We like our turkey hunts to end with one decisive kill shot. That is, a swarm of shotgun pellets striking the bird’s neck and skull while it stands or slowly walks, head held high, both feet grounded.
At least that’s what prospective turkey hunters have long learned in how-to-hunt primers and workshops. Kill shots delivered to stationary targets with No. 4 and smaller pellets have been standard turkey hunting medicine since the 1970s. That’s when...