Definately not the .22. A rifle is illegal in just about every state. The best part of turkey hunting is working that gobbler into shotgun range. Any rifle would take the fun out of that. I love to see and hear a strutting gobbler coming to my calls at close range, that is in the Spring of course. We have no Fall season here. If I were to ever use a rifle, which I won't, I would go with something a little larger than a .22. Go with the 20 ga.