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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

To pattern a turkey gun, the sight is as important as the load and the choke. Turkey hunters have four choices for sights. If you have an all-purpose shotgun, the ...

The 12 gauge is the king of the turkey woods, and probably always will be. But the little .410 bore seems to be gaining more traction season after season. This is largely thanks to the popularity of ...

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 ...

We were set up against one of my favorite trees in Turkeyville. We were sitting next to each other; but I'd purposely positioned my partner in the best position, because I wasn't feeling very well. On ...

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 ...

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North Florida's spring turkey gobbler hunting season gets underway next Saturday (March 19-April 24), with Georgia's turkey season opening a week later (March 26-May 15). So area tom turkey chasers ...

“See any feathers?” my hunting buddy called out to me. His voice was a mixture of remorse and desperation, but not much hope. I was about 40 yards away and didn’t answer. Thirty minutes earlier he had ...