This was my 2nd full season turkey hunting and I have been very fortunate to get a bird both years. I credit my Boss for getting me hooked and for teaching me everything he knows about the sport. He is also the one who suggested that I try Hevi-Shot. The first photo is of my son who was 7 years old when we got his first bird. I am using an 11-87 SPS-T 3 1/2" Magnum, a MAD Super Max Hevi Shot choke tube and #6, 3 1/2"Hevi Shot Turkey loads. Season was drawing to an end and we had worked the birds for a long time before they headed towards our decoys. After covering about 300 yards, the old gobbler hung and wouldn't come in any closer. Finally, he broke into an opening and with Dad shouldering the gun, Clay sighted and pulled the trigger. The tom went down. We stepped the distance off and it was 56 yards from where we had been sitting to the bird. I knew that he was out there but had no idea he was that far. The tom weighed in at 21#, had 24 mm spurs and a 10 " beard.

This year, my boss and I had tried several set-ups to no avail. After each set-up, the birds would appear at our previous set up or at the opposite end of the field. We finally set up at the opposite end and waited. At 6:30 a.m, my Boss shot his tom. We waited and at 8:30 a.m., we were walking out to inspect my bird. My tom weighed in at 22# 2 oz., 11 3/4" beard and 23 mm spurs. A laser yardage finder marked the distance at 47 yards.
In my opinion, Hevi Shot is the real deal and I will never use anything else. Thanks for a great, tried and true load!

Dan McBride


 


I'm sending a couple of photos down from my early season (2005) hunt in the prairie pothole region of Canada. As I mentioned to you, I had tremendous success with both Hevi-Shot 6's and Hevi-Steel 4's. Both loads did the trick on mallards (decoying and passing) and and on large, decoying geese.
After the first few days of shooting these 12 gauge loads, I put my 10 gauge away as it no longer offers the advantages that it once did. Thanks for putting out such awesome loads.

Ken Malueg

 

Erin shot this bird with Hevi-Shot at 19yards. He was 17lbs with a 5 inch beard. She called him in with a Primos Spring Hen. She was using her Mossberg Bantam 20gauge that she won at a N.W.T.F. banquet. She now knows what the rest of the hunting world knows: If you shoot Hevi-Shot, you shoot to kill.

Thanks-

Mike Reynolds-Prostaff for Primos Hunting Calls, Bass Pro Shops, Plano Molding

 
Michelle ,Krista {my 11 yr old daughter} and I hunted this evening! I been asked on several occasions why I carry so many calls? My answer is this" yotes are like fish ,one minute they're biting one lure the next they're biting another"! I've been calling allot of yotes with the "Screamin' demon",tonight they switched on me and were coming to a call made by Tony Tebbe called the "Dog Duster"!

We were running out of light quick we set up I started blowing the "dog duster" again and within a minute I could barely make out a yote coming my way! I centered his chest with my 870 and pulled the trigger ! the combination of an extra full trulock choke and "Dead Coyote" knocked him flat at 38 yards! all four legs were shattered and his chest looked like someone had filled him full of .22 shells! there was another yote with him but I didn't see it until the shot then all I could see was it leaving!

Glenn Guess

One shot, one kill - This stuff is awesome!

Glenn Guess

This is my 12 year old daughter ( TAYLOR ) 20 ga. 3" hevi-shot 4's over decoys, Canada geese. Drake mallard "stoned" one shot 20-25 yds. "fly by" at end of the day / and end of the season!! With > " TRACKER " Chesapeake Bay retriever- the only thing tough as Hevi-shot !
THANKS.

Chris " Iowa Cigar Guy " Thenhaus
CLEAR LAKE, IA

 

On 5-5-05 I took this turkey using Hevi-13 shot # 6s.The shot was at 65 yards and I droped him like a hot rock.He was 20 to 22 pounds had a 8 1/2 in beard and 1 3/8 spears.I want to thank the people at hevi shot for making a great product.I`m looking forward to waterfowl season this year.I think that everyone should give Hevi shot a try and I don`t think you will be disapointed.


