Opening day turkey with Moms gun

Was finally able to harvest a turkey with Moms old JC Higgens 12 ga mod 20 2 3/4 inch. Had this jake sneak in from my neighbors and shot him from about 35 yards. Heard 4 or 5 toms this morning but they were all across the creek and didn't want to play.
One of the routines that I do and have had pretty good luck with through the years is to use my slate and a mouth call to sound like a couple of hens getting into it. Aggressive yelps with fighting purrs then follow up with a couple of quick gobbles using a haint poly call I usually do 2 sets and then shut up for 1/2 hour. 9 times out of 10 I'll see a jake or tom easing in, may not get a shot but they take a peek. I compare it to rattling in young bucks.
Shot this bird with a 1 3/8oz hand load of nickle plated #6. Bang flop. For anyone interested in this load here it is. This load has shot very well out of my various guns and my friends.Mild recoil just a heavy field load

12ga Win or Rem 2 3/4 inch trap hull
32.0 grains Alliant Blue Dot
Win primer
Wad WIn AA red or Rem RP12
1 3/8 oz of nickle plated or copper plated shot no buffer

Great hunt. Awesome to use an old family gun.

32gr of bluedot behind 1 3/8 of shot. I bet that will rattle your teeth!

Illini, I have shot that very load and it indeed is a killer. A high school fried had one of those guns and I remember the plastic "spaghetti" that accumulated in the cage on the end of the barrel.

What county are you in?

very nice

probably no worse than the ounce and a half of #5 Rem Nitro Turkey 2 3/4 I found patterned well , I can see where #6 could do very well

I used to think you needed bigger shot , but turkeys are a different game since your only shooting the neck

Way to go!!!!!!

Moosetrot

Love the Haint poly for gobbles. It has unhung a bird or two for me over the years.

WTG thanks for sharing

Pretty cool.

Good Job

Congrats. Still a few weeks away for us

BBQ time.

Nice!

Way to go !!!

Good deal. Pretty open woods compared to around here. Grazed?

Nice bird

Brown county

Good going I love the history behind the gun it makes is it special.

Cool story. Congratulations!

WS