ORIGINAL: Adrian J Hare
30 yards is the average range that most turkey hunters take the shot.
When a hunter plans on patterning his or her shotgun, they should pattern it at 30 yards. Once you have found the load and choke combo , then try at the 20 and 40 yards to see if the gun is going to make the shots and then you know what to expect...BT
Great advice BT!!! I try to keep 40-45 yards as my extreme range.
We all hear of people shooting at 50-70 yards, but thats the exception.
There's just too many variables that come into play with taking a extremely long shot,since the possibility of crippling or wounding a gobbler at that range comes ito play!! Stay within your best pattern range, be a better caller, and you shouldn't have any problems.