I loaned my Ruger 17HMR to a friend who has a farm locally, as he was wanting to play with one before purchasing one....

His 15 year old kid got a hold of it when he saw a flock of turkeys running across their property.. climbed up in the barn loft, and with 10 shots, had 10 dead turkeys....

so a shotgun seems a little overkill to say the least....

use to be tons of them in my little area, but the coyotes put a major dent in that....