410 for turkey????

[Intruder]

I have an extra turkey choke designed for longer range Bone.  It is optimized for 40-60 yards and does well at those extended ranges.  I bought it for open country turkey in Idaho and it works great.  I put rifle type sights on my turkey shotgun and it is very lethal and accurate at range.  A lot of turkeys hang up at 50 yards...

Not disagreeing w/ you Pope cuz I've experienced the same thing in some of the open country in E. Washington.  Much of the range issues however, can be minimized by your setup.  With run and gun hunting it can be challenging but over the years I've found by really concentrating on setups you can put birds into the 35 yard and in zone more often than not.  My gun setup will easily kill birds to 50 yards.  That being said, it's just not that "critical" to being successful the vast majority of the time.    

[yelp]

I guess it's like using a .22 LR on a deer.  It might work but it also might not. 

I have an extra turkey choke designed for longer range Bone.  It is optimized for 40-60 yards and does well at those extended ranges.  I bought it for open country turkey in Idaho and it works great.  I put rifle type sights on my turkey shotgun and it is very lethal and accurate at range.  A lot of turkeys hang up at 50 yards...

Pope, I think 50 yards is in the turkey handbook or something isn't that the truth...  Bone can call em in for ya its easy!   

[Intruder]

I wouldn't try it either.  I saw a gobbler shot 3 times at 30 yards with a 12gauge with 3 1/2 inch turkey scuds.  Each time it fell over and got back up.  After the 3rd shot it stood up and flew off. 

There's no way that bird was shot in the head.  With a 12 guage and good quality turkey loads, and an appropiate choke; 30 yards = dead bird 100% of the time if the shooter is hitting em in the head.

[Wacenturion]

Shooting a turkey at 50-60 yards, just isn't turkey hunting too me.   

[yelp]

I wouldn't justify using any shotgun at 50-60 yards.  Thats jsut plain silly.  Enjoy the day and call them in closer.  Its not that difficult.  Hell I do it all the time and don't even use a call.

I have done that several times myself...why spend all that money on calls...Sometimes your voice can be deadly.  Especially the gobble.  But when I do it I usually have slobber all over my facemask..LOL

[yelp]

Shooting a turkey at 50-60 yards, just isn't turkey hunting too me.   

I guess it depends on if it looks like this......    On a serious note my wife killed her first turkey at 55 yards and I still had to jump on it with a pile driver move like a WWF wrestler... I always use 40 yards anymore as my max...

[Pathfinder101]

I wouldn't try it either.  I saw a gobbler shot 3 times at 30 yards with a 12gauge with 3 1/2 inch turkey scuds.  Each time it fell over and got back up.  After the 3rd shot it stood up and flew off. 

There's no way that bird was shot in the head.  With a 12 guage and good quality turkey loads, and an appropiate choke; 30 yards = dead bird 100% of the time if the shooter is hitting em in the head.

I am sure it wasn't, but it's pretty hard to control those bbs.  I know it was just bad luck, but it happened.  tough birds.

[highclimber]

I have used a 410 to shoot grouse always drop them. But Their are not a lot of pellets. So your aim has to be right on. Would not recommend it for someone who has not used one a lot. And I always use a 12 gage for turkey.