A head shot is the way to cleanly kill a turkey. The bones in the head and neck of even the biggest gobbler will break as easily as a clay target if your aim is true. I like a dense pattern of 1 1/8 oz. of #6 shot in a standard 2 3/4" load and haven't lost a turkey yet because I wasn't shooting a cannon. I won't take a shot over 40 yards without changing to 1 1/4 oz. loads of the same shot size just to maintain density.