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 20-gauge is the trendy gun among waterfowlers right now, and it’s easy to understand why. It’s light, it’s supposedly fast-handling, it’s softer-shooting with the right loads, and it’s effective ...

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August is a month of preparation, a month when dove hunters are mulling what they need in the way of gear. Some will decide they need a new shotgun. I’ve shot doves with everything from a single-shot ...

Smallbores are in right now, and 20-gauge shotguns are having another moment. This current trend should last for a long time, too. New ammo for 20-gauges makes them almost as capable as a 12-gauge. As ...

I was among the first writers to hunt with the new-at-the time Browning A5 when the company reintroduced that classic “humpback” design in 2012. As a small platoon of other media members and I tromped ...

I have long been a fan of Robert Ruark. If you hunt and fish or have anything to do with firearms but don't know who Robert Ruark is, well, you should. Robert Chester Ruark Jr. was born in 1915 in ...

After extensive testing of 20-gauge ammo, we might retire our 12-gauge for turkey hunting. Modern ammo and high-performance choke tubes enable a 20-gauge to throw lethal patterns to and beyond ethical ...

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