im enjoying this thread very much....this is my opinion.... if a person is gonna limit is self to shooting a turkey at up to 35 yards and no further then about any 20 ga or16 will do fine for turkey with medium powered shells...no 7 1/2 shot at 35 yards or less in a full choke gun is murder on a turkeys head... the reason i use a big bore gun with a big payload is that most of them 3 an4 year old birds seem to hang up at about 45 yards. i want enough gun to bring that bird down ...i mosly hunt with the short ten ga loads but this year i will be hunting the first day with a 10 ga parker with gage mates in it for 12 ga on the right barrel a 3 inch mag no 6 in the left a 3 1/2 inchmag no 4...gonna be kinda like that song if the right one dont get ya then the left one will... i like the old 8 ga with 2 1/2 ounce loads of no 2 s and no4 s...i even hunt with a single barrel 12 ga 3 1/2 inch gun when im going a far piece... i ve hunted all my life with people that shot 20 ga and 16 ga and they killed there fair share of turkeys..and i hunted with my dad who always shot a ten ga for many years and others who shot the mag 12s... so to be honest it problem melts down to the fact who i hunted with and what ive been told and seen in turkey hunting that makes me like a magnum large ga gun for turkeys... but i guess if my father or hunting companions had taught me to shoot no turkey past 35 yards then i would be hunting with a 20 or 16 ga...this is probably why most people hunt with large or small ga guns... but me i would like to shoot a turkey with a 4 ga with a 4 ounce payload.....you can see i really like talking hunting...and ive got a 16 ga stevens layed out to use after i get the first turkey home....any way use the gun you shoot best and keep the guns to its killing range and you will bring home the turkey... charlie
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