Happy Hunter,
Bruce Gates

 
I first want to thank you for the shells that
you sent me. We had talked at the shot show and you sent me a box out of your personal stock. Thank You. This was my third year of hunting turkeys without much success but my luck has changed. The stats on the bird are: 25 pounds, 10-1/2 beard, and 1-1/2 spurs.

I would have been just as happy with a Jake but I will live with this one. The shells worked flawless, at sight in I had 42 pellets in the vitals and at twenty yards it put this big boy on his back. Thanks again for the chance to use your shells and keep it up. I even have been told that some folks out here our using them for coyote hunting a

nd have been having good results.

Thank You

Rick Clancy

 

Long time friend and hunting partner Regi Rowe and I hunted 5-21-05 we started early because it was supposed to get really hot today{by 10 am it was 91}! I had just gotten a new predator supreme decoy and I wanted to try it out! regi had a new scope on his shot gun that he wanted to try as well .we made 2 stands with no response,so we moved to another area with wheat fields ready to be cut and several wet drainage areas! we set up on the upwind side of the drainage areas on a tank dam and started calling,with a hadels GHJ jackrabbit call . within minutes we had a yote literally bouncing towards us! he traveled about 300 yards in that fashion ,within about 100 yards I could tell he had spotted the decoy and was trying to get in low grass to cut around to get at it! as soon as he hit low grass he caught me moving the camera { at that point I was directly behind the decoy} he turned to run and in the second high bound back into the wheat field regi shot and he dropped ! it was a 43 yard shot with a mossberg 12ga. and hevi shots "dead coyote" load dropped him dead!

Thanks Again!

Glenn Guess

 
Hevi-Shot's "Dead Coyote" is without question, the most effective shotgun load for predators on the market today. Hit's harder, denser patterns, more penetration, and longer range that anything out there. Thanks for such a great product.

Byron South

 

I tried Hevi-Shot’s new Hevi-13 #4 Turkey Load on April 23rd. I took a Merriam Turkey @ 45yards on Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota.

Drew Powers & Dad

 
Saturday, March 27, 2004-SC youth day

Hunter with me on his first ever gobbler hunt - I've been more nervous the past 2 days for this moment than I can ever remember! We arrive at the main gate by 5:30a. A very thin, moor-like, blanket of fog covered the field as the eastern horizon began to show a hint of pink and the whippoorwills cry filled the air. 5:40a we were cutting through a strip of pines to enter the NE section of the property when I felt the woods gremlin tap me on the shoulder. "hunter, I need to take care of some business here a minute...I'll be right back". Hunter waited for me on the hidden dirt road. In a moment or 2, I hear him whispering for me "DAD"..."DAD"...."DAD" What?
"I just heard a turkey gobble". He pointed N of us to the timber in the general direction we were headed. We both grinned. The gobbler(s) were roosted right where we'd hoped they'd be.

5:45a there are at least 3-4 gobblers gobbling in the timber just slightly NW of our position along the big flat. We were set up and ready by 6a - the birds are gobbling A LOT! The 6a cargo/freight trains were very busy today - they fired their whistles at every crossroad, and today seemed like there were 10 times as many crossroads as before. Between the trains, the Canada geese the crows and the turkeys gobbling - it was, to say the least, rather loud!! Most every time the gobblers sounded off, Hunter looked at me and grinned - he wasn't having any trouble hearing these birds for sure...matter of fact, he heard a few that I didn't...gotta love those young ears!

6:17a - it sound like the gobblers all have a bunch of hens with them...they're starting to fly down. The birds are certainly still bunched up. I've called just enough this morning to let the gobblers know we're here...I can't really say that they've answered me at all - they're still certainly flocked up...my only chance is to be patient and hope they break up a bit after fly down.

