Rio Grande Turkey Hunt with Carlson's Choke Tubes

by

Shawn Skipper

posted on May 6, 2015

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Entering the spring 2015 turkey season, Web Managing Editor Shawn Skipper still hadn't harvested a thunder chicken. That changed during a weekend with Scott Carlson of Carlson's Choke Tubes. Get an inside look at Shawn's hunt—during which he was armed with a Weatherby SA-459 Turkey, topped with a Weaver Kaspa and loaded with Winchester's Long Beard XR—with this gallery.

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