The key here gentlemen is pattern density - pattern density - pattern density... shot sizes of #4 and #2 will not deliver the density you need. A lucky pellet or perhaps two might hit their mark at distances of 35 - 40 yards but don't count on it. A turkey's skull is not much more than paper thin and the vertabrae are likewise pretty fragile. No. 6 shot will easily break a pheasant's wing bones at greater than 40 yards so why wouldn't no. 6 shot make a mess of a turkey's head and neck at a maximum of 40 yards? I've killed every turkey I've shot at with such loads and never had to chase one down.
Further DSR sayeth naught (to coin a phrase).
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