Originally Posted By: BrentM
A prophet is not without honor except in his own country Whild Bill. One of these days of these fellows are gonna learn to pay attention when you try to share some of your wisdom of the outdoors with them.


Indeed! Shooting them with a bow is smart. You know where that arrow is going; nobody has any idea where the shot from a shotgun is gonna go. And a turkey's heart makes a big target.

To each his own, but I want my turkey guns to shoot to the dot. I yelp at the turkey and get him to stick his head up. If the neck is fully extended, it's about 16" from the base of his neck to the top of his head. My kill pattern at 40 yds is about 16", so I aim halfway up the neck and can see his head just fine. Center that pattern on his neck and he will be hit the full length of his head and neck and be instantly dead. But all you really have to do is get any part of the pattern to intersect with any part of his head/neck, so there is a lot of room for aiming error.

If I tried to use Kentucky windage I know I would forget which way to aim and miss a lot more.

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