Are tungsten turkey loads worth the money?

[schmalts]

I have never had a problem with copper coated lead. So it is a no for me

 

[Sheltowee]

I appreciate very much everyone's input on something I have no real experience with. I was always chasing fish in the spring instead of chasing turkeys.

I have decided to go ahead and cough up the money for TSS. It's difficult because I am an incredibly cheap SOB, ask my wife.
The reason is, on this hunt, we are allowed to take feral hogs and coyotes. We are only allowed to possess birdshot though. I'm pretty sure that TSS will likely be more lethal to a hogs noggin than copper plated shot. If you agree or disagree, let me know. This has been a good discussion.

Can confirm it’ll knock the fire out of a smallish Kansas coyote at about 35 yards.

 

[Mallardsx2]

My daughter shot a gobbler last spring at 35 yards with her 20 gauge using lead Winchester #5’s.

Prior to the season, I tried several different lead/choke combinations and I settled on one that was “meh” at 30 yards.

That gobbler was soaking up that 20 gauge load like nothing I have ever seen and I’ve killed a pile of turkeys…

Long story short, after a reload or two and a bit of a foot chase, we finally got the bird killed and when the smoke finally cleared I decided that I was 100% switching her to tss#9’s next season or she is going to have to start using my turkey gun. That 20 gauge with lead shot was very underwhelming.

Opportunities simply don’t come easy to us where we live and I want her to have clean kills.

I can’t blame anyone for using or wanting to use tss.

 

[Sheltowee]

I should add: for best results, don't choke TSS too much. I get better patterns with a factory full than I do a tighter turkey choke.

What's your set up this year ?

I'm still packing the cannon 3.5" Remington 12 ga. with Holosun RedDot, Shooting 3.5" TSS with a TSS chock. I did by a 410 Stevens 26" with a Holoson Red dot. TSS chock and TSS shells. This is set up for my Granddaughters 1st hunt. I do travel to 6-7 States most years and cannon has dropped some...

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