What's your personal minimum?

[3" 870 Shell Shucker]

Back in the 1980's, many people said you were good to go with a consistent 5 pellets in the head and neck of a turkey target.  Now we want to see 50.

[Gobble!]

I go by the all mighty 10" circle and I want no less than 100 evenly spaced.

[buck_hunter21]

I have to have 100 in a 10 inch circle at 40. If I don't have that I'm looking for a new combo.

[chatterbox]

I go by the all mighty 10" circle and I want no less than 100 evenly spaced.

Thjs^^^^^^^^^

[Gooserbat]

I shoot tungsten shot, and to be honest I'm not satisfied unless I see 200/10. Overkill yes but I pay for performance and I in return expect performance.

[Phire Phite]

I go by the all mighty 10" circle and I want no less than 100 evenly spaced.

Thjs^^^^^^^^^

With today's loads this should be it for a base.

[owlhoot]

   With todays loads 120 in the 10" at 40 with 4's
130 in the 10 "  with 5's                                                                                                                                              With 6's and 7's 140 in the 10"
With today's loads it is done with multiple loads and chokes with 12 gauge 3".

In a 3 1/2 i would bump up 20 pellets.

In a 20 gauge i would accept a 100 in the 10". Except for hevi or Fed hwt 120+
The fixed choke or 2 3/4" classic guns i would accept 100 in the 10".
                                         
                                         

[howl]

You're still good to go, but that should be the range you subtract ten yards from to account for estimation errors. I look for 10 in 2" with no holes well out around it so I can miss and still get the bird.

[Tom Foolery]

From my 3" 12 gauge guns I want to see- 150 in the 10" and 280-300 in the 20"

H13 6's and H13 7's, LB #6's will also hold the above #'s


From my 20 gauge I want to see- 120 in the 10" and 220 in the 20"

H13 6's, H13 7's and HW #7's will hold the above #'s


The old 3.5" candles I shot from my 835 were - 180-200 in the 10" and 300+ in the 20" from H13 6's and they were 270-300 in the 10" and 400+ in the 20" with H13 7's.  The 7's were devastating.

[chatterbox]

Back in the 1980's, many people said you were good to go with a consistent 5 pellets in the head and neck of a turkey target.  Now we want to see 50.

I would tend to think that this had more to do with shot shell and choke technology than anything else.
We now have a plethora of chokes, loads and guns that make that technology obsolete.
Model T's were great in their prime. Doesn't mean I would want to take one down a modern highway.

[drum817]

I know most folks say 100 in the ten inch , but for personal choices I like no less than 150 in the ten at fourty yards.  This is totally a personal preference.

[surehuntsalot]

95-110 in the 10

[10gaugemag]

95-110 in the 10

x2. Not a longbeard  around can handle this.

[catman529]

I don't pay for high dollar shells so I don't expect optimum results. I do want to kill one dead inside 40 yards and the loads I have do so unless I looked over the barrel....won't happen anymore since I put on a ghost ring instead of a bead. I don't have a number of pellets but 10 in the head/ neck sounds like a decent minimum to shoot for. I really don't know where all the lethal parts of a turkeys neck and head are, but would assume the spine, base of the skull and brain are all dead if they get a pellet.


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[Longshanks]

Hunting purposes:

120's of 6's in a 10 @ 40. or 200+ of 7's in a 10 @ 40.