I've been duck hunting with people that shoot at ducks out of range...some ask "why didn't you shoot ?"....my reply is usually along the lines of they were out of range
Most times when you shoot at game with a shotgun there's a good chance it's not a clean miss....both parties leave with something.
A rifle carries no quarantee of a clean kill either.
Truth.
I love it when a guy says "I called in a big gobbler but I missed him". Face it.........a standing turkey is pretty hard to "miss".
Had a guy tell me and a buddy that very thing one day. The next day........on the same small ridgetop where the guy missed......I called a slob of a gobbler in for my buddy and he downed it. The bird's breast was riddled with #6 shot. My buddy uses #4's.
Ethical turkey hunting is not solely dependent on one's choice of firearm.
