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Post by dbd870 on May 24, 2016 7:22:08 GMT -5
I could see it if you are an experienced shooter and have put the needed trigger time in. Give me 3 months with darn near any rifle and I'll be fine. The only ones I might back off that statement on are the REALLY heavy kicking ones. I have a 416 Rigby and can handle that power level just fine......something like a 700 Nitro - that's 9000ftlb vs 5000ftlb for the Rigby; that could be an issue!
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Post by airgun on May 24, 2016 8:11:52 GMT -5
greghopper, I am not sure about felon being permitted to have an air rifle. It does not concern me, my family and certainly not my hunting time so I wouldn’t be bothered about it.
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Post by airgun on May 24, 2016 8:14:59 GMT -5
You have owned a air rifle less than 3 months and your now ready for Turkeys ??
Absolutely no apprenticeship needed! I have been shooting and hunting all of my life it's just another tool. So if you purchased a "new" car/truck are you ready to drive it home or do you practice first? Just saying!!
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Post by sakorifle on May 24, 2016 10:56:00 GMT -5
Greetings I would be a lot more confident in harvesting my turkey with my 11ft/lb .177 weiraugh air rifle than I would my bow. Thirty yards it will take it's eye out if asked. Body shots no chance. That is a fact. Regards Billy
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Post by airgun on May 24, 2016 11:14:57 GMT -5
Greetings I would be a lot more confident in harvesting my turkey with my 11ft/lb .177 weiraugh air rifle than I would my bow. Thirty yards it will take it's eye out if asked. Body shots no chance. That is a fact. Regards Billy Billy, I know what you mean. I have the HW97K22 and I am shooting it very well, thirty yards and under it's in the frying pan/oven. Great guns!
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Post by dbd870 on May 24, 2016 11:31:34 GMT -5
Greetings I would be a lot more confident in harvesting my turkey with my 11ft/lb .177 weiraugh air rifle than I would my bow. Thirty yards it will take it's eye out if asked. Body shots no chance. That is a fact. Regards Billy My odds are better getting a bird with my 12GA but that's only a small part of the experience.
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Post by airgun on May 24, 2016 12:00:39 GMT -5
My odds are better getting a bird with my 12GA but that's only a small part of the experience. I wish you could shoot the air rifles that we have and you would understand just how good they are good they are. I have always hunted turkeys with my BPS 12ga. with a scope and I have had great luck with it. After shooting this air rifle "shooting a eye" is not out of the question at all. But I can see people not understanding just how well they shoot until they are able to shoot one. A bad day in the turkey woods is better than being at work.
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Post by ms660 on May 24, 2016 13:01:12 GMT -5
Thing about head shooting turkeys with an air rifle is for one to keep still long enough to pop him in the head. Seldom is a turkeys head not moving. When in full strut is probably the best time for a head shot, but even then they usually are moving. I'm a pretty good air rifle shot most of the time. dime size (sometimes smaller) groups out to 30 yards off a bench with my FWB 124 and even some of my cheapo china made guns I have taken apart and tuned, but put that dime on a string and get it swinging, if I do hit it it was a lucky shot. Shooting a dot on paper off a bench is nothing like trying to hit a bobbing turkey head in the woods while skeeters are gnawing on you
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Post by dbd870 on May 24, 2016 13:05:51 GMT -5
My odds are better getting a bird with my 12GA but that's only a small part of the experience. I wish you could shoot the air rifles that we have and you would understand just how good they are good they are. I have always hunted turkeys with my BPS 12ga. with a scope and I have had great luck with it. After shooting this air rifle "shooting a eye" is not out of the question at all. But I can see people not understanding just how well they shoot until they are able to shoot one. A bad day in the turkey woods is better than being at work. I'm not doubting the air rifle - I'm just saying at the moment I, personally, just for me, find it most satisfying/enjoyable to be out with the recurve.
