“3rd degree”

With its new 3-inch, 20-gauge 3rd Degree turkey load, Federal Premium ups the ante on 20-gauge performance.

With the purchase of any two boxes of 3rd Degree, consumers can receive a free Federal Premium edition Primos pot call. The purchase must be made between Jan. 15, 2016 and May 31, 2016. The ensuing coupon must be received by June 30, 2016.

After decades of creating turkey loads designed to deliver the goods at several dozen paces, this spring Federal Premium offers a line of ammo for when things get up close and personal.

Executive Editor Adam Heggenstaller offers a few recommendations for the 2016 spring turkey season.

So this is Mexico? Not exactly what Executive Editor Adam Heggenstaller had in mind when he envisioned Sonora—it's much better. Water is plentiful, along with huge white-barked sycamores and oaks in the creek bottoms where the Gould's gobblers roost.

Let’s take a look at what could arguably be the five best turkey loads on the market.

It's turkey season, y'all. Though seasons aren't quite open nationwide yet, thousands of hunters have already ventured into the great outdoors this spring to embrace the madness that is turkey hunting.

Stevens has released a turkey-specific variant of its Model 320 shotgun. How does it perform afield? Philip Massaro takes a closer look.