>>>If you can't see to shoot something as big as a turkey with a bead you should stay on the porch.<<<
Well, Joe, I could just stay on the porch, but I hope to be able to hunt a few more years and I don't mind taking advantage of modern technology to do it. And I could probably still kill a good many turkeys with a bead sight, but there is no doubt that I would eventually make a bad shot and wound one. There is nothing in the woods as sad as a wounded gobbler, and I'll sacrifice tradition in order to avoid it.
At least I don't use scopes with magnification. Both of my turkey guns have holo-type sights that just have a red dot. You wanta see something sad, take a look at this guy that I found on the Nitro Ammunition site. Not only has he resorted to a modern, expensive shotgun and the most powerful commercial ammo available, but he has put a high-dollar Swarovski scope on a turkey gun! Talk about a guy needing to be on the porch, this character should just hang it up. With a rig like this, its obvious his intention is to snipe turkeys at ridiculous ranges. I wonder if he knows that those Nitro 4x5x7 shells actually have a whole bunch of shot in them that would actually be classified as #9 shot? He must not know that; I heard that he said only stupid people would shoot a turkey with #9 shot.
Just kidding with you, Joe. I wish you all the best. Keep giving those calls to folks that need them.
Well, its looking more and more like the gun I want doesn't exist and there is nobody who could make one. I guess I'll just have to be content with the Yildiz. Its not quite my idea of the perfect gun, but I'm not the perfect hunter, so I guess we will live with each other's faults.
A good day to all of you!
