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 ...

It wasn’t all that long ago when turkey hunters firmly believed the larger the shot size in their shells, the better the chance for bagging a hen or tom. That flawed thinking has changed. Today, ...

A dedicated turkey gun must shoot an even, dense pattern, naturally point on target, and easily maneuver through the hardwoods. The Beretta A300 Ultima Turkey accomplishes all of these tasks and more, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...