snapper Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 [ QUOTE ] 1.) I have a Benelli Nova - What is the best choke tube for the money for the Nova? [/ QUOTE ] There really is no magic choke for the right price. Just gotta try as many as you can with as many loads as you can. Every gun is different! With that being said...just about any aftermarket extended choke tube will give you better results than a factory choke. [ QUOTE ] 3.) What do I need to know as far as calling the gobblers? Is there any crash course on calling them? [/ QUOTE ] There are instructional video's on the market, you could also watch alot of turkey hunting shows. The easiest type of call would prob. be a push/pull box call. You can yelp, purr, cluck on it and it will call in a bird. Most folks like to try something different because it seems the birds get educated real fast and become harder to call in. A boat paddle box is also fairly easy to learn and use it well. A diaphram is prob. the best for calling them in close (less movement) but take some practice and getting used to. Buy a single or double reed diphram with no splits and just practice with it. The singles and doubles are the easiest to get "turkey" like sounds out of them. BTW, welcome to the forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Re: New Turkey Hunter [ QUOTE ] What is the difference between a $30 Primos choke and a $80 Briley choke, besides $50??? [/ QUOTE ] In your gun...maybe a waste of $50 Someone elses gun...maybe $50 well spent. Hard to say, I'm guessing the $50 difference is how its made and the grade of steel used to make it, but not sure. I've bought several chokes to try, some over $50 and gotten better results from a cheaper one. I will someday buy/try a comp-n-choke, but I like the heavy shot and I don't think they make a tube for heavy shot yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borch Posted March 2, 2005 Report Share Posted March 2, 2005 Re: New Turkey Hunter Just about any aftermarket turkey choke will give you a killing pattern out to 40 yards if try enough load combinations to see what will work with the choke gun combo. To be honest the choke isn't the expensive part of the equation. It's buying all the different ammo to shoot until you find a good combo. That is unless you get lucky right away. Good Luck and welcome to the forums. Borch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Re: New Turkey Hunter I bought a double V cut tripple reed HS Strut last night. I have a student who won some turkey calling contest last year and said I sounded better than he does after 1 day of practice. I guess all these years playing the trumpet are going to help put food on the table in another way. The first 10 minutes I just spit on myself alot, but it got pretty easy after about an hour. By this afternoon I could cluck, yelp, cut and even purr. To purr I just hold a note on the reed and flutter my lips like I'm playing a tuba mouthpiece. He said it sounded right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeviShot Posted March 4, 2005 Report Share Posted March 4, 2005 Re: New Turkey Hunter Welcome to the forums you can learn alot here.I shoot a Benelli with a H.S strut choke it's on the cheaper end.I put about 30 to 40 pellets in the vitals of a target with 3 diff loads.For a crash course spend time with experienced turkey hunters,watch learning videos and practice with calls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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