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

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** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The best way to determine how a ...

With the opening day of spring gobbler season about six weeks away, now is a great time to prepare for those upcoming days in the turkey woods. Quiet camouflage clothing, good hiking boots and an ...

April is coming, and many turkey hunters are salivating over new choke tubes and the hottest new turkey loads. Turkey hunters aren't unique to the syndrome. It affects waterfowl hunters and target ...

It is an unfortunate fact that the vast majority of shotgunners head into the field each fall without first proving their scattergun’s real-world performance on a patterning board. This ...

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 ...

Aftermarket chokes have proven to increase shotgun pattern density at the target. But it’s not that common to see pheasant hunters using these specialized steel tubes that are engineered to take ...

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 ...