What’s a turkey shoot?

[meaneyedcatz]

When I would go the turkey shoots sponsored by the VFW you would a shell that they provided. Sit at a bench and shoot a cardboard target.
Whom ever pierced the bullseye or cane closest would win that round.
Sometimes it was cash, sometimes 10 lbs if bacon or whatever.
You don't see them much anymore but they are still out there.

 

[biku324]

At a turkey shoot near Bois D'Arc, MO in the '70s was the first time I ever saw a muzzle-loading cannon fired. A local guy brought and fired one for a collection that he gave to the organisers.

 

[dkals]

Our club is 5 people line up at the 16 yard trap line and shoot 2 shots at each station. High score wins, ties shoot off at the 20 yard line. Club hot shots compete from the 27 yard line.

 

[Skeet 028]

I've seen them using the card targets...either an X on a card or a printed turkey head with a spot in the eye that decided who the winnah is(closest to the spot) or as the previous poster said..2 shots each at 5 trap stations with two squads...Shootoff back yonder. I went to one one day and watched 'em shoot. Had a kid with a 20 ga in one squad...Beat up on the kid of course...so I took the ol Ithaca mag 10 out with some handloads of 2 1/4 ounces of 7s. They cried foul but I pointed it out about the kid with the 20. Won the match and gave the turkey to the young'un. They wouldn't let me shoot the 10 ga again, though. Didn't matter anyway. BTW that 10 ga obliterated clay targets. And it was a really pretty gun..Presentation grade. Ithaca made some really pretty guns

 

[SC_Mike]

What's a turkey shoot?

I know what a Henway is...

 

[crazyphil]

See Gobble Gobble - Alvin York on You Tube

 

[WardenRoss]

James Fenimore Cooper wrote in his novel "The Pioneers" 1823, (info from the museum) of an old custom held on Christmas day where a turkey was buried in the snow up to its neck, with the objective being to shoot the bobbing red head from a distance of 100 yards. Only a shot in the neck or head was counted as good, and each shot cost a shilling.

I remember reading that novel about Natty Bumppo many years ago.

 

[jack the toad]

Several organizations have them locally as fundraisers. Numerous ways to compete and determine a winner. I've seen archery and rimfire but shotgun is most common. Here, the shells are provided (#8) and 12, 16, 20 and .410 (for the youngsters and recoil shy) are used. It's a luck of the draw, or shot I guess in this case with 12 ga. the preferred size due to more shot on target. The local American Legion has a 36" Marlin "Goose Gun" as a loaner that gets shot quite a bit.

 

[Ozark Marine]

What's a turkey shoot?
Not as good as I do.
He's for dinner this Thanksgiving.
I'm not.