How far do you shoot?

[donjuan]

With all the ads of 40, 60, and 75 yard kills and effective range, I'm just curious how long you would say your average kill is?  I would estimate mine to be 30 yards.  I was just wondering this as I was struggling to find a combo for my wifes 20 ga that gives a useful pattern at close range and at 40.  It didn't seem worth it to shoot a slug at 20 yards to get a 40 yard pattern if we don't shoot that far.  Just getting cabin fever thinking about the season!

[sbraham]

12-15 yards. I use the longbeards 3" #5 but still like to be able to see them blink

[hookedspur]

My average shot is probably about 20.
I have a 20 Encore that shoots Nitro Co. and H13 straight 7s with a sumToy 562-5 tube real well , and its not overly tight at 20yards
 

[Tail Feathers]

I'm well prepared for a 40 yard turkey war...give or take a few yards for range mis-estimation.

[stinkpickle]

I'm gonna guess most are in the 30-35 yard range.

[willy8457]

Between 20 and 30 yards

[alclark2]

30ish

[tomstopper]

25 to 35 yards

[flintlock]

30 yards black powder. 

[jakesdad]

Have shot exactly one bird pushing 40 yds. Everything else has been 25 or less

[bamagtrdude]

Within 30.  Longest shot ever - 52 yards.  I personally never want to repeat that.

[Gobble!]

 

[silvestris]

20 yards.  I am ashamed at Winchester for touting the purported 60 yard performance of the Longbeard XR.  A pellet fired at a particular muzzle velocity only retains so much energy at a specific distance.  Turkey hunting should be an up close and personal endeavor.

[donjuan]

For the record, I am not condoning long range shots like we see in some of the ads.  I just wanted to see who else likes them in tight.  I wish I could say I killed them all at 15 steps, but 30 is probably my honest average because we hunt alot of open fields here in KS

[Cut N Run]

As close as I can get 'em.  The longest shot I ever took was around 40 and I lost him. (shooting Win 1&3/4 copper plated #6s).  I'm real reluctant to try long shots again, even though since switching to Hevi 6s or 7s, that won't be a problem. I mainly hunt tight cover where there's not a lot of opportunity for long shots anyway.  I have killed way more inside of 25 yards than beyond that.  The closest was 6 yards.

Jim