It seems like every couple of seasons I have a gobbler that haunts me. As I write this, I’m preparing to head out the door again to try and kill an almost unkillable tom. This old paranoid limb-hanger could be the love child of Pablo Escobar and Osama Binladin. He seldom roosts in the same […]
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Turkey guns shooting magnum loads can kick like a mule. Try some of these tips to ease the pain. All About Recoil One of the most rewarding activities I’ve participated in over the last few decades is teaching novices how to shoot. I’ve had the pleasure to instruct more than 500 youth and women turkey
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As seen in the March 2023 issue of Ballistic Magazine. Mid-April last year I was sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with long-time friend Eddie Stevenson before sunrise listening to a longbeard hammer the day awake. Before long, the tom was gobbling so close to us we could smell his breath. Problem was, the tom was directly behind us.
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With law enforcement budget cuts hanging like a black cloud, the budget-conscious Iver Johnson PAS-12 pump might give some relief when looking for a duty shotgun. Click here if you want to check the price on this shotgun. “Sequestration.” “Budget Crisis.” Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past year or two you are
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Follow along as we recall turkey hunts, distant past springs and the progression of turkey gun technology. Benelli was the first with a production pistol-grip turkey gun. The morning’s hunt had turned out better than expected. Noted writer and photographer Ron Spomer and I had set up against a barbed-wire fence next to a creek
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