Shot Patterns

Tight Chokes and Heavy Shot: Do You Need Them?

Mike Roux considers the conventional wisdom on chokes and shot for turkeys, pondering whether the tightest constriction and heaviest pellet is always the best move.

Recipe: Smokin’ Venison Cannelloni

Bacon, pasta, cheese and ground venison all make good combinations. However, when bundled and smoked, they quickly become a new favorite. Read on, for exactly how to create this fantastic dish.

Rifled Choke Tubes: What You Need to Know

When the use of a shotgun slug is required (or preferred), equipping a smoothbore with a rifled choke tube is always an economical solution. What are the particulars of these specialty chokes? Read on to find out.

Must-Have Turkey Gear for 2020

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

Guns and Gear for Snow Goose Hunting

Here are a few things to put into a snow goose rig to make it worthy of protecting the tundra.

Trulock Chokes Announces Black Friday Sale

If a new choke is on a friend or family member’s wish list this holiday season, now is the time to pick one up from Trulock Chokes.

Trulock Introduces New Choke Tube for the Stevens 555

Trulock has announced a new line of 12-gauge shotgun chokes that are designed exclusively for the Stevens 555 over/under shotgun.

How to Build the Perfect Snow Goose Shotgun

Just what kind of shotgun is really worthy of being deemed a snow goose rig? Here are a few things to keep in mind before you head out to protect the tundra.

Federal Premium's New Black Cloud Load Now Good for Ported Chokes

Black Cloud has been Federal Premium's headlining waterfowl load for more than a decade, and it's won over its fair share of the wingshooters. But it has also always come with the caveat that it can't be use if your shotgun sports a ported choke tube, which have been increasingly common aftermarket accessories. Those days are over.

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.

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