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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #30 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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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #31 on: March 27, 2015, 07:58:28 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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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #32 on: March 27, 2015, 09:45:09 AM »
Normally aim for the red waddles, hasn't let me down yet!


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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #33 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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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #34 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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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #35 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

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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #36 on: March 28, 2015, 04:03:04 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?
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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #37 on: March 28, 2015, 04:30:42 PM »
I pull on them like a pheasant as they flush

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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #38 on: March 28, 2015, 04:43:06 PM »
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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #39 on: March 28, 2015, 04:43:59 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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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #40 on: March 28, 2015, 07:24:58 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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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #41 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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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #42 on: March 29, 2015, 10:15:58 AM »
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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Re: Where do you aim?
« Reply #43 on: April 03, 2015, 09:06:41 AM »
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  ;)
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