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New for 2021: Franchi Affinity Turkey Shotguns

American Hunter Executive Editor Jon Draper puts the new Franchi Affinity turkey guns through their paces, during a field-day event at Prospect Hall Hunting Club in West Virginia.

New for 2021: Franchi Affinity Turkey Shotgun

Hardcore turkey hunters can now rely on the venerable Affinity platform to hunt elusive toms with the introduction of the new Affinity Turkey shotgun, available in 12- or 20-gauge.

Field Test: Carlson's Choke Tubes Cremator

Unless you’re a waterfowl hunter, you don’t often want to talk much about choking. Sets a bad tone. But wingshooters by and large make their bones on the strength of two things (their own talents with the scattergun aside): good shotshells and quality choke tubes.

Field Tested: Federal Heavyweight TSS

Associate Digital Editor David Herman traveled to the Yucatan peninsula to hunt ocellated turkey and the elusive coatimundi using Federal’s Heavyweight TSS. Here are his thoughts on the incredibly effective shotshell.

Photo Essay: Big Beards in Cow Town

American Hunter Field Editor Jeff Johnston hoped to tag an Oklahoma tom that was befitting of the "Long Beard" name stamped on his shotgun shell of choice. Find out how he fared with this photo essay.

Must-Have Turkey Gear for 2021

Be prepared when you enter the turkey woods this spring with this year's must-have gear.

Federal Premium HeavyWeight Turkey 20-Gauge

When turkey hunting, where you may get only one shot all season, I recommend shooting the most potent load available.

Weatherby’s New Turkey Hunting Shotguns

In a big move for turkey hunters, venerable gunmaker Weatherby rolls out three new shotgun models designed to rule the spring.

Patterned for a Turkey Shoot

Unless your 12-gauge is a lemon, its standard full choke with a quality load of No. 4, 5 or 6 is perfectly adequate for turkeys to 40 yards. But hunters are seldom satisfied with adequate. You can usually squeeze a few more pellets into your shotgun’s pattern. Here’s how.

Hardware: Browning TSS Tungsten Turkey

Packed with pure TSS, in shot sizes determined to optimize spread and knockdown power, these new super-dense loads are Browning’s answer to the increasingly trendy premium shell market, and they allow hunters to push their turkey-taking to limits that, to date, only TSS can reach.

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