Turkey

Prepare for Turkey Season

Things to do before heading out into the turkey woods.

Before you head out to the turkey woods, be sure and pattern your gun. I don't care how long you have hunted with it, you still need to pattern it every year, especially if you've switched to a different size shot or even the same as you always use but different brands. Even little things can throw your pattern off.

A Turkey Shotgun

A turkey shotgun is more rifle than it is shotgun. Sure, a shotgun is designed to throw as many pellets as possible in a 30-inch circle to hit flying birds or fast moving small game — the exact opposite of turkey hunting — in which your goal is to put as many pellets as possible into a tight 10-inch circle.