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I Hunt here in the UK but not for any forms of big game, I hunt rabbit squirrel and all forms of Corvids Crows / magpies and I also shoot pigeons / rats I shoot with high powered Air Rifles I own 2 Daystate Air rifles one I need a licence for thats the Daystate AirWolf the other is what we describe as a Sub 12ftlbs Daystate MK4 is
 
wanted to share.. finally got out and had my chance yesterday on a nice gobbler.. last year i did not get out do to knee problems as well, but this year Ive pushed it and managed to just do it..

turkey BBQ...



2012 Pa sping gobbler
22 lbs
9" beard
1" spurs
mossberg 835 3.5" Winchester turkey load
 
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PremisesMC-Wow! Those are some nice looking air rifles! I've never hunted with air rifles, so I don't know much about them, but those look sweet!

I haven't been able to hunt turkeys this spring since I am recovering from a total knee replacement. I did get my excitement this morning, however. I heard the guineas, turkeys and chickens making a racket. I looked out the window and saw my DH's goats all huddled in a circle around their babies. Not 30 feet from them was a coyote waiting for its chance at a chevon breakfast. I managed to get the gun and get out on the back deck just as he took off.

Nailed him with my.223 savage with an accutrigger. Big male. I like my 22-250 better for coyotes, but the .223 was handy and that accutrigger is sweet!

The whole time I was out this morning I could hear a turkey gobbling in the woods to the south! I suppose the noise all of our birds were making got that tom all stirred up. Wish I was ready for a "walk in the woods."
 
Excellent! theres nothing more exciting than seeing a reason to take something and then nailing it! well done I hope the knee recovers quickly for you.
You should try Air rifles the ones I use are the Pre Charged Pneumatics (PCP) as they are known have virtually no, and i mean NO! recoil! and shoot our to 100 yards very effectively.
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PremiseaMC : nice

Wilds of pa: Nice size turkey.

Ivywoods : I'm glad you nailed him. We love our 22-250 and 220 swiff. Hope your knee gets better soon.
 
PremiseaMC : nice

Wilds of pa: Nice size turkey.

Ivywoods : I'm glad you nailed him. We love our 22-250 and 220 swiff. Hope your knee gets better soon.
22-250 does a good job on coyotes and is murderous on prairie dogs. I love my DH's 220 Swift. I liked his so much I bought one of my own. It's a beautiful custom gun but we found out whoever did the work on it did not "finish ream" the chamber. After a couple years we bought a reamer. That was a couple years ago now. I'm still waiting for my DH to ream it so I can use it. (I am dependent on him to do this... it's not something I would feel competent in at all, and he has been an engineer all his life and is very competent at this kind of thing.)

So how do I "sweetly" persuate him to finish ream that chamber so I can use it next time I see a coyote or next time we go prairie doggin'?
 
22-250 does a good job on coyotes and is murderous on prairie dogs. I love my DH's 220 Swift. I liked his so much I bought one of my own. It's a beautiful custom gun but we found out whoever did the work on it did not "finish ream" the chamber. After a couple years we bought a reamer. That was a couple years ago now. I'm still waiting for my DH to ream it so I can use it. (I am dependent on him to do this... it's not something I would feel competent in at all, and he has been an engineer all his life and is very competent at this kind of thing.)

So how do I "sweetly" persuate him to finish ream that chamber so I can use it next time I see a coyote or next time we go prairie doggin'?
Tell him you would like it done for Mothers Day .
 

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