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I can't even imagine shooting a turkey that far away except with maybe a rifle, which I have done (the rifle part, not the distance). I won't take a rear shot or a quartering away shot. Toms always seem to be pivoting and unless I have a clear line of sight to the head/neck, I don't pull. Exception was a few fall turkeys in my youth that I took with buckshot during deer season. I don't hunt with any optics or red dots. I hunt over fiber optic "rifle" sights mounted on my rib or down a rib with a HiViz sight. Much past 40 yards and it feels like I'm just shooting in that general direction. I know how my guns pattern and won't shoot beyond its reasonable capability. I also hunt cypress and tupelo bottomlands and getting a clear shot at much over 35 yards is rare.