ORIGINAL: hawglips

In the last three years, my boys have taken the following shots at turkeys with 20 gauge guns:

20 gauge, Nova,Undertaker choke, 3" #6 Remington turkey loads:
6 shots taken
5 birds killed; 15, 20, 22, 30, and 35 yds.
1 miss; 15 yds -- the video shows the pattern cleanly missing over his head

20 gauge, Nova, Carlson choke, 3" #5 HeviShot:
3 shots taken
1 bird killed; 55 yds.
2 misses; one miss at 60 yds., one miss at 20 yds (the bird flew just as he was pulling the trigger)

20 gauge, Browning auto5, 28" full choke barrel, 2 3/4" #6 Federal magnums:
1 shot taken
1 bird killed; 27 yds.
0 misses

20 gauges make fine turkey guns if you work within their limitations. With the exception of the bird killed at 55 yards, all the above birds were killed stone dead.

We'll be taking 5 guns to FL next month, and 4 of them will be 20s.

Hal