It’s a “no-brainer,” Anslo Fowler says. “I wouldn’t hunt wild turkeys with anything but an over-and-under shotgun.” The North Carolina native has been chasing gobblers since the mid-nineties, when the state’s first modern wild turkey seasons opened. Like many, he started off with autoloading shotguns, which seemed like the way to go with their quick follow-up shot capacities. But a couple of times while crawling through brush, he accidentally bumped the shot actions open just a bit, leading to misfires. And he missed a couple of turkeys that snuck in on him at around fifteen yards away. A single-barreled semiauto fitted with an extra full choke leaves little margin for error at close range.
An avid quail hunter and dog trainer, Fowler picked up his 12-gauge over-and-under for a turkey…
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