6:23a birds gobbled again in the timber directly in front of us - maybe 150 yards out. A bit closer. This activity went on for another hour plus - we ended up hearing several more gobblers all around us. 1 of them gobbled 2-3 times on his own MUCH closer. When he gobbled that close and that loud - hunter looked at me, rather startled, and said "Holy Crap!" Gee, I wonder who taught him that phrase? Later on in the morning, I finally got some of the hens to answer me...
By my best estimate, we've had anywhere from 5 to maybe 8 gobblers in all directions around us. I started to get up and move twice, but thought against it. Today's game needs to be patience - don't force anything to happen - just let the morning play out.

8:23a W gobblers sound off on their own - still in the timber W of us - seems like in about the same spot - great! They're still there and we're still in the game! I soft called just to say "we're still here".

8:25a I see 2-3 turkeys coming around the corner of the treeline SW of us. Hunter is WIDE -EYED taking this all in. The first 2 turkeys looked like jakes, the 3rd looked bigger - the 3rd one veered to his left - that's when I saw his long beard! YES! 2 jakes and 1 longbeard 80 yards away. I clucked and purred on the single reed and they headed our way. I grabbed the shooting stick as the gobblers eased in from our left. Hunter got ready, gun on his shoulder, resting across my wrist on the shooting stick - just like we'd down so many times before while squirrel hunting.
The gobbler stopped. Hunter could see him to the left of big slash pine about 32 yards away.
I whispered to him - can you see him?
Yes.

Put the ball on the shelf and keep it right on the base of his neck. Are you on him?
Yes

Stay on him. When I call again, he'll raise his head up even farther trying to find us. When he does...just squeeze the trigger. I eased the safety off for him.
OK dad.

I clucked 2-3 times on the single reed and the gobbler raised his head as the 2 jakes looked on farther to the left of the big gobbler. Just as the gobbler raised his head...
BANG!
Got him! Hunter said.
I said - you did it! You did it! You got him! Way to go Hunter!! The gobbler dropped and hardly moved & we were out of the blind in a flash. We hugged each other tightly and spun around in 2 or 3 circles. Hunter's smile was huge! He looked at me and said quietly - "Dad, is this BOB?

We sat and admired the gobbler - the colors, the spurs, the head - everything and just soaked in the moment. We said a quick prayer to thank Jesus for this moment. "Thank you Lord".

On the way back to the vehicle we stopped at the cut through road against a big slash pine in a cool shady spot. I asked him what he would remember the most about todays hunt - he said "taking the shot right after you called". I asked him what sound he will remember from today's hunt - he said "all the train whistles and all the gobbling".

Yep - a day to remember for sure


Jeff D'Agostino

 

Twenty one pound ten inch beard one inch spurs,taken opening
day in Brevard North Carolina,hunter John Trufant age thirteen,using Rem.1100 twelve guage and Hevi Shot, range thirty five yards.April 09 2005.

WE LOVE THAT HEVI SHOT!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU,
THEODORE E CAMPBELL Jr.

 
This is my 2005 Oregon Rio that I shot at 51 yards with 3.5" #6 Hevi-Shot... With guide Jody Smith of Jody Smith's guide service in Elkton, OR.

Brett Nelson

 

This was my 2004 Eastern taking in Kirkland Missouri with Kevin Small of KT's Guide service. Shot it about 35 yards with 3" Hevi Shot...

Brett Nelson

 
This was my Florida Osceola that I shot in Florida last month. Shot it at 37 yards with 3.5" #6 Hevi Shot.

Brett Nelson

 

 

This is one of many coyotes I have shot closer to town where it is "shotgun only" areas... This happened to be Christmas Eve... 3.5" Dead Coyote from my Benelli SBE at 45 yards.

Brett Nelson

Another coyote earlier the morning of the last photo I sent... You can actually see I have two shells in the side holder in this picture, and the other picture I only have one... Ended up getting three this day in two stands... This one was at about 35 yards...

Oops, I take it back, wasn't dead coyote, it was 3.5" #4 Hevi Shot... (green shells, not brown).

