We live in the era of specialized turkey gear. Turkey-specific guns, loads, and chokes make it possible to cleanly kill turkeys at 50-plus yards. But here’s the catch: The super-tight patterns that ...

In the world of shotguns there are some large topics of dissension: lead, choke selection, gun fit, and shot size selection to name a few. But one surprisingly controversial topic is the subject of ...

Like anything, you can take patterning a shotgun too far. A turkey hunter told me once he spent $1,000 one winter buying XX-Full chokes and magnum loads for his guns, then he patterned them all to ...

Sure, you can kill turkeys all day with any old shotgun that will hold a decent pattern at 30 yards. But where’s the fun in that? New loads and chokes specialized for turkey hunting have improved ...

Patterning your shotgun is the only way to learn its effective range. Testing your gun with different chokes and loads can increase your hitting percentages by helping you find the ideal pattern ...

Tennessee's Turkey Season opens March 31. Turkey hunting's not easy- the turkey is among the most wily of American game, so turkey hunters know it's possible to go hunting and come back empty-handed.

Before I ever got serious about patterning turkey guns, chokes, and loads, I believed the 12 gauge was the king of the turkey woods — and always would be. Like many turkey hunters, I killed my first ...

THE key to a successful spring turkey hunt is knowing what your shotgun can and can not do. That will determine whether you walk out of the woods with a turkey over your shoulder. Knowing your firearm ...

The spring turkey season begins Friday for junior hunters and April 27 for all hunters throughout Arizona. Thousands of hunters will hike into the White Mountains and along the Mogollon Rim in pursuit ...