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The right choke for pheasant hunting will help you put enough pellets in a ringneck’s vitals to drop the bird immediately. Pheasants are big, tough birds, often shot going away, at distances varying ...

There’s a bit of black magic involved in picking the best turkey choke for your setup. That’s because there are three major variables involved in how a turkey setup patterns: the gun, the load, and ...

When fellow turkey hunters I know buy a new turkey gun, the first thing they ask me with what choke they should get for it. I usually answer their question with a question. “Maybe,” I say, “Have you ...

It was just a casual conversation on shooting shotguns that made me realize how much misinformation is out there regarding choke tubes and shot shell patterns. Although this topic has been kicked ...

The spring shotgun turkey season is about a month away and the topic of chokes generally comes up about this time every year. This year was no different and I got an email from a reader wanting some ...

When a shotgun is fired, a column of round shot pellets leaves the barrel and spreads out into a “pattern.” As the pellets travel farther from the firearm’s muzzle, the pattern widens. At some point, ...