Patterning your shotgun is the only way to learn its effective range. Testing your gun with different choke and loads can increase your hitting percentages by helping you find the ideal pattern spread ...

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 ...

Texas turkey hunter typically fires only one or two shots during the 37-day spring hunting season. Results of those very limited opportunities can greatly depend upon how many shots the hunter fires ...