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if you wanna call it that...
Davin L. — (archived)

Yeah, wild turkeys can go about a dozen yards and clear maybe three feet with a good running start into the wind. But they generally fly slower than they run.

What I grew up calling "gobblers": big fat male wild turkeys, really don't have much run in them, and I don't think I have ever seen one get more than a foot off the ground even with a dog in pursuit... Its more like a desperate hopping clumsy mad-dash.

And remember, rocks generally break bones. pellets don't... Youre more likely to kill with shotgun pellets, but a hefty rock packs a lot of KE, and turkey bones are pretty delicate...

Like I said, I never finished the job, but I chased them out into fields and I believe I could have had a dinner if I had a good rock, a lucky shot and the desire to do one in.

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