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Bigterp said:
I picked up a 20ga slug gun & one for turkeys as well years ago for my kids to ease them in a bit. I take that slug gun out every deer season & haven’t found a reason to pick up my 12ga turkey gun ever again! I’m not saying they’ll have the same knockdown power. But they’re a lot better to carry.....
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What is you max distance for a turkey wirh a 20 ga. I killed a deer at 80 yards with a sabot and 12 ga last year, will a 20 ga do that or is my range shorter . My turkey kill was 5 yards this spring but will a 20 ga kill a turkey at 40 or 50 yards like my 12 ga

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I have an 11-87 20 gauge that is a tack driver. I shoot Hornady SST slugs out of it. I have no problem out to 125 yards. But most shooting is 50 yards or less for my hunting areas. They don’t go far when the shot is in the boiler room. I do however prefer to take my whitetails with my bow. I am not a turkey hunter but guys I know from one of the clubs I belong to regularly take them with their 20’s.
 
Love 20ga but my 12 ga likes winchester longbeards pretty good. Shot bow today 40 yards for elk season, lights out! Worked labrador on cold blinds and hand signals, good day!

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Ontariofarmer said:
What is you max distance for a turkey wirh a 20 ga. I killed a deer at 80 yards with a sabot and 12 ga last year, will a 20 ga do that or is my range shorter . My turkey kill was 5 yards this spring but will a 20 ga kill a turkey at 40 or 50 yards like my 12 ga

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A 20ga turkey gun has been on my list for quite some time, either a Weatherby SA-459 or a Stoeger M3020. I mainly use my Benelli SBEII right now, though I have a Remington SP10 that collects dust in the back of my safe. My hope is to get a gun that's light enough to keep shouldered comfortably for long periods of time during those last couple of yards of calling.

If you get the right load for your 20, I have no doubt it'll do 40-50. Heavyweight or TSS shot should fit the bill. Lead I'm guessing will keep you under 30. Expensive, but hopefully you're not burning through cases of the stuff a year.
 
Ontariofarmer said:
What is you max distance for a turkey wirh a 20 ga. I killed a deer at 80 yards with a sabot and 12 ga last year, will a 20 ga do that or is my range shorter . My turkey kill was 5 yards this spring but will a 20 ga kill a turkey at 40 or 50 yards like my 12 ga

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This new TSS ammo is really extending the range for all shotguns. The main thing with any scattergun IMHO is how well your pattern holds up at range - you can compare ballistic statistics for x number of 12 gauge shells vs x number of 20 gauge shells, but until you find a shell that patterns well in your gun with your choke tube, you're spinning tires.

That being said, theres several testimonies of pushing 60-70 yards with 20 gauge TSS, especially out of hand reloads.
 
Hardly_Hangin said:
This new TSS ammo is really extending the range for all shotguns. The main thing with any scattergun IMHO is how well your pattern holds up at range - you can compare ballistic statistics for x number of 12 gauge shells vs x number of 20 gauge shells, but until you find a shell that patterns well in your gun with your choke tube, you're spinning tires.

That being said, theres several testimonies of pushing 60-70 yards with 20 gauge TSS, especially out of hand reloads.
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Ontariofarmer said:
What is you max distance for a turkey wirh a 20 ga. I killed a deer at 80 yards with a sabot and 12 ga last year, will a 20 ga do that or is my range shorter . My turkey kill was 5 yards this spring but will a 20 ga kill a turkey at 40 or 50 yards like my 12 ga

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I can comfortably shoot out to 50 yds ( beyond but Prefer not to) w/ a tc encore 20ga barrel w/ Indian creek choke & federal tss. As for the 20ga slug I try to stay inside of 150 yds w/my savage 220
 
Started building my poor man's 3D course. I mentioned to my wife and kids that I wanted to build a 3D course this spring. So they surprised me one day by raking a trail through some woods on our property while I was at work. So with the help of my wife, who has way more artistic ability than me, we used some 100lb feed sacks and a bunch of old clothes, blankets and couch cushions we were getting rid of, and made some targets. There's five or six more targets then is pictured. I'm hoping to slowly upgrade to real 3D targets over the years.

