Some of you guys may not have seen this photo if you dont look at N.Z hunting section.What range do guys in the U.S shoot your turkeys at?can you use lead shot on them?Turkeys are a pest out here in New Zealand i have shot hundreds of them,my record is 11 with 5 shots we just chase them on ATV til you get within 10-15 yards and cut them down i know this is not hunting them but they are just a pest out here.If any of you guys are in N.Z on hoilday or hunting trip and want some turkeys i'll take you out and you can shoot as many as you want. here is a turkey a mate from Canada shot with his 375H&H at 10 yards

beautiful country!

He on the east coat we use lead shot magnum loads and tight chokes. Often the shot legally can't be larger than #4.

Personally I use a sxs 10 gauge, but that is a little out of the norm.

Here in the US, regulations vary. Where I grew up in Texas you can hunt them with either a rifle or a shotgun as long as the shot no larger than BB size.
Here in Indiana and over in Missouri where I do most of my hunting now, you aren't allowed to hunt with a rifle and the shot size is limited to no larger than #4 shot.
Most birds are taken inside of 40 yards, with many being as close as 20 or less if you're any good w/ a call.
Wish I could make it down there, I really enjoy calling and watching them display during our spring season.

In CA you can only use a shotgun or air rifle to take turkey. I am not sure what the max shot size is but I use #4s with extra full and full chokes.

One of my hunting buddies frequently uses his 22 cal pellet rifle. Much more of a challenge. I don't see much of a challenge hunting turkey with a rilfe, but I haven't tried it. However, if I can pick off a ground squirrel at 300 yards, hitting a turkey in the head at 100 yds can't be much more difficult. Lou

Hunting them in NZ is a lot different than hunting them here. They aren't as wary in NZ. The first two I killed in NZ, I called with my mouth (no call used), and I am NOT good at it at all. I was not hidden very well. I had two gobblers run up to about 15 yards and start strutting. I would not have had a chance in hell of doing that in central Florida on some Osceola gobblers.

They are extremely wary and paranoid here in the US.

We use shotguns usually, although rifles are permitted in some states. The rifles take the fun and skill out of it.

I personally shoot 3 1/2 inch magnum #6's. Headshots only. Normally less than 40 yards.

There isn't much like watching them gobble and strut.

Sounds like a perfect place for an old turkey shooter to retire - hunt 365 days a year and no limit. Do the turkeys there have any predators?

The turkey the hunter was holding up looks like he derived from a Rio Grande turkey. Do you have any idea where your turkeys were stocked from?

Here is a picture of some hens taken outside my office window this morning. You can see there is less white on their tails than the one the hunter is holding up.