The MeatEater Crew's Turkey Gun Setups 

Y’all need to do this with every hunt

Cal would pick the most obscure and interesting gun

I'm an adult onset hunter. Called in a turkey last year for a friend and yesterday I bagged my first bird. The MeatEater crew has been a big part of my turkey journey. Can't thank ya'll enough for helping introduce me to this exciting and super fun pursuit. It's made spring something extra worth looking forward to. Love the different gun setups too.

Clay's set up-- wetherby element is the best.

We use 20 gauge Remington 870’s the Special Field model. They have fixed choke barrels 21” long. Straight English style stocks. Beautiful guns and easy to swing with the 21” vent ribbed barrels with two beads. They also make them in semi auto. I use .20 for all bird hunting from dove to geese and turkey. I do shoot trap with a 12 gauge Remington 870 Special Field. I have been told that some people don’t like shooting trap next to me because of the short barrel. And if you shoot trap at night it throws a flame. We did have a rifled barrel made by Hastings for 12 gauge Special Field but can’t get it to shoot right.

Bought a weatherby element 20 gauge turkey edition last year. Put on a rail and Vortex red dot. Light and short for my mobile setup, and it will be perfect for my kids when they start hunting!

Awesome job folks!!!

Man, those are some sexy turkey guns. And man, shells, metals, and weapons in general have come such a long way. Love it. Good luck this season fellas!!!! Looking forward to the videos!!!!!!

Cool tss commercial

Cal the use of the leafy top on the bipod is a Pure Gold Hot Tip! I use a similar Swagger bipod on my gun AND I have an old Phantom Leafy Top to use! 💥💥💥

More of this please, always interested in other people's setups.

Yeah, I’m glad to see this finally! You guys do the gear you use but never the shotgun/rifle setup. Please do this as much as possible! I’m always wondering what rifle is Steve using lol

Cals rossi is epic i love single shots and 410s!

That is a nice Rossi setup

I like the bipod/jacket blind with Cal’s set up.

Nice setups! Super good advice for chokes and loads! No pump actions though huh? My personal preference would be a pump 20 but no dots and no slings, slings just flop around and get in the way. Thanks for the info hope you all get to punch a few turkey tags this spring season!

Awesome, that Rossi's what I'm probably going to be setting up for my daughter, for some reason I was under the impression they didn't have an interchangeable choke system so that's cool. She's tiny, so I plan on shortening the stock and just replacing it as she grows if she hasn't grown into a 20 by then

My set up for turkey and waterfowl is a Weatherby 18i with a Black Mamba choke.

Steve is the man!

Clay is the man. No red dot with the Weatherby.

Clay saying 12s have more recoil my 2 20ga kick like mules compared to the 12s i got lol great video and loved seeing everyones setups

Cool video Would love to see your guys small game rifles and your deer/ big game rifle setups.

hey steve , can you do more gun videos on your collection or just other guns you use ! find this very cool to see what a pro like yourself uses !

Got my first turkey this last weekend I’m now addicted.

What a wild pick by Cal. I appreciate a single shot. But i have never seen one that looks like that.

TC Encore with a 20" Katahdin 12g barrel (carlson xtra full) with No 5 or 6 Winchester Longbeard XR. Topped with truglo gobblestopper.

Turkey hunting guns have come a long way but it’s worth it 👍

Clay is so cool

Hah. Go Cal! I have the exact same setup this season and now i feel vindicated😊

Keep your composure “KEEP YOUR COMPOSURE”😂😂😂😂😂😂😊

Surprised you don't run a GBRS Hydra😂. Love it brother

Go Clay!!!

I would think that the height of that red dot would pull you up off of the but stock which could effect your normal shooting style. I love the fiber optic iron sight set up. I shoot a standard 3 inch #4 shot with a tight choke. My Benelli 12 guage is good out to 50 yards although my shots in my area are at about 30 yards max. Gobble, Gobble!!

