Originally Posted by GuideGun
I've killed turkeys way further than I care to admit with T9s...never once have I lost a bird that I cleanly hit with shot. I shoot the Apex GT-20 1-5/8oz load in my little single shot 20 gauge turkey rig. With a .555" Indian Creek choke I get around 350 hits in a 10" circle at 40 yards. Dense, but even pattern. I'm setting up a 12 gauge SX4 this spring for birds. I ordered a .665" Indian Creek to start, and likely shoot T8s in the big 3.5" hull.

TSS you just gotta see to believe. 7 gobblers have fallen to my little 20 gauge. Not one has moved after being shot.


I've only killed a few spring turkey in fields, clear cuts, actually. I've killed most in swamp bottomlands. Doubt I've ever killed a bird much past 35 yards, and the closest about 10 yards. #5 and #6 has always killed them just as dead. I've never lost a bird. One of the benefits of Winchester XX is that you get a bit of a spread closer in. That's an advantage when you bring them in close.

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