Taking my now 7 yo grandson turkey hunting this spring. He has gone with me 2 or 3 times with his interest apparently increasing. Tried to let him kill one last year, but couldn't get them close enough. This year, I have a Mossberg youth model 20 ga. that I have equipped with an extra-full Turkey choke that I think he can handle adequately (he is big for his age). Hope to get him out for our Youth Hunt the first weekend in April (before the birds get educated) and perhaps some other time during the season. I will probably let him shoot some low-power 2 3/4 in loads through an improved cylinder choke to get him familiar with the gun, then load with 3 in Hevi-Shot with the extra-full turkey choke for the hunt.

Hre gets a big ole gobbler in front of him he'll never know the shells have been changed. Good luck guys

Lol... yep.

My uncle did the same for me with geese when I was younger. I had a remington 870 express super mag and I shot a bunch of trap with him with 2 3/4 shells to prepare for the trip.

The day we get out to the field, he hands me a handfull of 3.5" shells and said "These are for geese." I popped my first goose and didn't even notice a difference... fast forward back to trap and I slung a couple of 3.5" and definitely noticed a difference.

Long story short, the adrenaline rush should take care of it.

Good luck!

Good luck to the both of you. My grandson just turned one. Looking forward to the day when he is by my side in the blind.

I plan to take my daughter who turns 13 in a few months. She's been with me a few years back when I took a jake. I borrowed a Rossi 20 gauge and plan to let her shoot it a few times with 2 3/4 shells and then have her hunt with 3". One shot with a turkey in front of her won't hurt much and it will keep her from wanting to flinch as much when it counts. I even do the same thing with myself. I use 2 3/4" and 3" when sighting in and practicing, then second check the pattern with 3 1/2" before I go. It is also cheaper that way and allows me to save the more expensive shells for the turkeys.

Still trying to get my daughter her first one. She is 17 so time is running out. We had a chance when she was 11 but she was looking over the bead (so I thought) and I was helping her "aim" her .410. The bird was under 10 yards standing next to a pine log. The log took the whole load. We were able to reload and could have shot a second time with the bird still under 20 yards but she had gotten too nervous by then.

Good luck.