What's your turkey hunting setup?

[nywaw]

What are you shooting?

• Gun, choke, and shotshell?
• Bow, arrow, and broadhead?
• Crossbow, bolt and broadhead?

[Bucksnbows]

49 minutes ago, nywaw said:

What are you shooting?

• Gun, choke, and shotshell?
• Bow, arrow, and broadhead?
• Crossbow, bolt and broadhead?

Remington 870 Magnum with a 26” ventilated barrel and Remington factory extra full choke pushing out 3” Winchester XXX copper plated 6 shot. It’s always been a deadly combo in that gun for me. 

[blackbeltbill]

I have my 16 gauge Bolt-Action using Pheasant Loads in #6.

  Mossberg  500 - 20 gauge with probably  Longbeard Ammo.

 Might take out my Mossberg 835- 12 Gauge with Longbeard Ammo.

[Bucksnbows]

May can’t get here soon enough. This will be my third straight year not turkey hunting in NJ because our numbers are too low where I hunt them, so my buddies and I plan multiple trips to the Cooperstown area for May. I’ll add in some fishing on the West Branch D on my way up where I can stay with any one of several friends that retired in the area. 

[Upstate Nerdneck]

I set her up last year, got tired of chewing on pellets.

 

Stoeger M3500 Predator/Turkey combo 

Deltapoint red dot

Choke tube:

https://www.kicks-ind.com/products/mobilchoke-gobblin-thunder-12g-choke-tube

And this year I won't have to pretend I'm not using the TSS 3.5" 7,9 combo!

 

 

Edited March 23, 2023 by Upstate Nerdneck

[Pygmy]

12 gauge Rem  11-87  3"  with a 21 "   bbl and a Kick;s .665  Gobblin thunder tube....

I am currently running a leupold VX  1x4 scope and shooting  2  oz. of #6 shot in either  Federal Premium or Win  XX,  copper plated in both...

[G-man]

Mossberg 835  jugged and ported 24  in barrel with 3.5in  number 5 xxlongbeard thru a  6in long  .635 choke tune

Edited March 23, 2023 by G-man

[blackbeltbill]

1 hour ago, Bucksnbows said:

May can’t get here soon enough. This will be my third straight year not turkey hunting in NJ because our numbers are too low where I hunt them, so my buddies and I plan multiple trips to the Cooperstown area for May. I’ll add in some fishing on the West Branch D on my way up where I can stay with any one of several friends that retired in the area. 

I hope the Turkey numbers are higher this year in North New Jersey. Last 3 Springs and just 1 Gobbler for me in NJ.

[Bucksnbows]

2 minutes ago, blackbeltbill said:

I hope the Turkey numbers are higher this year in North New Jersey. Last 3 Springs and just 1 Gobbler for me in NJ.

It started to turn sharply downward in ‘20 for Sussex County. We got 3” of icy snow and it dropped into the mid 20s and was windy as all get out on May 14th. That’s the very last day before “safe growing season” but late for that type of event. I didn’t see a single poult that spring. Few birds in the last two years as well. So I am giving them a break. They will rebound as they always do, but this is the worst I’ve seen on the same ground over the last 30 years. 

[Dr Juice]

My vintage MO 1187 12-gauge using 3” HS #6s through a JEBs .650. An awesome combo for me. 

[Robhuntandfish]

Mossberg 835 12g  with ult turkey choke. Federal 5s 3".  Prob take it out once or twice to say I got out, but it's taken a few turkeys here and there.   Turkeys are few and far between on our property and the walleye will be calling my name. 

Edited March 24, 2023 by Robhuntandfish

[mowin]

Remington 1187 NWTF 12g.  3” chamber.

Currently sporting a jelly head choke, and a Burris FF3.  Using TSS 7 shot. 

[Buckmaster7600]

20ga 870 with improved modified choke shooting high brass 2 3/4” 7’s, with a Trijicon rmr. 

[virgil]

Benelli SBE2; Carlson turkey choke; 3 1/2" Longbeard XR #5's; TruGlo Gobbler Stopper Red Dot site;  

[Stubborn1vt]

16 hours ago, Bucksnbows said:

Remington 870 Magnum with a 26” ventilated barrel and Remington factory extra full choke pushing out 3” Winchester XXX copper plated 6 shot. It’s always been a deadly combo in that gun for me. 

Same setup, although I sometimes substitute #4s in either Winchester or Federal.