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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

While Hevi-Shot Magnum Blend is in my opinion and experience the most effective turkey load out there, the fact remains that tungsten-based loads are expensive. Many turkey hunters may not have the ...

This is why you should pattern your shotguns. Last week, I tested a selection of popular turkey hunting loads, including two flavors of Winchester's popular Long Beard XR 12-gauge loads. The ...

Turkey loads filled with tungsten super shot pellets have become popular in recent years despite the high prices they demand. But this spring, we might hit the threshold of what turkey hunters are ...

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 ...

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, ...

This is why you should pattern your shotguns. Last week, I tested a selection of popular turkey hunting loads, including two flavors of Winchester's popular Long Beard XR 12-gauge loads. The ...