If you don’t mind me asking, what kind of choke are you using in the 10? I have a BPS, but it doesn’t pattern 5 shot well past 35 yards for some reason.

Thats the plan what is this flop you speak of? LOL

Try 20 yards.

Guess I’m in the minority, I can’t believe how many guys don’t think you need to pattern a shotgun? Went pheasant hunting with a guy with a new never shot gun, he was missing everything, found out his pattern was shooting 5-6” to the left? Brand new guns don’t always shoot where you’re aiming them!

Scary the amount of bad advice here my guess it’s from people with little real experience with hunting them. First day and the 3rd week into the season are 2 way different birds to hunt, Public birds are even worse to even get a bead on them.

Ave, I have shot 10 ga for yrs mine love heavy shot mag blend you might try it 60yds is a flop everytime. But yrs ago I put a scope on it as the pattern was to the right without scope and trying to guess where to hold a longer ranges just isnt good. farthest bird ever took was at 70yds in a wide open field he went down and I ran up quick stomped his head and was prepared to have to shoot him more if need be actually I expected to but got lucky. i use a sp10 most times.

You don’t understand TSS and have never shot it have you, lol. TSS doesn’t get hung up in the meat. A properly patterned shotgun/choke/shell load hits where you aim…not all over the turkey. In the event you do get some stray shot it passes through. My son got excited on his Washington Merriam last year and shot a little early. Bird was dead right where hit shot it. When cleaning we found where some shot went through the left breast, through the center cartilage, and out the right breast. The only way we knew it went all the way through was they fact it drug a feather completely through with it…the feather was poking out of the right side breast. And for the record out of 5-6 turkeys last year, my farthest shot was 23yds. TSS is for those open prairie areas where I think it’s 30yds in the excitement and realize it was a little farther when going to pick up my bird. I’ve never seen a wounded turkey from TSS, but have shot birds with plenty of old lead shot in them.

I agree that's why I always use a Duke number one coil spring for coyotes cause if you can't get them to step dead center on that little pan your doing it wrong!

Lol!!!!

Wanna Be, it is a wasted effort to explain

Lots of talk that have no experience with TSS. Shoot it and then come back to me and we will talk

Many guys on here have only ever killed a handful of turkeys, and those turkeys were years ago in the "good ole days"

Now every tom, dick, and harry turkey hunt

I never said it can't be done with other methods, just that my method is more effective and efficient, and I load it for about the same price as Longbeard XR lead shot

Regardless of the shells using lead, tss you need a good pattern is what the original poster asked. Just don't want another TSS debate but maybe proper pattern debate?

Good luck. Apparently only TSS has a proper pattern these days.

I knew someone would bite. Coondagger2, Wanna Be I kill my Turkey every year with one shot without TSS. If you can't handle that I don't use TSS that's your issue. Coondagger2 as usual someone making a comment on one's experience without any knowledge of them. Use your TSS if you wish and good luck. Over it!

Plenty of proper patterns can be had with lead

But when you tell someone their pattern isn't good enough here comes the TSS hate train

Swift, please tell me how many turkeys/animals you have killed with TSS. I think you will find my statement to be true

Body count doesn't mean you are a better hunter, it means you are a better killer. Extending your range allows you to kill more. Getting more birds in closer means you are a better hunter. It boils down to what you are after out of your hunt.

LOL The crying over TSS is hilarious.

TSS is King.

I've shot everything over the years. Never thought it would get better than HEVI-SHOT. TSS is absolutely devastating.

No one is crying over TSS. We are simply stating you don't NEED it to kill turkeys. Lead works fine.

Good grief, who said that? Going to talk to my 7 month old grandson, he understands what’s being said better than a lot of grown men

Because every thread for the last few years on here about pattern density can be summed up as "TSS, or you're not a turkey hunter"