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Does wild turkey taste like domestic turkey? I would say similar ..........but definitely not the same. Much like the difference between a wild bobwhite and a released bob. All of them are great, but the wild birds are greater. SRH
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Does wild turkey taste like domestic turkey? Similar only way better!!
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KY Jon,
I agree, very few things in this life make me feel celestial than a great pointer locked up on a covey and carrying a beautiful sxs.
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If anyone of y'all runs across some of these in the 20 ga. #7 @ 1200 fps load, let me know, I want a box: https://www.realtree.com/turkey-blog-wit...-loads-for-2018JR
Last edited by John Roberts; 02/19/18 10:33 PM.
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John, apparently Federal can't load them fast enough to keep them on store shelves. Apex and Nitro Ammo are other sources of commercially loaded high density TSS. Be careful eating a bird whose breast has been fringed with a stray shot. In teeth vs. TSS, the winner is the latter. At normal ranges, the shot does a complete pass through, however. Gil
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Has that TSS been approved for waterfowl, as a non-toxic? It's so high that you'd have to make sure you didn't miss, but it ought to dishrag a duck in the next zip code. Reloading would help, I'm sure.
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Stan, yes, it is considered "non-toxic". The use was popularized for waterfowl by Kyle Smith a dozen or so years ago. He sold kits of 25 shells, wads and shot in 20 and 12. Another man, Hal Abbott sold shot and would provide tested recipes he would provide buyers of shot who agreed not to publish his recipes. He came up with a fast 20 gauge load, 3", combining 75% steel 3's and 25% TSS 9's that was relatively inexpensive to load. Cost for tungsten shot has dropped in the last few years because of competition among sellers. Still not cheap but a great teal and wood duck load is in 28 gauge with 9/16 ounce of shot running 1410 fps at under 7K psi. It has sold for as much as $60/lb. to $35/lb. My last purchase was $38. Five pounds can easily fit into the smallest flat rate Priority mailing box. Re-sellers buy direct from China which has cornered the world market for tungsten (and lead.) Gil
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Thanks, Gil. We'll talk some more about it by phone before next duck season. I read a good bit this morning about it on a Chinese website, and also on the duck hunting forums.
Best, SRH
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A lot of hype about TSS...it's hard shot but not heavier like some would have you believe.
Bottom line...
TSS is for people that want to prop up their turkey hunting prOwness with dreams of extreme long range kills.
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A lot of hype about TSS...it's hard shot but not heavier like some would have you believe.
Bottom line...
TSS is for people that want to prop up their turkey hunting prOwness with dreams of extreme long range kills. Well said. The reason I like to turkey hunt is to call them in close. That being said I do Shoot hevi-13. Not to add distance to my gun. It just patterns nicely and I like to use 6s for a higher pellet count. Makes a great 20 ga load.
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