Ok guys, this is my go to turkey gun.. It is an old Ithica M66 Super Single first of all. It is a 12 gauge single shot long tom that has a 36 inch barrel and packs a wallop!
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Up close I have to try and remember to aim quite low in order to connect as it is designed for longer ranges and shoots quite high. So up close I hope for the side shots. If I can remember to I have to aim around beard level in order to take a head shot. Whether anyone can agree or not it does not matter as it is what it is. It was designed for geese at longer ranges and it knocks the turkeys down better in the 50 to 60 yard ranges.. I am at the head in those longer ranges and it clearly is working great then. That does not mean to say everyone with a turkey gun should be doing this. You have to know your gun and which range is best for it. That also does not mean that everyone's gun shoots the same way either. Up close if no other shot is available I can comfortably know a body shot will actual be a head shot for me. Only then would I take if I can remember to as well. I have missed my share of turkeys up close while taking the head shot out of it. The second bird this year I had missed on a head shot up close.. I did the very same thing on this same bird last year. I have been hunting this bird now for 3 years and after the miss I leave him alone and hope for another shot at him next year. I hunt private land that is open to the public. So I guess it is the same thing as public land? As it is forestry land that logging/paper companies use for timber. This has both a pipeline and power line running along it for roughly 83 miles and a dirt road running almost the entire way.. Anyways back to the question is in my opinion based on how your gun shoots on whether it can actually be a head shot when shooting at the body..

Again know you gun and decide from there..