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 ...

Warm weather has roused turkey hunters from their slumber, sending them afield for dawn patrols on lonely roads listening for gobbles. Finding and patterning turkeys is helpful, but it's also ...

Federal’s Flitecontrol was (shown on the right) produced this excellent 60-yard pattern on a Shoot-N-C turkey target. The Flitecontrol wad increases effective range over traditional wads (left) and ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The dirty little secret about shotguns is that some don't shoot straight. Another secret: Most people who own these guns don't realize they don't place shot where they're pointed. Why not? Because ...

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 ...