Is a turkey worth shooting someone?

[KFC911]

At .29 lb .... evidently . Shooting someone over a frozen bird argument on the news outside a local Food Lion.

"It's a Jungle Out There..."

Happy Friday y'all !

[onewhippedpuppy]

If I’m shooting someone over food it’s going to be over something good, like prime fillet or waygu.

[wdfifteen]

A frozen turkey? No. If it was a Moon Pie and an RC with peanuts - I’d let the guy off.

[masraum]

People are fargin' morons.

This reminds me of the recent shooting in the Houston area where one woman held the door for another woman and her daughter. the holdee didn't thank the holder. An argument ensued and they followed each other around arguing until, I believe, the holder shot the holdee in front of her daughter (that I think was college or maybe HS age - late teens early 20s, I think).

[pavulon]

Former co-worker was somehow accidentally and fatally shot with an arrow while turkey hunting by his son a few years ago. Not great.

[A930Rocket]

Food Lion. That’s all that needs to be said.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by pavulon

Former co-worker was somehow accidentally and fatally shot with an arrow while turkey hunting by his son a few years ago. Not great.

That's horrible on so many levels. I guess either direction that went would have been awful. A parent accidentally killing a child would be awful. It's often said that parents shouldn't outlive children. The pain and guilt would likely be unbearable. But a child killing a parent wouldn't likely be any less traumatic.

[id10t]

Only time I've shot anything related to a turkey, I was shooting the turkey

[ckissick]

On the bright side, their local jail will be serving turkey on Thanksgiving.

[pwd72s]

Gawd! Actually, have some Turkeys that wander through my place...I wish somebody would shoot them!

[Tobra]

I thought this wouldbe about shooting a turkey.

Head shot, .223/5.56

[id10t]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Gawd! Actually, have some Turkeys that wander through my place...I wish somebody would shoot them!

Opposite corner of the country...

My buddy who I hunt with on his property (20 acres backed up to a 500 acre wood lot) had a nice big tom and a couple of jakes stroll through, he was going for the tom but a jake got in the way so he bagged a 2-fer wiht one shot from his ML 12ga and his tags are filled for the Fall season (we get 2 in Fall and 2 in Spring, jake gobbler or bearded hen are legal but we typically only shoot the mature gobblers)

[id10t]

Originally Posted by Tobra

I thought this wouldbe about shooting a turkey.

Head shot, .223/5.56

Much harder than you think - I was trying for one at 50 yards and their heads never really stay still long enough. But I was using a 2moa dot, not a magnified scope.

Body shots can be iffy too - unless you go for massive overkill and waste meat. I've seen a tom take a solid body hit from a 180gr JHP moving at 1600fps and run off.

My 20ga make 'em face plant out to 40 yards and we usually end up with birds with a few yards of us waiting on the big guys to come in, my two Spring birds I shot at 10 yards and 34 yards. The close one was mixed in with hens (not legal) and he came within 5 feet of me before separating enough from the hens for me to not worry about an accidental double.

[porsche930dude]

There used to be tons of them here then they died off like 5 years ago or so. They are starting to come back but very few. They eat lots of bugs and ticks so its good to have them around

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Tobra

I thought this wouldbe about shooting a turkey.

Head shot, .223/5.56

Not allowed in NC ... my uncle is 'the hunter" in the family ... he usually gets "his two" within a day or so after the season opens with a shotgun tho'.

Turkeys didnt belong "here" ... sorta like deer ... when I was kid ... now they are here!

I only shoot turkeys in flight ... gives them a sporting chance ... or those frozen ones!

Gobble, gobble....

[rfuerst911sc]

We usually get our elusive turkey at Publix

[herr_oberst]

I thought this would be about the holiday turkeyshoot down at the gun range.

[Noah930]

That's nuts. Around here, they're so numerous, they just show up at your front door. Fresh, not frozen.

[thingmon]

Would the stand your ground rules apply, if the door was cracked a bit? Asking for a friend.