Everyone has a lot of good info on how to hunt turkey with a 20 gauge but i'm not looking to do it as a challenge. I don't own a 12 gauge and I can't afford one right now. My two 20 gauge guns have fixed chokes so buying a choke tube isn't an option either. I know that my lethal range will be short but it sure beats staying at home. I realize that at longer distances a larger pellet size is required in order to retain enough energy to kill a bird. Since these long range shots are out of the question, what is the smallest pellet size that is capable of a clean kill out to 25 or 30 yards? I've heard many of you say that #6 shot is whatyou use, if they are good at longer distances will #7 1/2 shot work at the shorter range that i'll be limited to? I want as many pellets as possible so that I don't handicap myself any more than I have to.