Home Forums Birds & Dogs Turkey Hunting 20 Gauge Pop Guns - Do you turkey hunt with one?

Killed about 90 turkeys with a Western Field(Mossberg 500) 20 and 3" Winchester copper-plated 4s and 6s from the original full choke(actually mikes to Xfull). Won a semi-auto 12 at a banquet and switched to a 12 with 3 inch magnum 4s for a couple dozen more turkeys. Then got a titanium shoulder from playing softball too long and after shooting a couple more turkeys with the 12 I have switched to a Weatherby SA-08 semi-auto 20 with Indian Creek choke tube, good recoil pad, and 2 3/4" Winchester Super Pheasant 5s. My wife shoots the same loads in my Verona 20 O/U. They kill turkeys just fine out to 35 yards, and don't bruise our shoulders despite the light shotguns.

I've got a Mossberg 500 in both 12 and 20 but this year I'll be using this long neck Jake Decoy 20 ga.. It's a visual decoy I invented that when it putts ,it kicks out Federal Heavyweight #7 with flite control-- Its' mouth is made from a non ported Undertaker good for 40+ yards. Web

I hope to own a M2 20 ga one day very soon! I've got a youth model Charles Daly 20ga that needs a little tuning to be a killer but it'll get setup and be my oldest boys turkey gun most likely.

My 870 youth compact camo.

I just built my dad and I 20ga's this year to hunt with. Found us some youth Rem 870 models with 21" barrels, polished the barrels, replaced the youth stock with Knoxx Ajustable stocks, forearm wood with synthetic, receiver drilled and tapped with weaver base, worked up a TSS reload, and about to mount Burris FFII's then sight in. I'm in the process of painting my gun. Leaving dad's all black. Both guns are throwing some very nice patterns at 40 yards. Can't wait to test them on some longbeards. It will be nice carring these light 20ga's vs. our traditonal 12ga's.