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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Hunting Gate => : August 25, 2008, 10:09:30 AM

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: August 25, 2008, 10:09:30 AM

it's almost time.

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: JOHNNY QUEST August 25, 2008, 10:54:50 AM

Are you plannin on shootin some yardbird...those look bigger than quail..

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: JOHNNY QUEST August 25, 2008, 11:10:04 AM

I know thier chickens lol.. I live in texas that what we call em.  YARDBIRDS. LOL.
 Thats a good idea tho.. practice on the chicken first..  cool.. whens your gun comeing in from Fix..

 I am mailing mine to him Wed.  for the super tune...

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: JOHNNY QUEST August 25, 2008, 11:14:03 AM

OIC.  Thats right he is working on Daves right now..... oops..

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: Scruff_Dog August 25, 2008, 01:50:33 PM

Those are some taisty looking targets you have there Craig.I see them and all I can think about is fried chicken. MMM!!

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: gamo2hammerli August 25, 2008, 11:17:46 PM

Wow, wild chickens. They will taste great.

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: longislandhunter August 26, 2008, 01:39:00 AM

Nothin better than wild yard bird  :)

Jeff

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: only1harry August 26, 2008, 04:49:43 AM

You might want to check your state laws.  In many states Turkey can only be taken with shotgun and nothing else.  

Sorry I didn't mean to ruin your fun.  You have 7 acres so I doubt you have any curious neighbors that can see what you are doing up close ;)

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: Timmyj1959@yahoo.com August 27, 2008, 02:47:02 PM

Yep Craig,, nothin in my local DNR Regs. pertaining to airguns??  I know 2-300 Ft.Lbs. is plenty for Deer,, Think my 50 Cal. Dragon Slayer will be JUST FINE!! Turkeys?? Your talkin Federal now??  20 ft. lbs. with a well placed head shot will "Get Er Done",, did I say that out loud??He He He!!  Turkeys are REAL TOUGH Craig,, trust me!! Course,, 20 ft. lbs. just behind the eye (horizontal plane) will work. Ya need to deliver that "power" into a dime size area, if Ya get lucky you can maybe stretch that out to Quarter size.  Just my 2 cents. I have not,, nor do I know anyone that has harvested 2 Turkeys with a Diana 54. Tim.

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: gamo2hammerli September 01, 2008, 05:07:35 AM

What....did one of those fat chickens bump into your shin?

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: only1harry September 01, 2008, 12:56:40 PM

Craig:

Yes, 20fpe will take a coyote but you better try and get as close as you can and be extremely confident of your marksman skills and know exactly where to shoot it.  There have been a couple of cases where a coyote was taken with 24fpe 350 .22's that I know of, but these guns were well tuned, thus very accurate.

If you only have 15fpe of Muzzle Energy I would not attempt to shoot a coyote.  As far as turkey goes, 15fpe should be enough at 25yds, but I 'm not so sure about 40yds.  I would not shoot a Turkey at 40yds unless I had 20ft-lbs at my disposal.  Keep in mind Turkeys have a very small brain and their head is not that big of a target to begin with.