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I forgot to say that I tried the skycheif load with a multitude of combinations with no improvement. I simply could not improve on simplicity. The load I used was 100 grains Fg Goex, a dry nitro card, 2 ounces #6 shot, and a lubed nitro card overshot. I lubed with mink oil.
Day one today, it was chilly at about 20 degrees in the morning, but I've been in worse. The turkeys seemed to be in winter mode yet. Very little gobbling. Not a single response to calling. This was my first trip with the Hilljacked chair, and I have to say I'm impressed. I sat 6 hours straight in the morning without moving or stretching, and it stayed comfortable. Around noon I took a nap, then decided to head over to where I knew there was a gobbler. I had hunted this spot in the past, and knew about where they would be coming through to roost. I sat until about 7:00 I could hear what I thought were turkeys. They were scratching the ground eating, but I could not see them. About 7:30, right when I was considering crawling to the ridge's edge, one flew up into a tree about 75 yards from me. I could see he was a younger jake. So much for sneaking on them with eyes in the sky and ground. Thankfully, it turned out there were two on the ground, both full grown toms, and they decided to check out the decoys. Despite my calls, they paid no attention to this point. This was pure curiosity. Both came in right next to each other. It felt like an eternity before the smaller of the two put its head down, and I let the big one have it. Range was 12 yards. I knew it was an adult tom, but until I was butchering it, I had no idea how big it is. Size wise, it's likely your typical 25 pound bird, I've never weighed any of mine. What was special about this one was that it was my first with a double beard. One 9" and the other about 7.75". This is likely my highest scoring turkey I have taken to date. Oh, and the pedersoli did just fine.
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Very nice! congratulations! ahrd work paid off.
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I got the family together, and we had half of the turkey yesterday. When I butchered, I found that the pattern was well centered in the neck. I stopped counting at 30 hits. Now here is the amazing thing. I did not see any shot in the breast, yet my dad picked two pieces of shot... from the leg. This was shot at 12 yards. Well, I wasn't going to miss.