ORIGINAL: krabbiepatty
I have killed 6 gobblers with open sights with not a single miss. I dont see the point in having a scope but then again I can see very well. I always figured that maybe the reason people put scopes on turkey guns was maybe that they just needed help seeing? Is this the case?
No
With modern chokes, improvements in shotshells and the introduction of "heavier than lead" shot the pattern sizes have gotten tighter and tighter. My 20 yard core pattern is about the size of an orange orgrapefruit. I chose to use a scope to improve my aim. I can see just fine.
Bead sights were just fine for the first 27 years I turkey hunted. Now I'm fearful of missing at closer ranges with the loads and chokes I'm using.
Bead sights are not adjustable either. When your pattern tightens and you practice enough, you begin to realize that each choke/load combination patterns to a different POI.