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by nachogrande » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:18 am
thanks for the info. if FL is gonna make it illegal on wma's why not just do it for the whole state, and make things a little less confusing. I certainly have no problem as the shotgun would be my 1st choice for turkey hunting, but there have been a few occasions when sitting in a stand waiting for hogs with a 22 mag I'd see turkey and was tempted, but didn't want to blow my cover. I've never shot one with anything other than a 12 ga and wouldn't want to use anything larger than a 22 mag anyway.my exp is with easterns and it seems these southern birds are a lot more reluctant to come into the open than the easterns were. a bird in the brush with the body covered by brush and the head sticking up like a telescope bobbing and weaving would make a more difficult target with a rifle than shotgun anyway (if strictly going for the head shot only). and yes talking back and forth with a tom or several is quite an experience. one time I lured a giant tom, a few smaller jakes and a couple of hens from one side of a valley to the other, (crossing a stream, 2 fences and a road) by belly crawling for a couple hundred yards holding a decoy on a stake out in front of me (quite a sight for someone my size, must have looked incredibly funny, but it worked). I'm looking forward to my 1st Osceola and ending my benelli curse. ( I usually always got one with the m-berg mdl 500 with 6's, but nothing since switching to a 3 1/2" benelli, rolled one at app 40 yds, it got up and lit on a limb, I knocked it off the limb with the second shot and it still managed to run away. and yes I would never shoot at a roosted bird, but it was already hit once. sorry for the long/rambling post. and good luck this season.
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