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 ...

There are a myriad of shotshell loads advertised as turkey loads these days. To get just a taste of the variety available, please see Joe Genzel’s article The Best Turkey Loads of 2024, Tested and ...

From March to May of 2022, I tested nine different turkey shotshells, shooting more 3-inch, 2-ounce loads (around 200) than most hunters will in a lifetime of chasing toms. I patterned a bulk of the ...

With the right choke and shot combination, a 20-gauge shoots some mighty tight turkey hunting patterns. Over the last couple of weeks, I tested various turkey loads in Remington V3 and Winchester SX3 ...

These are the time tested turkey hunting shotguns that our editors use every spring. In fact, these are the best turkey guns of all time.

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 ...

Many things about successfully bagging a spring gobbler can be debated, but there is no argument that the single most important factor in consistently filling a tag is knowing where a turkey gun ...

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 ...

Turkey hunters are fanatical about finding the perfect turkey loads. While turkey shotguns haven’t changed too much in the last few decades, loads—including 12-gauge, 20-gauge, and .410 bore—have ...

CLYDE, Kan. – Hunting spring gobbler has come a long since the mid-1970s, when it was still primarily an obsession of those in the Deep South. Now, the four subspecies of wild turkey are hunted as far ...

When April arrives, I automatically develop a case of “wild turkey fever,” an annual spring malady that has been afflicting me for over 50 years. I find myself habitually sorting out turkey hunting ...