What is with adults using youth guns to hunt turkeys?
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Buzzard Breath
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I'm curious about this also. I know you can't compare a shotgun to a rifle, but I can't shoot my wife's deer rifle for squat because it's fit is so unnatural for me.
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Remington700
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The shorter length of pull and over all shorter length makes it easier to maneuver. Also, it
Is lighter weight to tote long distances and all day. I've got a regular size shotgun and compact I take. To each their own.
Is lighter weight to tote long distances and all day. I've got a regular size shotgun and compact I take. To each their own.
I've seen some awful small adult Turkey hunters in my time
If you put a sight on it, shorter length of pull doesn't negatively impact your point of impact.
Bucks & Beards
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TSS
I'm just wondering how a youth sized gun properly fits most adults
TheLBLman
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It really doesn't have to like we've thought for more typical shotgunning.
IMO, you need a thumbhole stock and an optical sight to make this work well.
With turkey hunting, it's often more about holding your gun "aimed" in position for long periods more than it's about quickly shooting from a non-ready stance. The shorter, lighter guns, especially with a thumbhole stock, are much easier to hold steady for extended periods.
Also, turkey hunting is usually more about shooting accurately than shooting fast.
Personally, I'm shooting an adult-sized 20 ga, but do understand why many have gone to the "youth" models, as they are overall shorter & lighter.
Lots of smaller framed adults that a youth model fits just fine. Some of them have inserts to add also as the youth grows so it may be a matter of just putting one in to make it fit. I have shot a Tri star raptor youth and a Mossberg Maverick youth. No issues at all with either while turkey hunting.
I have a stoeger 3020 20 gauge. Its a full size gun, just crazy light- 5.7 pounds. Just so much easier to tote
Gobble4me757
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It's like trucks…the bigger the truck the smaller the pecker…while the smaller the gun, the …you get the gist! 
I love my 5.6lb ATI over under 20ga with a 26" barrel. Fantastic hunting the woods and hills and hollers!
I love my 5.6lb ATI over under 20ga with a 26" barrel. Fantastic hunting the woods and hills and hollers!
Tom Collins
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I'd rather just dust em with the ole 12 gauge 3.5s like the Good Lord intended
huntintn
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You tell your wife your buying junior a gun for Christmas. Youth sized and shes never the wiser.
Willysman
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I had a youth model 870 that I had bought for my grandchildren to use when they went hunting with me. Took it squirrel hunting one time. Didn't work for me but if it works for you then its a good deal.
Carlos
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Exactly what I was thinking!
I took the youth barrel off my daughters gun and put it on my regular sized. Much more comfortable for myself.
Bgoodman30
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I have a youth M2 20 which I got a 5lb gun and shorter 24" barrel. I have noticed no difference with the compact stock when I am using optics anyway. I hunt out west some and shaving 2.5lbs when your hking mountains all day is noticeably different.
kbradley
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My wife has a short stocked (youth size) 20 ga. and I can shoot if needed but would I choose to ? No way no how ! I have a Charles Daly pump 12 ga. 3 1/2 " turkey gun . It is light and 26 inch barrel . I have run , walked and crawled through thick , thin ,wet and dry . Would not ditch it for nothin .To each their own .
Even if your a large adult shooting form crouched up at the base of a tree enables a youth model to be used very easily. Less weight and shorter overall length are definite pluses in the turkey woods. If turkeys were shot from standing positions like most other birds they wouldn't as popular if I had to guess, but that just why I use one others MMV.
