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Hunyers taking unethical shots at turkey
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5614574" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I got my first longbeard of the year this past Thursday (mid-morning).</p><p>Someone else had shot it, it appeared within the past day, as I believe the pellet in its gut, that alone would have caused it to die within a couple days.</p><p></p><p>This bird appeared totally normal to me, and was in fact strutting right in front of me. I was totally shocked to see it's fresh wounds, all over it's body. I had made a nice head shot with #9 TSS at @ 30 yds. The bird had been recently peppered with what appeared to be #5 lead pellets.</p><p></p><p>People have been taking out-of-range, unethical shots since long before TSS.</p><p></p><p>As far as manufacturing "marketing" goes, the most shameful has come from Winchester regarding its "Longbeard" loads which are lead loads (not TSS, not even HTL!). Those loads alone have probably wounded more turkeys than all brands of TSS, albeit neither should be blamed for any hunter's lack of ethics.</p><p></p><p>Unlike times past, today we have very small, handy, accurate rangefinders, the better ones even doubling as a substitute for binoculars. So no matter what load one chooses, there is less excuse today than ever before for taking unethical shots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5614574, member: 1409"] I got my first longbeard of the year this past Thursday (mid-morning). Someone else had shot it, it appeared within the past day, as I believe the pellet in its gut, that alone would have caused it to die within a couple days. This bird appeared totally normal to me, and was in fact strutting right in front of me. I was totally shocked to see it's fresh wounds, all over it's body. I had made a nice head shot with #9 TSS at @ 30 yds. The bird had been recently peppered with what appeared to be #5 lead pellets. People have been taking out-of-range, unethical shots since long before TSS. As far as manufacturing "marketing" goes, the most shameful has come from Winchester regarding its "Longbeard" loads which are lead loads (not TSS, not even HTL!). Those loads alone have probably wounded more turkeys than all brands of TSS, albeit neither should be blamed for any hunter's lack of ethics. Unlike times past, today we have very small, handy, accurate rangefinders, the better ones even doubling as a substitute for binoculars. So no matter what load one chooses, there is less excuse today than ever before for taking unethical shots. [/QUOTE]
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