johnnyHunts

If I have a 20 gauge shotgun what size shot do I use? Thank you.

Hurricanespg

Most people use a smaller shot size justbecause there are less pellets in a standard 20ga turkey shell vs.a standard 12ga turkey shell.
Personally I use Hevi-13 #6, or Nitro's #7's, but you will have to see what patterns well for you.

Canned Heat

My buddy uses Hevi 5's..

JW

Adrian Hare has a video showing how to pattern and he uses a 20 gauge. He found by trying several different brands from Winchester, Remignton and Federal that one of them just shot better - gave a better pattern than the others. He was suing both 4 and 5 shot.

I suggest you do the same. Pattern each at 30 yards and then count the pellet holes in this target.

http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/birds/turkey/target.htm

JW

johnnyHunts

This is gonna sound dumb, but based onyou picture, you shoot the turkey in the head when you go turkey hunting? I didn't know that, but there's a lot I don't know about hunting (obviously )

JW

That is correct johnny - head shots is the only thing while using a shotgun that will cleanly kill any turkey. Take a body shot with a shotgun and the bird is gone.

Now one correction a body shot taken at 10 yards more than likely will make it possible for you to get to the bird but you waste so much of the eating quality of the bird. But then again you have a real good chance the bird will either fly or run away.

And that my friend is how we learn by all of us here sharing. There is no such thing as a dumb question in my books.

JW

Shawn Perkins

nope not at all. ask away before you go out there and do something wrong

Adrian J Hare

After all the testing I have done it seems Hevi shot in a 20 gauge can not be beat. I also found that Hevi shot in #6 has more then enough wamp to knock birds to the ground at 40 yards.

Thanks Dave for the recognition...