Let's stir the hunting with a .410 pot again

[DaMadman]

Read a really interesting article in Buckmasters Gun Hunter magazine last night. I must admit that I read most of it and skimmed the rest but it was all about a couple guys that Turkey hunt with .410 and have been getting a bunch of crap about it.
They have been told it is unethical to use such a small caliber on a turkey so on and so on.

One of the guys limits his shots to 35 yards (which seems to me to be a reach for a .410 on turkey) but the other guy limits his shots to 25 yards and both claim to never have lost a bird, and get good clean kills by limiting theirselve to this range. I think one was using 3 inch shells and the other 2-1/2

Each state that they have patterned their guns out to the maximum range they will shoot and get about a dozen pellets in the kill zone on a paper turkey target consistently.

These guys are trying to get manufacturers to load "Turkey" loads for the .410 and trying to find a .410 shotgun that can be set up as a "Turkey" gun. (adjustable fiber optic sites, shorter barrel, sling swivels and such) well nobody is making a .410 "turkey" Gun.

So Just opinions here guys lets find out how you feel about turkey hunting with a .410.

Is it unethical to use a small bore shotgun like a .410 if the hunter limits his maximum shooting distance to a range he knows he can make a clean kill? Would it be unethical for a maufacturer to market a .410 shotgun that is all setup with the "Turkey Gun" sights and short barrel and sling" Would it be unethical for remington or winchester to market a 3 in "Turkey Load" in .410?

Whataya think?

If you were into hunting Turkeys purely for the challenge of doing it would you use a caliber as small as a .410?

I think the guys in the article have just been hunting for so long and hunt so much that they decided, it would be more sporting and more chalenging for them, to use a smaller caliber and only shoot the turkeys that they can get within range. In essence it is all about the challenge of getting the Turkey close enough to be within range of the .410 instead of shooting the bird out a 50 yards with a 2 oz 10 guage turkey load they are making things more interesting and challenging by having to call them in to the 25 - 35 yard range to get a kill shot

Whataya think?