Turkey Hunting with Modified choke?

It doesn't make a difference 80% of the time. Both turkeys I've killed this year I could have killed with a red rider.

Just find a load it likes. I wouldn't sweat it.

Is it really THAT critical? I'm no turkey hunter, but I've killed lots of shite with a shotgun. You probably can't find a load that isn't effective at 35-40 yards with a regular ol modified factory choke. Every turkey load I've ever seen was HOT.

I always hear about turkey hunters stretching out to 60+ with super extra double magnum full chokes and some 1900fps bazooka shells. Why is it so hard to kill a turkey? The damn thing is all head and neck b

In my opinion it's very easy to put a sub lethal shot on a turkey. You can't just "nock it down" and retrieve in many instances like with shooting a duck or dove.

Think about shooting paper with a modified choke, you can easily hit the paper, but how much can you get in a head and neck equivalent?

I am not saying it can't be done, but I don't like having to chase a turkey or miss or loose one. So much of turkey hunting is getting them close and watching the show.

Fair enough.

I just feel like I could pulverize one at 40 yards with anything in my gun cabinet. Like I said, I'm no turkey hunter. I've just shot lots of stuff.

I'd shoot a modified out to 25 yrds max. And that's assuming I was comfortable with shooting the pattern beforehand.


(That's why I shoot a 10ga with custom Nitros and a Jellyhead)

Small brain and stem

frickers are tough. I shot one through the heart with a .30-06 at close range. Pretty much blew the chest cavity off. Damn thing got up off the ground and flew 20-30 yards before he cratered.

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Your pattern is the size of a man hole cover, while rocket man's is the size of pie plate.

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Just so that I understand what you're saying here....you're saying that a pattern the size of a pie plate is too small to hit what you are aiming towards (I won't say aiming at, because obviously a 9" kill zone is too small for ya)?

I've been doing this all wrong. And here I though my 7mm pattern with a rifle was pretty good to deer hunt with. I wonder if I can equip my .280 with a modified choke and #4s?

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3" #4 inside thirty yards will stone em dead. You'll kill more with your set up than the super extra full nitro rocket blaster red dot scope folks.

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You mean, unless someone can manage to fit that head into the 9" kill radius they have. That's a pretty tall order, but I reckon there are a couple folks who can basically shoot a rifle inside a pie plate at 30 yards with a red dot scope....cause in essence, that is exactly what they are doing.