Long shot Turkeys in New Zealand

Muznz · 10-11-2009, 07:09 PM

Long time since ive posted here
Yesterday i shot 2 turkeys first one at 330yrds and second at 315yrds
with my custom rifle in 260 remington
Not quite how you fellas hunt turkeys over there i guess
No rules for turkeys here hence why i could use my 260 also was out looking for deer primarly I normally use 22rf on turkeys
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a80/muz26nz/muz012.jpg

Oxford · 10-11-2009, 08:11 PM

Muznz...I see two turkeys in your picture. Please identify which one used to gobble.

Oxford · 10-11-2009, 08:12 PM

Muznz...Just had to razz you with the post above. Great shooting from that distance. Most turkeys I hunt are within 25 yards +/-...and I use a shotgun.

Tack Driver · 10-11-2009, 08:25 PM

Shotguns inside of 50, but usually inside of 40 yards with a heavy payload of # 4or #6 shot is the norm over here.

Muznz · 10-13-2009, 12:17 AM

Pic of the bigger bird i got at 330yrd before i got the smaller bird at 315yrds
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a80/muz26nz/muz011.jpg

big boomer · 10-13-2009, 01:21 AM

Turkey hunting will be the next biggest in minn after deer soon as they are an exploding population here.

driftingrz · 10-13-2009, 01:41 AM

turkey considered small game in new zealand? Nice bird btw

thrillbilly · 10-13-2009, 01:54 AM

LOL I have yet to see a turkey thread in the "big-game" forum...even though they are classified as a big-game animal.

Where I live...we have to use shotguns, shot no larger then #4s. In some southern states it is legal to use a rifle for turkeys.

Muznz · 10-13-2009, 02:09 AM

well i didn't where in fitted in on this forum since it wasn't bird hunting in the purest sence, Id class them as small game here along with rabbits, possums and hares.
big game to me starts at Goats upto wild cattle i guess

toolman · 10-13-2009, 08:52 AM

Good shootin' Muznz! Glad to see ya back, I thought you might've gotten et by one of them big ole pigs over there or sumpin'!

10-11-2009, 07:09 PM	#1
Muznz Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kaukapakapa North Island New Zealand Posts: 117 Images: 13	Long shot Turkeys in New Zealand Long time since ive posted here Yesterday i shot 2 turkeys first one at 330yrds and second at 315yrds with my custom rifle in 260 remington Not quite how you fellas hunt turkeys over there i guess No rules for turkeys here hence why i could use my 260 also was out looking for deer primarly I normally use 22rf on turkeys http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a80/muz26nz/muz012.jpg __________________ Hunting is my Life

10-11-2009, 08:11 PM	#2
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 14,098 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 4	Muznz...I see two turkeys in your picture. Please identify which one used to gobble. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

10-11-2009, 08:12 PM	#3
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 14,098 Images: 18 Blog Entries: 4	Muznz...Just had to razz you with the post above. Great shooting from that distance. Most turkeys I hunt are within 25 yards +/-...and I use a shotgun. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

10-13-2009, 12:17 AM	#5
Muznz Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kaukapakapa North Island New Zealand Posts: 117 Images: 13	Pic of the bigger bird i got at 330yrd before i got the smaller bird at 315yrds http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a80/muz26nz/muz011.jpg __________________ Hunting is my Life

10-13-2009, 01:54 AM	#8
thrillbilly Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ozark Hill Country Posts: 2,611	LOL I have yet to see a turkey thread in the "big-game" forum...even though they are classified as a big-game animal. Where I live...we have to use shotguns, shot no larger then #4s. In some southern states it is legal to use a rifle for turkeys. __________________ *" I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on."* John Wayne

10-11-2009, 08:25 PM	#4
Tack Driver Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Caswell County, NC Posts: 392	Shotguns inside of 50, but usually inside of 40 yards with a heavy payload of # 4or #6 shot is the norm over here. __________________ If pro is the opposite of con, is Congress the opposite of progress?

10-13-2009, 01:21 AM	#6
big boomer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Minn. Posts: 2,310	Turkey hunting will be the next biggest in minn after deer soon as they are an exploding population here.

10-13-2009, 01:41 AM	#7
driftingrz Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 40	turkey considered small game in new zealand? Nice bird btw

10-13-2009, 02:09 AM	#9
Muznz Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kaukapakapa North Island New Zealand Posts: 117 Images: 13	well i didn't where in fitted in on this forum since it wasn't bird hunting in the purest sence, Id class them as small game here along with rabbits, possums and hares. big game to me starts at Goats upto wild cattle i guess __________________ Hunting is my Life

10-13-2009, 08:52 AM	#10
toolman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 7,135 Blog Entries: 25	Good shootin' Muznz! Glad to see ya back, I thought you might've gotten et by one of them big ole pigs over there or sumpin'! __________________ cosmoline is an aphrodisiac!