really think about a specific spot when I shoot a turkey. After you've shot a lot, it just seems kind of natural to raise the gun, put it on em and pull the trigger. I would suggest that you set a target and shoot a lot from several different positions until it just kind of becomes a natural thing to raise the gun and shoot. I've seen lots of young hunters (mostly on deer) get so caught up in getting the sight in exactly the right spot that the animal (bird) moved away before they got a shot off. I've seen a lot of very good range shooters who weren't worth a penny on live game. Shooting a lot breeds a famililarity with your gun that can make you into more of a natural shooter and much more deadly on live game. I don't consider myself a great shot, but can honestly say I've never missed a turkey that was truly in killable range.
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Post by: turkeydancer on March 26, 2015, 12:50:10 PM: Get the tom to pop up his head to maximize your target area, and ain 1/2 way between the top of the head and where the neck comes out of the chest ---- the red waddles is a good aiming spot.
:twocents:
Title: Re: Where do you aim?
Post by: ATM green head machine on March 26, 2015, 04:20:17 PM: Quote from: buglebuster on March 25, 2015, 04:01:28 PM
Quote from: BLRman on March 25, 2015, 03:47:53 PM
I just close my eyes and pump three times :dunno:
How does your wife like that method? :chuckle:

ya lets not :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
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Post by: gaddy on March 26, 2015, 04:45:44 PM: I always pattern my gun with a large sheet of cardboard. Draw a turk with his neck extended and find where the aim point is to hit the head and neck. Every gun is a bit different with all the different chokes & loads etc.. but you need to find where your aim point is at different yardages. That will tell you where to aim. Don't aim for this or that, aim for where you gun is going to hit the best. You want a head shot, if possible. As far as the wife goes, she wont let you go again if you bring back a bird full of shot and she bites into one. I Guess the word of the day is " Pattern "
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Post by: kevinlisa06 on March 26, 2015, 08:45:42 PM: Normally aim for the red waddles, hasn't let me down yet!

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Post by: steen on March 26, 2015, 09:47:39 PM: I had a 40 yd shot with a shotgun on a turkey and took a head shot . Killed it dead! Only opportunity I have ever had for turkey.
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Post by: SB on March 27, 2015, 07:44:33 AM: Aim where the neck meets feathers at the waddles. If you aim directly at the head half of your pattern is in no mans land above him, thus increasing room for air.
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Post by: RadSav on March 27, 2015, 07:58:28 AM: Quote from: SB on March 27, 2015, 07:44:33 AM
... thus increasing room for air.

And let me tell you...Air is not a good thing after shooting a turkey. :chuckle: Had one cover two pastures flying dead! Luckily there were no trees to block my view.
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Post by: Jonathan_S on March 27, 2015, 09:45:09 AM: Quote from: kevinlisa06 on March 26, 2015, 08:45:42 PM
Normally aim for the red waddles, hasn't let me down yet!

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Dewlap or caruncle?
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on March 27, 2015, 10:06:56 AM: I really depends on how far I had to chase the bird and timing the shot between uncontrolled breathing...... Neck and head is what I try for.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on March 27, 2015, 11:50:11 AM: In close I hold on the base of the beak, further out I lollipop the head on my bead; my go to turkey shotgun patterns a bit high, right on left-right with about 60% of the pellets in the top half of the circle when I hold dead on. I think I'm 15/18 on one-shot kills, and 16/18 on kills (shot one twice to kill it, missed a tom once, and shot one once that I hit hard but disappeared into a long steep draw full of snowberry and couldn't find him despite searching 5 hours). My goal is to never shoot past 40 yards, even though my favorite load averages 6 pellets in the head and neck at 55. Furthest shot to date was 38 yards, and he's the one I shot twice.
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Post by: PA BEN on March 28, 2015, 08:25:57 AM: As said before, pattern your gun at 10 yds, 20 yds, 30 yds, 40 yds and 50yds. My gun will kill a tom dead at 50 yds, I aim at the top of his head. 10 to 30 I aim mid. neck, 40 center of the head. Use a turkey target, here is one to download and print off.
http://www.winchester.com/library/targets/Pages/Targets.aspx (http://www.winchester.com/library/targets/Pages/Targets.aspx)
Title: Re: Where do you aim?
Post by: dawei on March 28, 2015, 04:03:04 PM: Quote from: buglebuster on March 25, 2015, 03:19:01 PM
Just curious what others do? I personally aim for the gobblers head and have great success, tho I see on TV a lot of shots are taken at the base of the neck. Just curious where others aim?
I always aim for the base of the neck.
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Post by: Dhoey07 on March 28, 2015, 04:30:42 PM: I pull on them like a pheasant as they flush
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Post by: MR5x5 on March 28, 2015, 04:43:06 PM: ear
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Post by: PlateauNDN on March 28, 2015, 04:43:59 PM: Quote from: Jolten on March 25, 2015, 04:08:52 PM
Quote from: buglebuster on March 25, 2015, 04:01:28 PM
Quote from: BLRman on March 25, 2015, 03:47:53 PM
I just close my eyes and pump three times :dunno:
How does your wife like that method? :chuckle:

You looking for pointers to improve wifey's happiness?

3 & done :chuckle: bullriders at least last 8 seconds. :chuckle:
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Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 28, 2015, 07:24:58 PM: Quote from: PlateauNDN on March 28, 2015, 04:43:59 PM
Quote from: Jolten on March 25, 2015, 04:08:52 PM
Quote from: buglebuster on March 25, 2015, 04:01:28 PM
Quote from: BLRman on March 25, 2015, 03:47:53 PM
I just close my eyes and pump three times :dunno:
How does your wife like that method? :chuckle:

You looking for pointers to improve wifey's happiness?

3 & done :chuckle: bullriders at least last 8 seconds. :chuckle:
hey I don't make the rules, WDFW says 3, so that's what I've got to work with :chuckle:
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on March 29, 2015, 10:12:05 AM: Middle of the neck with a shotgun ...and threw the thigh with a bow ...Yes head shots are great if you are good enough ...shooting threw the thighs seems to be a more guaranteed recovery ...trust me , I been threw a few times and lost a couple by hitting to low or just missing the wing butt ..The 2 I killed with my bow were both thigh shots and they went no where ...just flopping all over the ground :tup:
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Post by: Tom Tamer on March 29, 2015, 10:15:58 AM: Quote from: Jonathan_S on March 25, 2015, 03:25:51 PM
Quote from: D-Rock425 on March 25, 2015, 03:25:06 PM
With my bow i only take head Shots.

Broadheads?

Why not? I use the Flambeau foam dekes, pin them to a block style target and practice out to 30 on the head, out to 50 on the body. they work great and I usually can find them on clearnance for about 8-10 bucks.
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Post by: Jonathan_S on April 03, 2015, 09:06:41 AM: Quote from: Tom Tamer on March 29, 2015, 10:15:58 AM
Quote from: Jonathan_S on March 25, 2015, 03:25:51 PM
Quote from: D-Rock425 on March 25, 2015, 03:25:06 PM
With my bow i only take head Shots.

Broadheads?

Why not? I use the Flambeau foam dekes, pin them to a block style target and practice out to 30 on the head, out to 50 on the body. they work great and I usually can find them on clearnance for about 8-10 bucks.

I guess because I don't turkey hunt out of a blind or with decoys so I really don't feel like adding another degree of difficulty and/or a marginal shot. Also broadheads are spendy ;)