Call me old fashioned too, but just about any decent 12ga turkey load and shotgun/choke comboshould be able to anchor a gobbler up to 40yds. The best load is theone that you are confident with and patterns well from your gun at the maximum range you choose to shoot. If you want to to take 50,60,70 yard shots have at it..at those ranges I would prefer a rifle and take take a head/neck shot. Personally, my limit is 40 yards, I use a Nova with a .670 Pure Gold tube, Leupold 1-4x and a mix of 3 1/2" shells. I have enough Hevi-Shot Remingtons, Federal and Winchester Extended Ranges to last 4 lifetimes.

I shot this with a Federal 2oz #6 with flight control wad at the distance of 40 yards on Friday the 20thjust to check the POI as I havent used it since last spring. Saturday the 21st, was the opening here and this bird dropped about 2 hours into the season without even a twitch at 37 yards using the same load. Our season runs into May and I have 3 tags left so I will have more chances to try different loads. It's certainly not the best pattern but it works for me at my limitations.