2018 Live from the turkey woods

[LET EM GROW]

13 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Did you also like the old heavyweight versus the new replacement tss ? Pattern was tighter and no gaps with the old I thought. The new are great too but did see a little difference on paper. No experience with the 20 loads on birds yet but one of the 2 birds this year ( 30 yards ) barely flopped The other at 18 was XR 5’s And was equally dead I’m curious what a 3.5” load of 9’s ( although illegal in ny ) would look like on a splatter turkey target.


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I did a 12ga 3" handload 2.25oz of 8s for my 535. i didnt buy any specialty choke for it. Tested it with the factory xxfull 670 and an undertaker 665 i had in another gun. It was an awesome hunting pattern and not super tight. If I remember right it was around 320 in 10" @ 40 and about a little higher outside the 10" wasnt too much of a difference between the chokes. With the 665 doing a tad better than the 670. If i load anymore for that it will probably be 7s or bigger for coyotes. Turkeys with a 20ga is fun! lol   

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Did you also like the old heavyweight versus the new replacement tss ? Pattern was tighter and no gaps with the old I thought. The new are great too but did see a little difference on paper. No experience with the 20 loads on birds yet but one of the 2 birds this year ( 30 yards ) barely flopped The other at 18 was XR 5’s And was equally dead I’m curious what a 3.5” load of 9’s ( although illegal in ny ) would look like on a splatter turkey target.


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I haven't personally shot the Federal TSS loads yet, but I haven't been all that impressed with the numbers I've seen other guys put up compared to what they should be capable of. My gun will put up 180+ with HW 7's, most examples I've seen with the Fed TSS 9's are only around 220 or so. Good handloads of TSS 9 will be close to, or over, 300. It may just take a choke maker figuring out the sweet spot for the new Federal wad, but if I'm spending that much on shells I'll just load my own for maximum performance.

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1 hour ago, Bill Schmidt said:

Hope next Spring, I hear alot more of what members will see in this pic.   

I agree.  Like the caption too... 

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Bill have you ever read East of the Slash ? It’s my favorite compilation of turkey hunting stories from the south.