turkey Scouting.

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my good buddy just initiated a divorce.

he flew into CA, and hung out at his dads.  i drove the 3 hours to talk and listen.  this is the area i hunt turkeys.

we both sat on the back porch with binoculars and watched the GIANT flock of turkey.  there were three big groups and 3 tiny groups of jakes that got their butts kicks and had to leave.  i brought a .22 to shoot ground squirrels but we elected to not make that much of a racket this close to the turkey opener.

we used my .22cal pellet rifle.  we managed to kill six squirrels.  i did learn a lesson!!  i need to figure out EXACTLY what my pellet gun is doing from 10 yards to 30 yards.  i NEED to get a dope-card ready.  i want to kill a turkey with that gun bad.  worse than with with a bow!! 

i dont even know (really) how to use those mil-dots in my scope..i figured pick a magnification power and just set up targets at 5 yard increments and start shooting.  (like my bow)

in the end, my friend is okay.  we laughed a lot. 

i am sure i could call in a desperate jake easy!!  BUT!!  there is one tom.  his beard pokes away from his chest a few inches and then droops onto the ground where it looks all broomed off.  he is a giant..the biggest bird i've ever seen.

 

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my good buddy just initiated a divorce.

he flew into CA, and hung out at his dads.  i drove the 3 hours to talk and listen.  this is the area i hunt turkeys.

we both sat on the back porch with binoculars and watched the GIANT flock of turkey.  there were three big groups and 3 tiny groups of jakes that got their butts kicks and had to leave.  i brought a .22 to shoot ground squirrels but we elected to not make that much of a racket this close to the turkey opener.

we used my .22cal pellet rifle.  we managed to kill six squirrels.  i did learn a lesson!!  i need to figure out EXACTLY what my pellet gun is doing from 10 yards to 30 yards.  i NEED to get a dope-card ready.  i want to kill a turkey with that gun bad.  worse than with with a bow!! 

i dont even know (really) how to use those mil-dots in my scope..i figured pick a magnification power and just set up targets at 5 yard increments and start shooting.  (like my bow)

in the end, my friend is okay.  we laughed a lot. 

i am sure i could call in a desperate jake easy!!  BUT!!  there is one tom.  his beard pokes away from his chest a few inches and then droops onto the ground where it looks all broomed off.  he is a giant..the biggest bird i've ever seen.

Good luck Cliff! I hope you get that big bird.

Are you just not as accurate as you want to be at 10-30?
How is the trigger pull?  Air guns have always had less than desirable trigger pulls and I know that can lead to some inaccuracies.

 

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Are you just not as accurate as you want to be at 10-30?

no, it's not that.  i got a mil-dot scope.  and an airgun doesn't shoot that fast.  (don't believe those 1100fps claims).  i shot mine thru a chronograph and i got a very respectable 850fps with a 20gr pellet.  pretty close to my honest manufacturers claims actually.

so, my airgun is more like a bow than a rifle.  i cant just put the cross hairs on the target and hit it.  the pellet is going at a pretty big arc.  i have mine zero at 20, and at 10 i have to use two mil dots down..

I THINK!!  i need to figure it all out exactly before a big tom comes in.  i'll build a big dope card and clip it to the inside of my blind.

my gun is super accurate.  last deer hunt we were hitting hovering yellow jackets at 15 - 20 yards.  and horseflies.  it's ridiculous..i just need to make sure i understand the mil-dots and at what power to have the scope at.