Every shot at a turkey is a unique and random event. You throw hundreds of pellets downrange, hoping a few find the head and neck. It’s a target, as one custom choke maker once described it to me, ...

Tungsten Super Shot is the hottest thing to hit the turkey hunting world since the pop-up blind, but still, so many hunters don’t understand its performance — or its limitations. In hopes of shedding ...

Hunters who are looking for a lighter shotgun to carry for spring turkey hunting season, may want to consider a .410. Recent advancements in shot shell technology have made small .410 shotguns a ...

The hottest magnum 12-gauge turkey loads are incredibly effective, but they aren’t always necessary. At 30 yards, a 3.5-inch turkey load delivering a 2 ¼-ounce payload of Tungsten Super Shot is, well, ...

BEAR GRASS, N.C. — As difficult as it is to bag a spring gobbler, veteran turkey hunters enjoy upping the ante and adding to the challenge. For many of those hunters, it means leaving their 12-gauge ...

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 ...

After extensive testing of 20-gauge ammo, we might retire our 12-gauge for turkey hunting. Modern ammo and high-performance choke tubes enable a 20-gauge to throw lethal patterns to and beyond ethical ...