Like you Cal, I have been deer hunting forever, got the Turkey bug last year and was fotunate (or lucky lol!) enough to call in a nice gobbler. I pull the slug barrel off my Mossberg 500, and used my 28" vent rib barrel with the Full Choke tube, wrapped it with camo no-mar tape, loaded with 3" #5 HV Winchester loads. Having hunted small game/upland birds with this combo for 20+ years I felt very confident that she'd drop a gobbler if a clean shot presented itself. Definitly not the ideal set-up, but got the job done. Will use the same thing again this year, but long term plans include a shorter (20-24") barrel and hi-visibilty sights. Practiced with and used several mouth calls, a slate call and plunger type box call.

Best of luck and welcome to the addiction.
Pat