The only thing about that anti-jinx medicine is that a man would have to use some sub-par turkey loads to get a bird to bleed enough to make a difference. They just don't bleed with TSS. Reckon I need to keep some Nitros around just in case?

>>>They just don't bleed with TSS. <<<

That's because you are using 9s. Switch to 8s and you will get some blood. Switch to 7s and it will be like a deer kill.

I am now the proud owner of a pound and a half of TSS 4's. I figure an ounce of 4's over the top of 1 1/4 ounce 9's might make a pretty good brush-buster load.

Shoot thats a deer load.

Those 8's I just loaded will make one bleed out. I was surprised at the hole size of the 8's. I got that warm, gobbler killing feeling all inside.

Gobbler ain't weighing in on this young-un or this debate. I am pretty sure I have killed a couple multiples of his numbers and 1) I don't wait for a "better shot" or to get more footage and 2) I would probably pine away if I never got to kill another. Anyone who is interested can go back and see previous years posts and learn a LOT about jinxs and home range data, etc, etc, blah blah blah I will say that noting (especially among this group) that your so good you have called up the same turkey 3 days in a row and know FOE SURE it was the same one is almost certain to bring on a nice case of a jinx

Ok I'm about to take everyone's breath......I don't believe in jinxes.....turkeys are stupid....they have a brain about the size of a walnut and any animal that will mount up and try to get a piece off a decoy ain't real bright, or that jumps on a flopping turkey after you've done shot his ass just to get his head blown off too.....now lets see if I'm jinxed come march 15th.....now I may go all year and not kill a turkey....but if I do it's because of something "I" did not some stupid jinx

If the big man up stairs wants me to kill a turkey....I will....if he don't....I won't.....a jinx ain't got crap to do with it

Bless him LORD

A jinx has nothing to do with what "I" or "you" did. That's the jinx part. You can do everything right, and it all goes wrong. How is that something you did?

Couple of examples will serve, of my last misfortunate year.

1) Set up on bird and he is coming on a string. Wild dog runs in and scares bird off.

2) Set up on a bird. Bird is working nicely, coming. Another hunter slips in between me and him and kills him.

I have more, but in every case everything was out of my control and nothing "I" did could have changed the outcome.

Good luck this coming spring.

I talk bad about coyotes and bobcats all the time.....and kill the hell out of em.....

Case 1: shoot the dog...won't happen again, done it before
Case 2: don't happen to me I hunt private land

Either case you still left without a bird due to no fault of your own. Next.

My tactics must be WAY different than y'all's....I learns some things 2 years ago from a buddy of mine that has killed 300+ turkeys and my numbers last year doubled.....now I don't set up on or call to a gobbling turkey most of the time until I put my eyes on him.....once you get that close ain't a whole hell of alot that can go wrong.....unless he smells you I guess

My....my....my

Bless him LORD

Just cover yourself in Tinks Hen in Heat and he will never smell you, just the smell of love in the air.

im with you, them stupid TURKEYS get on my nerves! Kill em All NUTZ, DMTHJACK!

Did he teach you to be humble as well or did you pick that up all on your own?

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