Wild Turkey population is tanking across most of its range

I was running a chainsaw this morning along the edge of my cornfield and saw a ton strut out of the woods onto a knob. Kept running the saw and a few minutes later looked to see several dozen turkeys coming out. I went to my truck and sat in the seat and glassed them for a while. Ended up with 14 toms, 5 jakes, and more than 30 hens. I havenā€™t seen that many on our place dating back to when turkey numbers were booming!
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How near is his season?
 
I had a kid ask yesterday if he could hunt. I think youth season starts next week, maybe?
 
Trying to figure out a 2nd 20 gauge turkey gun to use, so two sons can hunt at the same time. Would you guys be ok using 2.75" federal tss 9 pushing only 1 1/8 oz load from an old single shot model 37 Winchester? Barrel is stamped - choke which most likely means a full choke I think. In keeping with the spirit of the thread, shots would be kept to a max of 25 yards.
 
Mortenson said:
Trying to figure out a 2nd 20 gauge turkey gun to use, so two sons can hunt at the same time. Would you guys be ok using 2.75" federal tss 9 pushing only 1 1/8 oz load from an old single shot model 37 Winchester? Barrel is stamped - choke which most likely means a full choke I think. In keeping with the spirit of the thread, shots would be kept to a max of 25 yards.
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At 25 yards, I wouldnt be worried about 2 3/4ā€ lead 6ā€™s
 
I never worry about shells. Have shot turkeys with dove loads (head shot with lots of pellets), and steel duck loads. I'm not much on pushing limits for distance, but I'd say at 25yds anything would work. Just throw a pattern on something real quick to make sure you know what's going out there and you'll be fine.
 
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