Make sure your shotgun is shooting the best possible patterns before upland and waterfowl seasons open. Here’s a step-by-step guide Like anything, you can take patterning a shotgun too far. A turkey ...

Want to increase your dove hunting success this fall? If you're like me there has been a time or two when I've gone home with less than a limit of doves; not because the dove population was down or ...

Patterning your shotgun is the only way to learn its effective range. Testing your gun with different choke and loads can increase your hitting percentages by helping you find the ideal pattern spread ...

When I was 10 or thereabouts, my father introduced me to quail and rabbit hunting on my grandmother’s farm north of Carl Junction. On a calm, sunny November morning, we flushed two coveys of quail and ...

There are dozens of duck hunting loads on the market today, all with a variety of shot sizes, pellet materials, payloads, velocities, and wad designs. Overwhelmed with options, I think many duck ...

Hunters who ignore their shotguns before dove season are about to be humbled. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the average hunter kills one dove per three shots. That means it takes ...

With shotgun shells harder to find this summer, dove hunters are having to scramble before the Sept. 1 opener. Target loads are easier to find and could give hunters better down-range pattern. In my ...

Shooting doves is an economy of scale. A mourning dove weighs about 4 ounces. A Eurasian collared dove weighs about 5.3 ounces, and a white-winged dove weighs about 5.4 ounces. A 12-gauge shotgun ...