Spinoff--What Gun did you kill your 1st Turkey wit

Me: An L.C. Smith Double 12 gauge Choked Mod./Full 30"......in 1975.

Zephyr 20 ga double, same gun I killed my first deer with, late 60's. Got that gun for my 16th birthday, still shoot it.

1187 Special Purpose with a Longbeard XR#5 that was leant to me by a friend(he was calling) on my first Turkey hunt.

Remington Model 1100. Gun was stolen on a home burglary in 1987. Sure wish I could find that one somewhere. Got that gun for my 12th Christmas. Had it in my hand so much that I still remember the serial number. L645035V.

Browning A5 12 gauge

Single barrel nef 12ga 3.5in nitro blend

Remington Wingmaster 870 12 gauge with a 30” barrel. It was in 1987 with a load of lead 6’s.

Killed my first turkey same season I killed my first bow deer. 2009 Cherokee Co along the little river canyon with the one and only shotgun I’ve ever killed a turkey with. Benelli M2 12 gauge. It was on one of the nicest properties I’ve ever been on and had a ton of turkeys which made it easy on a beginner. If i messed one up there was another one gobbling a couple hundred yards away.

A Remignton 11-87,cheap choke and some 3” Kent turkey loads. Two 2 yr olds came in hammering it at30 yds thought I was going to pass out!

.410 single shot that had been sawed on to fit. Not sure of the make, still have it in my dads safe, I’ll have to get it out the next time I’m over there. “Missed” my first deer with that gun. Killed a couple of gobblers, a bunch of squirrels and “tweety” birds, and a dove or two.

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Browning A5 with a 2 3/4” #8

Same 16 gauge H&R single shot that I killed my first deer with. In 1975.

1983 h and r 10 ga. 36" barrel

Winchester model 12 with #8’s.

SBE1

Lynch box and a H&R 088 .410 before it was the cool thing to do .... woulda been Spring ‘85 .... we had HUGE groups of birds back then. You’d see more birds in a day than in a whole season these days.

Winchester 1300, 24" barrel and William's Fire Sights.

Ouch! I had the same gun in a 12 but with a 26" barrel. Gomer- you got the right one.

Browning SA22 I was 12 years old and it was a huge gobbler

30-06

same one I killed the next 43 with. Mossberg 835 my dad bought me at a gun show at Northport Civic Center about 25 years ago.

killed a few with bow, and one with new 20ga

It was the same gun I used for my first deer, a Winchester 37 in 20 gauge. I got the turkey in 1966, though I had hunted a couple of seasons before that without success.

I picked up a Stoeger 3020 this year to jump on the 20ga TSS train. I'm gonna give it a try next spring and see how I like it. But there's at least a 50/50 chance it get's retired to being a dove gun/backup turkey gun and I go back to the 1300 as my main gun. The 1300 just fits like a glove, and with a $20 tightwad choke, it patterns Longbeards like a boss.

Sportsman 58 12g with a poly choke on it. Missed him the first shot and he took off and flew right over my head. Couldn't have been more than 12 ft off the ground when I pulled the trigger the second time. Looked like a shot a feather pillow. Covered me and my buddy. We just rolled around laughing. Shot his beard mostly off as well.

12 ga. Rem 870 Wingmaster 28" barrell, 2 3/4 " chamber, modified choke. Some kind of lead shot turkey load. Killed quite a few with that old gun.

Remington model 11 12 ga. using a high brass Fiochi #6 shot.

mossberg 835 ulti-mag 12 ga ... when men were men & we loved the dentist

A 10 ga double barrel. It shot 3.5” paper shells with 2+ oz of shot. Unheard of... Had to back up to point it. Needed a cart to tote it.

A-5 30 inch full choke.

Browning A-5 magnum with a 32” full choked barrel.

Winchester 1300 Turkey special 12 gauge with Winchester supreme #4's. I still have that gun in my safe and I say every year I'm going to take it and shoot another gobbler with it, but I never do.

1987 Benelli Montefeltro, 12g, no Camo

Rem 11-87 special purpose mag 12ga with 3" Federal #5 out of a Remington X-full choke

Winchester 1300 12 ga
Winchester Supreme # 4's
Mad Choke Tube

Stoeger P350 12 ga w/ pistol grip, 3.5" magblends. April 25 2012 (my 28th bday). I got started late in turkey hunting game.

