Turkey shoot

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A turkey shoot is a term for an extremely one-sided battle or contest.^[1]

The term likely originates from a method of hunting wild turkeys in which the hunter, coming upon a flock, intentionally scatters them. Once the flock is scattered, the hunter sets up and waits, as the scattered flock will return to that point individually, making them easy targets.^{[citation needed]}