longbowdave1
Senior Member
I picked up my brother at his house yesterday, and we drive out to the turkey hunting spot for some scouting, and a last minute check of how his shotgun is patterning. My season starts Wednesday the 18th of April.
As a novelty, he's trying out a different gun this season. Years ago, he picked up and old goose gun at at yard sale for 50$ from an old lady. Said it was her late husbands gun. It's a bolt action with a 3 shell clip, and a fixed full choke. It was rusted pretty well on every blued piece of metal, and dinged up as much as I'd ever seen on the stock and forearm. So, last winter I gave it a Camo paint job, and a new purpose.
After picking up some hard to find 2 3/4" turkey loads at Cabelas, We shot it at 20, 30 and 35 yards. Shot amazingly well, with those #6's hitting the mark.
There was still snow in the wooded areas, and some green starting to pop, were ever the sun could reach. Only 10 days to go til the opener, and still some chance of snow before then.
I think we will start the hunt sitting along a corn stubble field. The melting snow just revealed the last remaining spoils from last falls corn harvest. We set out two cameras, and set up a little blind in the corner of the field were the turkey(and deer) roam each year.
We'll only have a handful of days to fill our two tags, but great to be thinking of hunting again after a long winter up here.
As a novelty, he's trying out a different gun this season. Years ago, he picked up and old goose gun at at yard sale for 50$ from an old lady. Said it was her late husbands gun. It's a bolt action with a 3 shell clip, and a fixed full choke. It was rusted pretty well on every blued piece of metal, and dinged up as much as I'd ever seen on the stock and forearm. So, last winter I gave it a Camo paint job, and a new purpose.
After picking up some hard to find 2 3/4" turkey loads at Cabelas, We shot it at 20, 30 and 35 yards. Shot amazingly well, with those #6's hitting the mark.
There was still snow in the wooded areas, and some green starting to pop, were ever the sun could reach. Only 10 days to go til the opener, and still some chance of snow before then.
I think we will start the hunt sitting along a corn stubble field. The melting snow just revealed the last remaining spoils from last falls corn harvest. We set out two cameras, and set up a little blind in the corner of the field were the turkey(and deer) roam each year.
We'll only have a handful of days to fill our two tags, but great to be thinking of hunting again after a long winter up here.
