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Federal Premium Mag-Shok Heavyweight No. 7 turkey loads kill gobblers at 50 yards and beyond.

Associate Digital Editor David Herman traveled to the Yucatan peninsula to hunt ocellated turkey and the elusive coatimundi using Federal’s Heavyweight TSS. Here are his thoughts on the incredibly effective shotshell.

Federal's new Heavyweight TSS turkey loads provide the ability to increase pellet count via smaller shot size while increasing downrange energy and penetration.

Federal’s new blended Heavyweight TSS loads combine No. 7 and No. 9, or No. 8 and No. 10 shot to deliver extremely high pellet-count patterns.

Federal introduces Heavyweight TSS shotshells with Tungsten Super Shot pellets, which the company says are 56 percent denser than lead, resulting in more energy and higher velocities at extreme range.

Trulock has announced a new line of chokes that have been carefully engineered to achieve maximum performance with Federal Premium’s new Heavyweight TSS No. 7 and No. 9 turkey loads.

When turkey hunting, where you may get only one shot all season, I recommend shooting the most potent load available.

If you've hunted turkeys, odds are you've seen a couple of gobblers fight—or, at the very least, tear up a decoy. If you haven't, check out this video.