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Is there a such thing as "Too Tight of a Pattern"
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy S." data-source="post: 1854206" data-attributes="member: 131"><p>IMO, too tight is relatively speaking. Bottom line is every hunter should "know his/her gun, choke and shell setup" and know what the patterns are at 10,20,30,40 and 50 etc.</p><p></p><p>I too hunt big hills and I use the topography to my advantage when setting up on birds, which leads to shots less than 25 yards as the turkey walks over the lip of a ridge and boom there he is in my lap. I better have the bead on his waddles and stay down on my gun if I want to harvest him and reduce my chances of missing. A super tight choke is not in my advantage in these situations, however my choke is pretty tight and I make do with it.</p><p></p><p>There are other hunters that strictly hunt open big woods in the bottoms (flat land) and big fields where I could see a super tight choke benefiting because the shots are mostly 35-50 yards.</p><p></p><p>Just my .02. Good luck hunting to all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy S., post: 1854206, member: 131"] IMO, too tight is relatively speaking. Bottom line is every hunter should "know his/her gun, choke and shell setup" and know what the patterns are at 10,20,30,40 and 50 etc. I too hunt big hills and I use the topography to my advantage when setting up on birds, which leads to shots less than 25 yards as the turkey walks over the lip of a ridge and boom there he is in my lap. I better have the bead on his waddles and stay down on my gun if I want to harvest him and reduce my chances of missing. A super tight choke is not in my advantage in these situations, however my choke is pretty tight and I make do with it. There are other hunters that strictly hunt open big woods in the bottoms (flat land) and big fields where I could see a super tight choke benefiting because the shots are mostly 35-50 yards. Just my .02. Good luck hunting to all. [/QUOTE]
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