RE: 17HMR and turkeys...
Ive shot 2 gobblers with my Ruger 17 HMR. Both at 70 yards. One dropped in its tracks the other flew 30 yards and fell. Both shot in the same place just a few inches below where the wing connects to the body.
You could hardly tell they were even shot, there was no meat damage what so ever. I used the hollow point bullets.