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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: birddogdad on April 05, 2023, 10:00:10 AM

Title: pistol carry for turkey?
Post by: birddogdad on April 05, 2023, 10:00:10 AM: Anyone pack a pistol just incase a cougar steps out since season runs thru April for them? Cant shoot with your turkey loads legally, but pistol is fair game! (provided your GMU is open and you have '23 tags for cougars (new season tags)
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Post by: Iveexcaped3 on April 05, 2023, 10:08:08 AM: I carry a pistol anytime I’m in the woods. Season or not.
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Post by: Henrydog on April 05, 2023, 11:07:37 AM: I always pack a revolver in the woods. Realistically would you have time to drop the shotgun and draw and then get off a accurate shot? I don't know if I could.

Honestly 3" #4's behind a full choke to a soft skin animal would result in a quick dirt nap
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Post by: washingtonmuley on April 05, 2023, 11:15:45 AM: I pack for tweekers!!
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Post by: Ridgeratt on April 05, 2023, 11:18:38 AM: Quote from: washingtonmuley on April 05, 2023, 11:15:45 AM
I pack for tweekers!!

Wouldn't you get less cripples with the scattergun? And you have about the same range.
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Post by: birddogdad on April 05, 2023, 11:22:03 AM: My point was toward legal harvest of cougar end of season.. if anyone plans....just in case.. sure, carry in some form is a good thing and the shotgun is pretty devastating but illegal to shoot cougar and claim with smaller than buckshot which probably isnt a great thing in tight turkey choked shotguns
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Post by: pianoman9701 on April 05, 2023, 12:23:59 PM: Remember, pistol hunting requires a 4" barrel. Self defense doesn't.
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Post by: jrebel on April 05, 2023, 12:34:44 PM: Yes, very few places I don’t carry and it’s not by choice. Always have a pistol on my chest or side when in the woods.
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Post by: Geoduck Duck Goose on April 14, 2023, 03:38:27 PM: agree with jrebel.
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Post by: MADMAX on April 14, 2023, 04:54:55 PM: :yeah:
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Post by: Clearcut23 on April 14, 2023, 07:04:11 PM: Not to pile on but, I carry everyday. Being in the woods is no different than being in the city for me.
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Post by: ghosthunter on April 14, 2023, 07:37:59 PM: Where I hunt turkeys that is the only thing you can kill.

I carry a handgun everyday of the last 40 years everywhere I go.
If you were to take a bad fall in the woods your long gun might be gone. A hand gun very likely would still be with you.

I have had two such falls in my 72 years. The hand gun was always there for protection or singling.

:tup:
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Post by: follow maggie on April 14, 2023, 08:30:03 PM: I always have a pistol, doesn’t matter what I’m doing.