Brett Nelson

 

 

Folks,
Both my son Joseph Lang and I were successful with Hevi-Shot on big gobblers this 2005 season. Both of us took afternoon birds, mine on May 5th (24 pounds, 1-1/4" spurs, 10-1/2" beard) and Joseph on May 14th. We both were using Hevi-Shot 12 gauge, 3", 1-1/2 ounce #6's out of Remington 11/87's.

Joe's shot was particularly impressive as we were in heavy gnarly brush with the tom in full strut and his fan facing us. The hen that was with him spotted us and after two panicked putts, sped away. The gobbler remained in full fan and quartered only slightly still facing away from Joe. We both realized that he was about to drop his fan and bolt on us. Joe took the offhand shot hitting him in the back of the head through 25 yards of the thick stuff. He went down like a bag-o-bricks! That's the best turkey shot I had ever witnessed. This whole episode that seemed to take forever took under ten seconds!

Thanks in great part to Hevi-Shot, my son and I bagged late season trophies. Joe's bird weighed 22.2 pounds, had 1-1/8" spurs, and sported a 10-1/2" beard. Attached are a couple of pictures of Joe's bird. Thanks again for your fabulous products that clearly have swung the pendulum in the favor of the hunter once again. Now we can hardly wait to chase ducks and geese this coming fall with, what else, Hevi-Shot!

Andy & Joseph Lang
Kalamazoo, MI
Took this CA Rio with 3" Hevi Shot in 2004 with Doug Roth of Camp Five Outfitters. Shot this big tom at about 25 yards...

We then went on to taking a coyote that afternoon with some 3" Hevi shot at 14 yards...

Brett Nelson

 

Your company turned our shotguns from 40 to 50 yard guns to true 100 yard plus guns! "Dead Coyote!" as the picture shows is exactly what it is! I bought a half case of 3" and also 3 1/2" to start with. To tell the truth some of the guys thought I was nuts to spend that much for some shotgun shells! Wee, after a week of coyote hunting and one guy (I won't me mention any names) killed a coyote a day (three days that week) with multiple coyotes, at ranges that before were always considered "luck shots". Well, as I stated to those skeptics, how many times do I have to shoot the coyotes at 90, 100, or 100 plus yards with this new shell before it is no longer considered luck? It didn't take long before we went back and bought the other half cases that were at our sporting goods store.

Chuck Gaietto
Tiffin, ohio
Pancho & Jody,

Thanks so much for the shells. Here are some pics of our goose hunt after I received the 20ga #2's. They were awesome, I had a couple of long shots but Hevishot did the job. They definitely made the difference in our hunt and in how many geese we brought home. Thanks again for all your kindness and help and also for such a great product. When you hunt to fill the pot, you better take Hevishot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Primos Pro Staffer
T ommy(Deadeye) Barham,El, Chris Barham,and Chance Crowder.

 

I have been placing Hevi-shot poster on my walls as I get them, along with a few of my latest gobbler fans. I am responsible for some of your sales in central Pennsylvania. I been actively promoting your products since I first patterned it in my 11-87 Remington, almost three years ago. I have spent a considerable amount of time and money doing my own patterning and research of not only Hevi-Shot but also other shot shells. I don't need to tell you but I have found none that compare. As you can see from the picture my office has turned into a promotional campaign for Hevi-shot as well. You will notice in the picture my wife even took one of the shirts I purchased and framed it with the back logo out. My Hevi-shot Power Cystal is one of the latest additions to the wall. My co-workers are always wondering in and out checking out the posters as well as vendors who visit the site. I see you have a poster that has a coyote with the words "I did not come this far to miss", I would like to get a copy of this if it is available, as well as any other items you may have available as they come out, to display. Thanks!

Dave Strayer
Pennsylvania

 

Here in VA, there are several counties for deer season that require shotguns and buckshot only. This past year, I took two deer utilizing your 3" #00 buckshot, and dropped each one of the deer with one shot. I have a gun capable of shootin 3 1/2's, and would love to have that kind of fire power in a 3 1/2" shell. Please tell me you are planning to develop some 3 1/2 buckshot! I would buy it by the case.

Although, the 3" are not bad at all!!

Lance Cardelino
Sandston, VA

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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