Non-toxic ammo recommendations for turkey.

I've used #4 steel in the past and it worked well enough. Kills like #6 lead.

If you're required to use non-lead shot, Hevi-shot #5 or #6 does a number out to 60+ yards.

Ive used the original hevishot years ago. Did OK. The newer stuff has to be better.

That would be my choice, but you can shoot steel if you'll open up the choke a bit. A modified tube will pattern steel shot pretty tight. Especially the smaller sizes like 4's, 5's, and 6's.

The non steel non toxic stuff can get expensive.

For the life of me I don't know why anyone would want to shoot steel shot at turkeys. Duck hunters have to use it because they can't use lead and the denser than lead stuff is too expensive to shoot waterfowl with. All they do is b###h about how much it sucks and how poorly it penetrates.

For turkey hunting the denser than lead stuff is fantastic. Yeah it's expensive but it's not like we are going on a dove shoot here. If I limit out on turkeys here in Alabama that's 5 shells I will have fired. A 5 pack of Hevi-13 costs less than 1/2 a tank of gas for my truck. Why skimp on the one thing that actually kills the turkey?

Hevi-13 not only out patterns lead but out penetrates it as well. It's not just denser than lead but way harder also. That being the case I don't see any reason to use anything larger than number 6 shot in Hevi-13. 6's will hold a killing pattern farther than 4's or 5's and kill just as far as your gun will hold a dense enough pattern.

Some body must live in California....

I'll give Hevi-Shot a try since I can't shoot steel through my tight choke. Thanks everyone.

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Hevi-Shot is no better than steel through a tight choke. You need to look into the Tungsten matrix stuff or Bismuth. It's expensive, but you don't shoot much turkey hunting.

I'll give Hevi-Shot a try since I can't shoot steel through my tight choke.

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What MC Gunner said! Hevi Shot is made of tungsten not a polymer of tungsten! It is harder than steel and could damage a choke that is meant for lead only!