Turkey Hunting With Hevi-Shot

[10ga.]

http://www.remington.com/magazine/preview/2003_0511_hevishot.asp
This looks like the stuff to use!
Anyone have any experience with Hevi-Shot?

[lik2hunt]

That's pretty impressive but is it really worth the extra 12-14 bucks more per box than regular lead shot? Hevi-shot is $19.95 box at the Wal-Mart here while Federal and Winchesters in the same 4 shot lead are $6-8 a box.

[DaveH]

I patterned my Daly maxi-mag using the Hevi shot turkey load and it really does make a differents.  With winchester Supreme Double-X Magnum High Velocity Turkey Load 3 1/2 #4 shot at 40 yrds I was getting 17-20 pellets in the head and neck of the target.  With the Remington Premier Hevi shot high velocity Magnum turkey load 3 1/2 #4 shot I was getting 24-30 pellets in the kill zone at the same distance.  Seem to me that since I'm not turkey hunting but twice a year the extra money is well worth it.

Dave H.

[scruffy]

Now experience on a turkey yet, but doing some preseason testing.  So far using #2 hevishot on a coyote, skunk, and a badger.  Badger at 4 feet, coyote at 15 feet, skunk at 20 feet.  I'm going to have to start shooting earlier....

But I have friends that have used it on pheasants (#6 I believe) and ducks and geese (#2) and say it's worth it.

Also, hevishot patterns tighter than steel which patterns tigher than lead.  Hevishot out an IC choke is documented to pattern like lead out a full choke (70% in a 30" circle at 40 yards) because it's flight is much more stable.  Hevi out a modified patterns like an extra full choke (80%) and hevi out a full choke patterns like a super full (88%).  Remingtons hevichoke is supposed to pattern 94%.  :eek:

Anyway, for us that have old fixed choke shotguns, or don't like to change chokes, we can shoot hevishot through a modified choke and get a tight turkey pattern.  On my pardner 12 gauge's stock shell holder I have 3 #2 hevishots and 2 rifled slugs for coyote hunting.  For turkey I'll have two #4 hevishot for calling over fields to have tight patterns and three #4 or #6 lead shots for calling in the timber and have large patterns.

It's a new concept, controlling the pattern size with the shotshells instead of controlling the pattern with the choke.  So far a fixed modifed choked barrel has done everything I've wanted, but I've only been hunting with it for 6 months so far.  But so far so good!

later,
scruffy