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 ...

After years of getting bigger, turkey shotguns are now shrinking as small-gauge options attract interest among hunters. While you can still find new 3½-inch 12-gauges decked out for the spring woods, ...

Two years ago, my confidence was overflowing as I attempted for the fifth time to complete my Grand Slam by taking an Osceola gobbler near Daytona Beach, Florida. Armed with a Stoeger M3500 semi-auto ...