Favorite range?

[barry]

25-30 yards is my ideal range. Far enuff where my pattern has spread but close enuff where it doesn't spread all down in the body

[pseshooter300]

I like them 20-25

[Joe2Kool]

30-35 - best pattern without too much damage to meat.  Inside 40 and I pull the trigger.  Inside 25 I tend to shoot their heads off, and there are too many pellets in the breast meat.

[FttFttVroom!]

30-35 id great for my shotgun pattern.....much closer and I stand a good chance to miss em.

[RutnNStrutn]

The closer the better. I like to feed my addiction and get my heart pumping. With that said, 90% of my birds have been taken in the vicinity of 20 yards.

[TrackeySauresRex]

  voted 30/35

[ncturkey]

I picked 30 to 35. But I would not pass up a good shot at 40 yards. I have shot them a 3 yards. Some would ask why did you let him get so close. I shot him as so as I had a clear shot. It was not a pretty picture for sure.

[WildTigerTrout]

I voted 30 to 35 yards. Good patterns at that distance.

[3" 870 Shell Shucker]

The Patterns are at their best at 30-35 Yards.  Big and dense, like a hammer!!!

[maustypsu]

My pattern is most deadly at 25-30 yards. However my favorite range to shoot them at is inside 15 yards. 

Get 'Em close and know what your gun will do at that range. You might wet yourself but to me it is the greatest thrill in all of hunting. I've had to let a few start to walk away because I let them get into "knife" range. Those I'll never forget.

[Neill_Prater]

I prefer 36.5 yards, but it wasn't an option, so I voted for 30-35.  Neill

[njdevilsb]

There is nothing like having one right up close, and if I can do my part, I'd take one as close as they want to get.  Last year I shot one at about 15 yards, and seeing him blown up in full strut walking down that old dirt road is one of the coolest experiences I've ever had hunting.  I've shot some farther than that, and a couple closer than that.  It's hard for me to pick an answer.  Obviously shooting a slug sized pattern at his head isn't as easy as a 25-30 yard pattern, but the closer the better, as long as I can pull off the shot. 

[rbreedi1]

30 yards

[turkey slayer]

IMO there is no such thing as too close.  I like to get a little splatter on me.   

[Hognutz]

I voted 20-25 yds. Nice tight pattern for head mashing and few pellets, if any to the breast..