Ep. 6: Shotgunning Turkeys

In Pursuit

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Life Sciences, Science, Sports, Wilderness, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Once the trigger is pulled on a turkey shotgun the result should be as quick and humane of a kill as possible. In this episode Jason discusses shotgun shells with Daniel Compton of Federal Ammunition. There are a tons of options and combinations of guns, chokes and ammo out there. They talk about all types of shot including TSS, Bismuth, lead and mixed loads. They dive into the wad and why it is a big contributor to the pattern. They get into patterning and what is acceptable as well as the new shot materials re-vitalizing .410 and 28 gauge as legitimate turkey guns.

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0:53.5	Before we jump into this podcast, I have to apologize. While recording this, we picked up some
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1:26.4	As you all know, the sole purpose of this podcast is to help you find your target animal, get them close and ultimately kill the animals quickly and ethically as possible.
1:34.9	Today we will be discussing the killing end of this equation with Daniel Compton of Federal ammunition.
1:40.2	Our focus in today's conversation will be on shotgun shells while chasing turkeys. With so many options out there,
1:46.3	I hope to dive into some of the things I want to know more about such as shot size, shot material,
1:51.2	shell length, choke options and everything in between and how they all interact with each other.
1:55.6	So let's jump right in.
2:02.0	Welcome to the show, Daniel.
2:03.1	Hey, thanks for having me. It's good to be on.
2:05.6	Yeah. Yeah. How's everything going there at Federal ammunition?
2:08.4	It's good. It's good. We're cranking it out as fast as we can.
2:13.1	Very common question these days is like, where's Elie Amo?
2:15.6	When I know it's been a little tougher people, but usually like to address it right away when I get on with people,
2:20.8	but I can assure you that we're making as fast as we can and getting as much out there for people so that they can get out in the field.
2:26.7	Especially, you know, talking turkeys today. We've actually had, we've shipped a lot of turkey rounds this year,
2:31.0	so it should be easier to find than it has been in the last couple.
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