Post by ozark on Mar 18, 2006 16:26:09 GMT -5
I hunt with a 20 Gauge using No. 4 shot that patterns well. I might happen to kill a turkery at 50 or 60 yards but that isn't close to a certainty. I have patterened my gun at our range and although it usually put from 10 to fifteen shot in the an area the size of a turkeys head and neck at 40 yards I have determined that anything beyond 35 yards is a no shoot situation. I use a Merritt red dot scope so I can take accurate aim.
I have to hunt from a blind and with my range finder it is easy to put out pieces of survey tape at my personal maximum range. I put my decoys (usually two) about the midway range point. I like the idea of knowing for certain that the bird will be taken cleanly and that a second shot will not be needed.
I am curious to know if others have a personal maximum range. Naturally a 10 or 12 gauge would extend this range a few yards but even with a 12 my maximum would be 40 yards. Some hunters in my area uses No. 2s and aim at the body. I suppose it is whatever is legal and melts your butter. Your views??
I have to hunt from a blind and with my range finder it is easy to put out pieces of survey tape at my personal maximum range. I put my decoys (usually two) about the midway range point. I like the idea of knowing for certain that the bird will be taken cleanly and that a second shot will not be needed.
I am curious to know if others have a personal maximum range. Naturally a 10 or 12 gauge would extend this range a few yards but even with a 12 my maximum would be 40 yards. Some hunters in my area uses No. 2s and aim at the body. I suppose it is whatever is legal and melts your butter. Your views??
