Hopefully this thread will be added to by other's successes. I expect Coosa to fill the page with his birds. wink Been a spotty season as far as trip numbers go due to family obligations. Was able to go yesterday and this one started up in the dark. I was almost three miles deep into the swamp along a ridge trail behind a gate. I biked in on my 30 year old Cannondale hard tail mountain bike rigged out for turkey hunting with a collapsible rear basket large enough to carry a grown bird which it did on the way out. Rest of the gear including the folded Yildiz fit into my backpack. He didn't gobble over fifty times, but more likely not less than twenty five times. I was carrying my Yildiz TK36 .410 loaded with 13/16 oz. #9.5 handloads. It was a 45 minute hunt and he finally came in and the trigger pull was a 20-25 steps as he came out of strut. The gun was bought at Academy for $125 and barrel cut off and originally choked by Sumtoy. He added the Skinner adjustable peep sight to the action after milling the radius flat. Steve Bertram added the metal collar and mounted the front sight ramp to which I dove tailed in a Marbles fiber optic post. It is my wet weather .410, but conditions were perfect yesterday. It weighs 3 lbs. 4 oz. and is a feather to carry. Photo taken where he fell and rump feathers still in half strut. I don't weigh turkeys because I feel it is too cruel beyond shooting them to deprive them of gaining weight over the years as I recount the story of the hunt. Gil

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Last edited by GLS; 04/10/25 02:11 PM.