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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Turkey load substitute for lead and HTL |
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Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:03 am
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Location: Lowcountry Ga.
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Turkey hunting buddy Billy has a business connection with a European company, Yadloof & Lirpasti LTD, dba Y&L Timberlands (Y&L), which is the largest foreign consortium controlling timberland in Georgia. We were given access to an 8500 acre Y&L tract along the Savannah River, loaded with turkeys, this past Saturday. In an effort to ameliorate the often bitter and contentious discussion of turkey ammo-TSS vs. lead-what better readily available substance than a load consisting of granulated sugar be utilized to sweeten and add to the controversy? Using 5/8 oz. (pellet count in the thousands) which was the most I could cram into the VP92 wad and a Fiocchi 3" 20 ga. hull. Even with what I would consider to be ballistic grade Dixie Crystals Sugar (locally refined cane sugar) with a muzzle velocity of 1700 fps, I knew it would take a close-in shot to be effective. Another downside is that neither Permethrin nor Deet can deter the ants once they discover what's in your pocket. Here's the results from Saturday. My experiment with the sugar shot was successful. Lowcountry swamp bird, 20 steps. Gun is my Baikal MP18 20 gauge. Considering that a 4 pound bag of Dixie Crystals Sugar (Imperial Sugar) at Walmart is $3.37, this beats the cost of lead shot and obviously TSS by a wide margin. Currently not legal in any states but sometimes I can't help myself.
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Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:26 am
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my first thought were that Gil had gone over the deep end and then I realized that date today. April fools?  |
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Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:36 am
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There was a funny smell coming out of my computer as soon as I started reading it. Sweeeeeeet bird though !  |
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Mon Apr 01, 2019 5:59 am
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Is the 20ga hull sticking in its mouth supposed to be a clue???  |
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Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:02 am
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Location: canandaigua - western n.y. (formerly deerhunter)
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a possible conundrum ... Bio-degradeable for sure , but not approved by the feds ! would have to be careful where you used it !?  |
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Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:06 am
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Location: Chocolate City, Florida
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Considering you mostly use dust to kill your turkeys, here I was reading the post and bragging on your skill, to the bride.
Got me real good.......
And your bird looks like it fell in the river! So there! |
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Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:52 am
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| Savage16 wrote: |
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Is the 20ga hull sticking in its mouth supposed to be a clue???
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Nope. Here's a clue: read Yadloof & Lirpasti LTD backwards beginning with the letter "i". Gil |
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