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Why do turkey hunters miss/wound their gobbler?
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5294538" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I agree that many presumed "misses" are not misses, the bird gets a single pellet in the gut, and dies a painful death over the next few days, while the hunter presumes he musta missed because the bird flew off.</p><p></p><p>But I don't think this problem should be blamed on TSS. Instead, the problem is more about hunters taking low-probability shots, and not understanding range limitations. </p><p></p><p>Contributing to this are choke & shell marketers promoting long-range turkey <u>shooting</u> rather than turkey <u>hunting</u>. Winchester <u>lead</u> "Longbeards" marketing has been as bad as any marketer of TSS in promoting long-range turkey sniping? </p><p></p><p>Also, regarding "flyer" pellets straying outside a presumed pattern, this is actually worse with lead than with TSS. IMO, an ethical hunter using TSS will wound fewer turkeys than one using lead, due to TSS throwing more uniform, denser patterns, having fewer "fliers".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5294538, member: 1409"] I agree that many presumed "misses" are not misses, the bird gets a single pellet in the gut, and dies a painful death over the next few days, while the hunter presumes he musta missed because the bird flew off. But I don't think this problem should be blamed on TSS. Instead, the problem is more about hunters taking low-probability shots, and not understanding range limitations. Contributing to this are choke & shell marketers promoting long-range turkey [U]shooting[/U] rather than turkey [U]hunting[/U]. Winchester [U]lead[/U] "Longbeards" marketing has been as bad as any marketer of TSS in promoting long-range turkey sniping? Also, regarding "flyer" pellets straying outside a presumed pattern, this is actually worse with lead than with TSS. IMO, an ethical hunter using TSS will wound fewer turkeys than one using lead, due to TSS throwing more uniform, denser patterns, having fewer "fliers". [/QUOTE]
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