Every year I say I'm going turkey hunting. I never do.
Well, this year I'm 2 boxes of TSS, a turkey choke, and a push-botton call deep in it so I'm definitely going hunting! I just went and blew $40 on shooting 5 rounds of TSS at paper and this is what I learned.
The Carlson's .640 TSS Turkey choke is a little tight for my liking out of a 28" Mossy 500 12 gauge with #9 TSS. I really preferred my Carlsons .700 Long Range Delta Waterfowl choke. It put like 90 pellets in an 8" circle at 50 yards vs 50 for the tighter tube.
But...
The TSS choke was also patterning fairly low and a bit right. I patterned for waterfowl last year and #4 steel seemed to do fine. POA and POI were about perfect. I'm not sure if it's the choke, or the difference between me pointing the gun and aiming it. So...
What are y'all's thoughts on springing for a red dot scope? I'd probably just mount and sight it in for turkeys, and then go back to a single, largeish fiber optic bead for waterfowl. Or should I just figure since I'm patterning low to aim right at his eyeball and pepper his neck area?
I'm not against spending the money on the optics and more TSS to get this right. I'm not spending any other money on turkey gear this year with the exception of gas money to drive to some good spots. I just wanna make sure when I stumble across one I can smack 'em good.
What says the hive mind?
Well, this year I'm 2 boxes of TSS, a turkey choke, and a push-botton call deep in it so I'm definitely going hunting! I just went and blew $40 on shooting 5 rounds of TSS at paper and this is what I learned.
The Carlson's .640 TSS Turkey choke is a little tight for my liking out of a 28" Mossy 500 12 gauge with #9 TSS. I really preferred my Carlsons .700 Long Range Delta Waterfowl choke. It put like 90 pellets in an 8" circle at 50 yards vs 50 for the tighter tube.
But...
The TSS choke was also patterning fairly low and a bit right. I patterned for waterfowl last year and #4 steel seemed to do fine. POA and POI were about perfect. I'm not sure if it's the choke, or the difference between me pointing the gun and aiming it. So...
What are y'all's thoughts on springing for a red dot scope? I'd probably just mount and sight it in for turkeys, and then go back to a single, largeish fiber optic bead for waterfowl. Or should I just figure since I'm patterning low to aim right at his eyeball and pepper his neck area?
I'm not against spending the money on the optics and more TSS to get this right. I'm not spending any other money on turkey gear this year with the exception of gas money to drive to some good spots. I just wanna make sure when I stumble across one I can smack 'em good.
What says the hive mind?