turkey hunting

[Kenneth A.]

I want to hunt turkeys this year with a muzzleloader. Can anyone give me some information on what type of muzzloader i should get that works well at an affordable price and load specs.

 

[Zonie]

The first thing to do is to check with your Game & Fish department or read thru the hunting regulations for you State.

Arizona used to allow a rifle to be used for turkeys but they changed the law so now it's shotguns or bow/arrow. No rifles.

That irritated me because I think my .36 cal rifle would be just about perfect.

 

[Skychief]

If you can find one Kenneth, a Thompson Center New Englander 12 gauge is a great place to start!

 

[roundball]

.62cal/.20ga smoothbores do well...here's an excellent article as a good starting point (author is a member here).
I use his recommended load and it works very well.
http://home.insightbb.com/~bspen/SmoothboreLoads.html

 

[Skychief]

Roundball is right ...a 20 is just as efficient as a 12 out of a cylinder bore for turkeys.

Skychief. :thumbsup:

 

[Kenneth A.]

Thank you

 

[Kenneth A.]

Same here shotgun or bow

 

[hawk]

I use a 12 bore full choke ,but that's the barrel I got cheep in a trade 20 to 10(that's our area ,check your reg's) would do you fine .getting in close is the key and at short ranges they all will produce for you

 

[pmwest]

If you can find one Kenneth, a Thompson Center New Englander 12 gauge is a great place to start!

:thumbsup: