Turkey hunting is over for me. I ended with 2 birds and one big bowl of tag soup.
Today, it was one of the most exciting, satisfying, and unexpected turkey hunts I have ever had. The bird looked small to me, but he weighed a respectable 24 lbs 12 oz. with an 11" beard and 1 1/8" spurs. I...
I'm not so sure about this. There is another way look at the need for fancy. In turkey hunting, as in waterfowling, there are frequent and often long periods of nothing. Nothing happening, nothing calling, nothing to do.
It is at these times where fancy pays. "Fancy" gives you...
But their barrels are twisted impossibly. Much easier to sight over the top than along the side.
My new grouse gun would be ultraclassy as a quail gun. 12 gauge 2'' chambers and only 5.5 lbs. You will not run I totoo many in the field and no one will ask to borrow your ammo...
I think I might need a turkey gun also. But only for second turkey tags in any season. The first tag has to go to Grandpa's Winchester.
So for a second tag, I'm thinking something light and handy because the hills get steeper and slipperier. I think this narrows things down pretty quickly...
You can't go wrong with following Kurt Hardcastle's advice. He can probably help with fixing anything that needs it.
Good luck with it. There is nothing quite like old guns.
I don't know if I would agree with that. You could make the same case for the turn of the 19th century folks, the Revolutionary war generation, the European colonists generations, etc. It's the kind of title that probably says more about the bestower than the bestowed.