ORIGINAL: bigcountry
How many hits at a turkey head/neck/vitals is considered adequate? I shot at 50 yards this weekend at turkey targets, and only had 8 shot in neck/head. Also, does the shot have much power at 50 yards to take down a turkey?
I shoot #6 3" high velocity remington turkey loads. 1 3/4 oz loads at 1300fps.
For long shooting I was thinking changing to duplex 4X6 loads but loose velocity due to 1 7/8 oz loads.
You can spend a lot of time & money searching for; and experimenting with, the ultimate Turkey Load. What works for one can be an anethma to another. For example my son & I both use 20GAs; his a Winchester® & mine a Mossberg®. We use the same EXACT CHOKES. Mine patterns #6 great, & #5's fairly well. In turn his gun will pattern #5's the best & #6 only so-so. Go Figure.
It's all about finding WHAT WORKS BEST IN YOUR GUN.