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Ben O'Brien
Ben has enjoyed a 15-year career in the hunting industry leading community marketing efforts for brands like YETI and Duck Camp. He’s also been executive editor of Petersen’s Hunting Magazine as well as editorial director at MeatEater. He served a successful six- year tenure on the North American Board of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. He's currently the co-host of the western turkey hunting show ROOST with Sam Soholt. Chasing turkeys on public land is his current obsession, until elk season kicks in.
If you had told me five years ago that my absolute favorite, go-to turkey rig would be a single-shot .410, I would have laughed you right out of the woods. Like a lot of you, I grew up carrying 12-gauge cannons. We measured a gun's worth by how
May means the tail end of the season, and almost all of the spring breeding is winding down. So it’s up to us to figure out if these late-season turkeys have any weaknesses and how to exploit them. Here’s the thing: Every distinct
