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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: dfarley33 on May 12, 2010, 10:01:45 PM

Title: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: dfarley33 on May 12, 2010, 10:01:45 PM: Leaving this weekend, and have not been able to find one. Checked Outdoor Emporium, and others. Any advice?
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: lokidog on May 12, 2010, 10:06:51 PM: What gun? I've got an extra for a Benelli.
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: turkeydancer on May 13, 2010, 07:31:44 AM: 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. :twocents:
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: BPturkeys on May 13, 2010, 11:12:33 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: dawei on May 13, 2010, 12:39:35 PM: Quote from: dfarley33 on May 12, 2010, 10:01:45 PM
Leaving this weekend, and have not been able to find one. Checked Outdoor Emporium, and others. Any advice?
Yeah, go to Cabelas® in Lacey.
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: jackelope on May 13, 2010, 12:46:06 PM: 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...
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: WDFW-SUX on May 13, 2010, 12:54:29 PM: Does patterning really matter? Ive never done it :dunno:
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: turkeydancer on May 13, 2010, 05:48:55 PM: Yes it matters ... :twocents:
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: woodswalker on May 13, 2010, 05:51:57 PM: yes it matters....took 4 chokes to find one that patterns where the shotgun looks....now its a ray-of-doom.
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: WDFW-SUX on May 13, 2010, 08:49:24 PM: I dont know..... I shoot alot and when I miss its because I did somthing stupid not because the pattern failed me just sayin :dunno:
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: jackelope on May 14, 2010, 09:21:39 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: WDFW-SUX on May 14, 2010, 09:30:28 AM: good point.
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: jackelope on May 14, 2010, 09:51:43 AM: 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.
Title: Re: Any Stores in the Seattle area still have Turkey Chokes
Post by: Copperwood on May 14, 2010, 09:59:21 AM: Sportsmens should have them or Wholesale sports I mean