Where do you aim?

[SB]

Aim where the neck meets feathers at the waddles.  If you aim directly at the head half of your pattern is in no mans land above him, thus increasing room for air. 

[RadSav]

... thus increasing room for air.

And let me tell you...Air is not a good thing after shooting a turkey.   Had one cover two pastures flying dead!  Luckily there were no trees to block my view.

[Jonathan_S]

Normally aim for the red waddles, hasn't let me down yet!


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Dewlap or caruncle?

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

I really depends on how far I had to chase the bird and timing the shot between uncontrolled breathing......   Neck and head is what I try for.

[DOUBLELUNG]

In close I hold on the base of the beak, further out I lollipop the head on my bead; my go to turkey shotgun patterns a bit high, right on left-right with about 60% of the pellets in the top half of the circle when I hold dead on.  I think I'm 15/18 on one-shot kills, and 16/18 on kills (shot one twice to kill it, missed a tom once, and shot one once that I hit hard but disappeared into a long steep draw full of snowberry and couldn't find him despite searching 5 hours).  My goal is to never shoot past 40 yards, even though my favorite load averages 6 pellets in the head and neck at 55.  Furthest shot to date was 38 yards, and he's the one I shot twice.

[PA BEN]

As said before, pattern your gun at 10 yds, 20 yds, 30 yds, 40 yds and 50yds. My gun will kill a tom dead at 50 yds, I aim at the top of his head. 10 to 30 I aim mid. neck, 40 center of the head. Use a turkey target, here is one to download and print off.
http://www.winchester.com/library/targets/Pages/Targets.aspx

[dawei]

Just curious what others do? I personally aim for the gobblers head and have great success, tho I see on TV a lot of shots are taken at the base of the neck. Just curious where others aim?

I always aim for the base of the neck.

[Dhoey07]

I pull on them like a pheasant as they flush

[MR5x5]

ear

[PlateauNDN]

I just close my eyes and pump three times

How does your wife like that method? 

You looking for pointers to improve wifey's happiness?

3 & done   bullriders at least last 8 seconds.

[Karl Blanchard]

I just close my eyes and pump three times

How does your wife like that method? 

You looking for pointers to improve wifey's happiness?

3 & done   bullriders at least last 8 seconds.

hey I don't make the rules,  WDFW says 3, so that's what I've got to work with

[BOWHUNTER45]

Middle of the neck with a shotgun ...and threw the thigh with a bow ...Yes head shots are great if you are good enough ...shooting threw the thighs seems to be a more guaranteed recovery ...trust me , I been threw a few times and lost a couple by hitting to low or just missing the wing butt ..The 2 I killed with my bow were both thigh shots and they went no where ...just flopping all over the ground 

[Tom Tamer]

With my bow i only take head Shots.

Broadheads?

Why not? I use the Flambeau foam dekes, pin them to a block style target and practice out to 30 on the head, out to 50 on the body. they work great and I usually can find them on clearnance for about 8-10 bucks.

[Jonathan_S]

With my bow i only take head Shots.

Broadheads?

Why not? I use the Flambeau foam dekes, pin them to a block style target and practice out to 30 on the head, out to 50 on the body. they work great and I usually can find them on clearnance for about 8-10 bucks.

I guess because I don't turkey hunt out of a blind or with decoys so I really don't feel like adding another degree of difficulty and/or a marginal shot.  Also broadheads are spendy