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  1. When and if I use them I place them no further than 20-25 yards out...One hen off be herself to my left, the other hen sideways in front of me and the jake behind her like he's feeling frisky and wants some kibbles and bits...Boss Toms don't like Frisky jakes and surely don't want them getting kibbles in bits in their hood, so they will normally head right for the jake...and they do want to come at him face to face making for some nice shooting situations. Placing your deeks too far out can lead to shooting too far by under estimating the true distance of the bird if he hangs up just the other side of the deeks...At 20-25 yards I know that once they break what I figure to be the 40 yard mark it's "Do or Die Time"...If at anytime once he's past that mark and he "Do" act funny, it's "Time" for him to "Die"... :spiteful:

  2. Yup definitely pattern your shotgun to see what the pattern density is at certain ranges (20,30,40 yards) to help determine your maximum distance...With an extra full choke I would think 5's would pattern pretty well out to 30 yards...5's will give you a denser pattern than the 4's since there is more shot in the shell...This is all speculation until you actually shoot at a target with it, because some guns won't pattern well at all and you need to find that out.

     

    Read all you can on turkey hunting, watch videos, learn all you can because turkeys are one tough ombre to hunt!

  3. Can always get a rossi or h&r single shot for under $200. Thats a route i was thinking of going and may still go that route.

     

    You could buy one of these and make it a dedicated turkey gun...My hunting partner uses an H&R 10 ga. single shot turkey special he bought for around $150.00...All he did was mount a red dot scope on it and it was ready to roll.

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  4. The flocks are finally breaking up around here...Driving home lastnight I saw 5 different small flocks in areas I haven't seen any turkeys all winter...Just about a 1/4 mile from my house I had to stop for 2 jakes and 6 hens standing in the road!

  5. It changes from year to year here...If the Soldiers are deployed the number obviously drops but as for the locals the number seems to stay the same especially during the opening week, then after that the only ones left are the diehards.

  6. I had to pull over the other night on my way home from work to take a picture of this flock of turkeys...Sorry the picture isn't better but they were 300 yards from the road and I took it with my phone...There were more birds off to the left that I couldn't get in the picture!!...I sure wish I could hunt this place!!!

     

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