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Daughter got her first turkey

Chiflyguy said:
Great smile, great bird.
Got a question.
I know the picture proves that a .410 kills turkeys but what's the effective range?
Up here in Yankee Hell, 20 gauge is the minimum.
I'd love to take a turkey with my .410 SXS.
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She is using the Stevens 301T with Federal TSS. This bird was about 40 yards. Further than I would have liked, but we had pattered the gun at 40 yards and I knew it could do the job. Attached is a picture of her pattern.
 

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megalomaniac said:
Beautiful little girl, and great pic. Love to see the girls hunting! (In my experience girls are better hunters than boys.. they are more conscientious about making a good shot and tend to have more respect for the animal than boys). And when it comes to turkey hunting, they can often sit still longer than boys!
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Thanks so much. You described her exactly when talking about conscientious of shot placement and respect for the animal. For example: This past fall we were deer hunting. We had looked at a ton of pictures and I would always ask her "where would you shoot it?" She would answer and we would talk about the right and wrong answers. On the youth hunt we see a buck coming from a long ways off and he eventually works his way to 25 yards, turns broadside, and begins eating. We had plenty of time to get into position and get a solid rest while he was coming. I was talking to her the whole time (take you time, be patient, we have plenty of time, find him in the scope, squeeze the trigger, … all the things). She didn't shoot and the deer wondered off. I asked her when it was over "did you have him in the scope?" She said "yes, right where we had talked about, but I was worried that it wasn't the exact spot". She cried for a long time and said that she had missed her only opportunity, but I told her over and over what a mature decision she had made to NOT pull the trigger when she wasn't certain.
 
eastTN270 said:
She is using the Stevens 301T with Federal TSS. This bird was about 40 yards. Further than I would have liked, but we had pattered the gun at 40 yards and I knew it could do the job. Attached is a picture of her pattern.
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Wow.
That's very impressive.
301 is more modern than the 1940's 311 I'm gonna use.👍
 

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