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A turkey is not an easy to bird to kill unless you have a dense pattern. The more shot you have in a load the better chance you will have that dense pattern.
I was patterning the 20 gauge that I bought for my grandson when he was 4 weeks old this spring. he was finally old enough to hunt this spring. When I was shooting to see just where it point of aim was I used some cheep dove shells. I never saw so many holes in a pattern in my life. It would have been hard to kill a dove with them. When I switched to the turkey loads it had a great pattern. I wouldn't hesitate shooting out to 30 yards but with the limited amount of shot in the shell i wouldn't want to stretch it any farther.
I shoot a Mossberg 835 3 1/2 inch, not because I need the extra power, I want the extra lead to do the job. I also shoot 6's because of all the extra shot compared to 5's or 6's. I have had to shoot some pretty long distances on some stubborn limb hangers that didn't want to commit suicide.
Remember that most of the programs you watch on the tube are not the real world.
I have also taken a few with my double 12 front stuffer that I had to get to under 20 yards to be sure of a good kill. The one year huting with it I let 5 nice toms walk because they were not close enough to make sure they dropped stone dead.
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