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Post by airgun on May 24, 2016 13:23:28 GMT -5
Thing about head shooting turkeys with an air rifle is for one to keep still long enough to pop him in the head. Seldom is a turkeys head not moving. When in full strut is probably the best time for a head shot, but even then they usually are moving. I'm a pretty good air rifle shot most of the time. dime size (sometimes smaller) groups out to 30 yards off a bench with my FWB 124 and even some of my cheapo china made guns I have taken apart and tuned, but put that dime on a string and get it swinging, if I do hit it it was a lucky shot. Shooting a dot on paper off a bench is nothing like trying to hit a bobbing turkey head in the woods while skeeters are gnawing on you Totally understand they are always moving so are wood boring bees but I have killed several in the air flying. It took several minutes to get them where I wanted but lights out. Turkey hunting also takes patience. I am willing to let an animal walk before I take a risky shot with any tool. It's not about the kill but total package. I think you would agree.
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Post by nfalls116 on May 24, 2016 14:35:15 GMT -5
Thing about head shooting turkeys with an air rifle is for one to keep still long enough to pop him in the head. Seldom is a turkeys head not moving. When in full strut is probably the best time for a head shot, but even then they usually are moving. I'm a pretty good air rifle shot most of the time. dime size (sometimes smaller) groups out to 30 yards off a bench with my FWB 124 and even some of my cheapo china made guns I have taken apart and tuned, but put that dime on a string and get it swinging, if I do hit it it was a lucky shot. Shooting a dot on paper off a bench is nothing like trying to hit a bobbing turkey head in the woods while skeeters are gnawing on you Totally understand they are always moving so are wood boring bees but I have killed several in the air flying. It took several minutes to get them where I wanted but lights out. Turkey hunting also takes patience. I am willing to let an animal walk before I take a risky shot with any tool. It's not about the kill but total package. I think you would agree. problem is there are a lot who dont
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Post by airgun on May 24, 2016 15:20:14 GMT -5
nfalls116, "Problem is there are a lot who don't"
That's true in archery, shotgun, crossbow, etc... you can not enforce stupid!
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Post by bullseye69 on May 24, 2016 19:45:10 GMT -5
A turkeys head is just a squirrel on caffeine. When it was time to butcher our ducks and geese, the ones that we couldn't catch we head shot with the BB and pellet guns, so they aren't any different than turkeys.Ever try to shoot a goose in the head, when they are bobbing them around and making noise cause frank right next to him just got it. Had to do a few chickens that way too. Chipmunks or pine squirrels on the run are real good practice.
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Post by jackryan on May 24, 2016 21:58:59 GMT -5
Meh, I'll use sometimes to pick a wood pecker off the house. I've used them in the past to hunt squirrels and do in chipmunks. Other than preventing damage to a building, it just doesn't make any sense to me. Anything you can hunt with a 22, you can hunt with airguns. But the opposite is also true and a $200 rim fire out performs the most expensive airgun there is. Only advantage I see for ME in airguns is quiet and a 22 short in a long barrel will give them a run for it in that category. One other thing.... You can be a FELON and own a air !! gun!! OK, one other thing that doesn't matter to me.
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Post by nfalls116 on May 24, 2016 22:53:55 GMT -5
One other thing.... You can be a FELON and own a air !! gun!! OK, one other thing that doesn't matter to me. pretty sure killing woodpeckers can make you a felon
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Post by jackryan on May 25, 2016 17:56:43 GMT -5
Well then I guess I just can't think of any good reason for air guns.
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Post by Woody Williams on May 25, 2016 18:11:33 GMT -5
Well then I guess I just can't think of any good reason for air guns. I can... It shoots a projectile...
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Post by jackryan on May 25, 2016 18:14:00 GMT -5
OK. So does a soda straw.
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Post by greghopper on May 25, 2016 18:20:49 GMT -5
So does a sling shot.
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Post by nfalls116 on May 25, 2016 18:28:50 GMT -5
so does a cannon. Which would be more effective than any of the above mentioned methods.
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