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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5598747" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Mike, you are right, all it takes is 1 pellet in the right place to kill a bird. That 50y target has 9... dead bird on that particular shot.</p><p></p><p>But look at the holes in the pattern... hit a couple inches to the right and I'm not so sure it's a clean kill.</p><p></p><p>Just like it only takes 1 pellet to kill, it also only takes 1 pellet to result in an unrecoverable bird that dies. We owe it to the turkeys to do our very best to recover every bird we pull the trigger at.</p><p></p><p>Another way to look at it... with that gun/shell/choke combo at 50 yards given that target... would it result in a dead bird if you replicated it 99 more times? I don't think so, that's why I said it's not ethical at 50. 85/100 I suspect.</p><p></p><p>Now 40y target looks great. Dead bird every time as long as you do your part...</p><p></p><p>And Biden Smokes Mid, you are right... if you can't get the bird to 40, it's perfectly OK to let him win. No need to force the issue, shoot too far and he dies without a recovery. You lose, and he loses even more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5598747, member: 2805"] Mike, you are right, all it takes is 1 pellet in the right place to kill a bird. That 50y target has 9... dead bird on that particular shot. But look at the holes in the pattern... hit a couple inches to the right and I'm not so sure it's a clean kill. Just like it only takes 1 pellet to kill, it also only takes 1 pellet to result in an unrecoverable bird that dies. We owe it to the turkeys to do our very best to recover every bird we pull the trigger at. Another way to look at it... with that gun/shell/choke combo at 50 yards given that target... would it result in a dead bird if you replicated it 99 more times? I don't think so, that's why I said it's not ethical at 50. 85/100 I suspect. Now 40y target looks great. Dead bird every time as long as you do your part... And Biden Smokes Mid, you are right... if you can't get the bird to 40, it's perfectly OK to let him win. No need to force the issue, shoot too far and he dies without a recovery. You lose, and he loses even more. [/QUOTE]
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