My granddaddy’s J.C. Higgins Sears- Roebuck 12 gauge with a fixed modified choke shooting 2-3-4” lead.

That's the gun I've killed 90% of my turkeys with, including all three from last year.

My first bird was a jake killed in Bullock county with my dad's Winchester Model 120, 12 gauge, modified choke shooting #6's. I have a polaroid pic of that gun, the bird, and me somewhere.

Dr. B

Remington 870 12 gauge.

Me too

Winchester," NTWF TURKEY SPECIAL" , pump, 12ga.winchester #4 ,3" shells.

maybe that was NWTF, ha, getting OLD, !!!

Remington 870 12ga, 26" barrell, and a jellyhead choke I beleive. It was the first bird, and the last bird I have killed. I need to remedy that next season!

Old Stevens/Savage Pump 12- 3" #6 Copper plated.
Fixed Full choke.
Must have been around 1985-86.

.22 LR

My "first" turkey kill probably deserves a story more so than a description of the weapon used. I was 12 and riding in the back of a pickup with a group of men that my Grandma was taking home. 5 or so black gentlemen with my Grandma and brother in the cab. When Grandma needed work done, we were the very model for integration. She worked all of us hard and paid all of us poorly.

Grandma drove fast, so it paid to hold on. Luckily my Dad had installed wooden slats so we could fill the bed of the truck full all the way to the top of the cab. The slats made it feel safer. A 64 Ford with 3 on the tree and dimmer in the floorboard. They do not make anything like the vehicles of that era. It was old even then but she wouldn't use the "good truck" for chores. The F-150 stayed parked at her house except for social trips.

Because I was the youngest, they gave me the best seat in the bed of the pickup. Standing behind the cab so I could see where we were going. I will never forget the sight as we rounded the curve with Grandma getting all the speed that 64 Ford had. Turkeys erupted like a covey of quail. The clutch applied and brakes squealed. One turkey parted my hair as it flew over. Was a near mis then the "THUMP". As Grandma rolled to a stop a flopping shape was erupting feathers. The bed emptied and the older fellas retrieved it.

All was well until the turkey popped open its eyes and stood up. Those guys had been talking about turkey dinner since the "accident". Did not take them long to subdue the bird and I dispatched it with my Case XX trapper.

So my first turkey fell to a 64 Ford pickup truck and a Case XX trapper knife..

An old Browning A5 humpback 12 ga.

[quote=Fishduck] My "first" turkey kill probably deserves a story more so than a description of the weapon used. I was 12 and riding in the back of a pickup with a group of men that my Grandma was taking home. 5 or so black gentlemen with my Grandma and brother in the cab. When Grandma needed work done, we were the very model for integration. She worked all of us hard and paid all of us poorly.

Grandma drove fast, so it paid to hold on. Luckily my Dad had installed wooden slats so we could fill the bed of the truck full all the way to the top of the cab. The slats made it feel safer. A 64 Ford with 3 on the tree and dimmer in the floorboard. They do not make anything like the vehicles of that era. It was old even then but she wouldn't use the "good truck" for chores. The F-150 stayed parked at her house except for social trips.

Because I was the youngest, they gave me the best seat in the bed of the pickup. Standing behind the cab so I could see where we were going. I will never forget the sight as we rounded the curve with Grandma getting all the speed that 64 Ford had. Turkeys erupted like a covey of quail. The clutch applied and brakes squealed. One turkey parted my hair as it flew over. Was a near mis then the "THUMP". As Grandma rolled to a stop a flopping shape was erupting feathers. The bed emptied and the older fellas retrieved it.

All was well until the turkey popped open its eyes and stood up. Those guys had been talking about turkey dinner since the "accident". Did not take them long to subdue the bird and I dispatched it with my Case XX trapper.

So my first turkey fell to a 64 Ford pickup truck and a Case XX trapper knife..

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A stevens 12 ga single shot

benelli M2

Remington 870 super magnum with 3.5” lead 5s. I was 16 so it would have been on 2000. I skipped school to go.

single barrel H&R topper junior 20 ga, 3 inch with a full barrel. 5-7 steps in the afternoon: 7 years old... never checked up from that point