To successfully tame the recoil monster of a turkey hunting shotgun for a young or new shooter, start with a 20-gauge coupled with the lightest, effective turkey load available. (Lynn Burkhead photo)
By Lynn Burkhead, OutdoorChannel.com
A day on the shooting range sighting-in and finding the best combination of a choke and turkey shotshell load isn't one of life's most enjoyable experiences.
And I'm a middle-aged hunter with a couple of decades of spring gobbler-getting with a Remington 870 12-gauge under my belt.
But that doesn't mean I'm numb to the should-pounding thump – and the subsequent grimace – that comes after you release a firing pin into the 209 primer of a 3-inch high-brass modern turkey load, sending a 1...