Just got finished shooting it for the first time, in the rain, with my oldest son.

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GCTerpfan said:
Started building my poor man's 3D course. I mentioned to my wife and kids that I wanted to build a 3D course this spring. So they surprised me one day by raking a trail through some woods on our property while I was at work. So with the help of my wife, who has way more artistic ability than me, we used some 100lb feed sacks and a bunch of old clothes, blankets and couch cushions we were getting rid of, and made some targets. There's five or six more targets then is pictured. I'm hoping to slowly upgrade to real 3D targets over the years.

Just got finished shooting it for the first time, in the rain, with my oldest son.

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What a keeper, thats awesome! What a good early fathers day present
 
I had the day off today so I dragged limbs and trees off my property until I couldn’t handle the humidity and mosquitoes anymore. To a break to cool off and got my 3D bow out for a little stick slinging.

I recently switched from a wrist rocket release to a thumb release for hunting and I’m still playing with anchor point and shot execution.

Got some decent practice in before the rain came, my last group of the day at 50yrds had three arrows in a quarter size group, then the last 2 arrows of the group I goofed because I got excited about how well it was going ‍♂️.
 
Met with a friend and his new saddle, and watched him climbing the first time. My new oplux rope came in yesterday as well, so I used that for rappelling. Overall, a good evening with plenty of talk about the upcoming season. Only 3 months out! Are you guys ready or what?
 
Scouted a marsh I've been meaning to check out for a while. Found very little deer sign in most of the marsh but came across a few nice sets of tracks at a creek crossing on the way out. Followed them down a faint trail 3/4 of a mile into the marsh which led me to a long narrow strip of trees where I jumped at least 2 bedded bucks, already about as wide as there ears. Found several well used beds off the point and prepped a tree to be able to shoot to the first couple white oak trees on their exit trails. Also several good options for a ground hunt.
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Did some scouting of a spot I found during turkey season this spring, picked me out a beech tree and put in about 20' worth if screw in steps.

The terrain really funnels the trails down to the narrowest part, then its a shear drop off to the creek. The line on the far right is a transition from open hardwoods to pine thicket at higher elevation, and theres all kinds of white oak trees in the bottom im in.

Found several historical rub lines leading in and out, and there was fresh bear sign there when i arrived (scat and a chewed up tree).

To me it made a big difference in my hunting when started to really put BOTG and learn how deer use terrain and these hardwood trantisions. I have never felt more prepared for a deer season.
 

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I worked on my kayaks today.
Installed diy anchor trolleys and finally put my echo map on my hobie angler 14.
If the weather is good I'm going to a 40' hole to pull up some flatheads.
Water has been high and they got all the gates open on the dams.
We keep getting rain and I'm not getting and younger so I have to go.Screenshot_20200621-214338_Gallery.jpgScreenshot_20200621-214417_Gallery.jpg
 
Cut a bunch of poison ivy vines and treated them with Tordon. Here's to hoping I was successful not getting any oil on me or at least getting it off in the shower afterwards...
 
I made rod holders for my hobie.
I love youtube. The guy said it was a half hour project.
I was in to it for all of a six pack.
Just angling everything after all the pieces were cut took a half hour. Lol

I have the rail style holders on the hobie but these will be transport mostly but the outside ones may troll on occasion. Screenshot_20200625-061206_Gallery.jpgScreenshot_20200625-061203_Gallery.jpg
 
Finished a 50 mile canoe camping trip. 4 days 3 nights. Experienced some crazy weather. Heavy storms on 2 evenings. High winds almost flattened the tent.
Fishing was terrible on days one and two, but was really good on day 3. Boated 25 smallmouth and had many hits and lost a few. Fishing was fair on day 4. Caught just a few.
Saw a few dozen bald eagles. More than I've seen outside of Alaska.
Also saw 3 river otters and tons of ducks and a slew of ducklings. Seems like a good nesting year.
 
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