835 Ulti Mag. Geese, Gobblers, Cassowary, Peacock, whatever. Bang bang!

Steve’s high mount is straight up ridiculous

Let's see if I can make this quick. So I started out with the original Mossberg 835 ultimag shotgun 12 gauge turkey choke and then I upgraded to the altimag with the ported barrel, and then I put a aftermarket pistol grip and forend on it from spec ops, and then I upgraded to a red. Site which I didn't like anymore. So I just upgraded this year, to a Delta point pro with a Chevron triangle in it which I took that off of my 460 Smith& Wesson pistol, I still shoot the original Federal 3 and 1/2-in Magnum number fours and number fives cuz I bought 20 some boxes because they were on sale for $6 a box of 10 back in the '90s. I don't turkey hunt that much. So, I think I'm good yet!

Cal having the exact gun I've been wanting for awhile now is cool. Unfortunately it is currently out of stock everywhere.

been using 20 ga forever. used a 12 ga in my last turkey hunt but ill switch back to 20 once i get another one

The Beretta is always the best!

ive got some high end 3.5in 12ga in the safe but this year i used my pink camo youth 870 20ga and i tell you that turkey couldnt tell me a difference between a 12 and a 20. i used 3in remington turkey loads and got in to about 10 yards, it was lights out for that ol boy

Cal rocks!

Janis is going to struggle in the rain with that sight. I've been there.

Mossberg 500 in the house!!

Have fun bro

Would love to see Steve mount that gun to shoot the red dot… looks awfully high!!!

Simply add the same adjustable fiber optic sights and a good turkey choke to a $200 Mossberg Maverick 88, & it will do the same thing that a fancy custom shotgun will do. There are better TSS loads for less money than the over priced Federal loads.

Sparc solar runs independent of the battery in the light and does not charge it, minor difference though

Interesting everyone’s going with smaller sized loads (.410, 20 gauge) Makes sense, I like it

Cal the Hipster of turkey huntin

1st day second season here i come

I'm running the same mossberg 935 I've had since i was 15 but I'm looking to upgrade. I wanna feel confident at 50 yards if I need to. Considering going to a 20. Any advice would be great from you fellow bird chasers

Checkout the mossberg 940 pro turkey

Clay is the best

What’s the barrel length on Cal’s gun? Super cool gun!

I use the exact same gun and choke as Clay. Haven’t gave any issues 14:10

What screw did cal use to attach the bipod? My spartan adapter didnt come with a compatible screw.

The mount on Steve's gun is a bit ridiculous. Get that RDS lower and it is an awesome setup

Is Clay running an Carlson’s or Indian Creek choke tube in his actual hunts? In this video he says Carlson’s but in the Missouri hunt and in the Spring Turkey Tips and Tricks he is rocking an Indian Creek choke. Which one is he actually using? Asking because I have an element which I am turning into a turkey gun and there is not a lot of media on it.

Do you know of anywhere to buy a stock like the one Cal has on his gun?

What does Brent Reaves use when he goes turkey hunting?

Cal coming in with the budget old school rig...yani got the girl rig (daughters so no judgment here)... and Steve has the gucci gun (id expect nothing less from the boss man). 👌

Can you guys do a turkey calling video please

Good thing you got that red dot so you can shoot with one hand😂

does anyone shoot 20ga copper lead?

Killed my first 2 on a Lefever Nitro Special side by side. Serial number said it was from 1915. Gave um the full choke barrel. Sold the gun and regret it.

Great video, however I am seeing a lot of criticism of Beretta QC and customer service. I have never owned a Beretta so this is unknown to me. I have several pumps but I’d like to get my first semi auto.

Tucker Carlson said on JRE he likes bird shooting and fly fishing. You should have him on as a guest.

Note: Steve hits the turkey in front of him by putting the red dot where it was roosted the previous night

20 gauge is the electric truck of shot gun shells

That TSS 9 shot is over $15 a round....

I’m the Missouri boy that still shoots the 870

❤great gunshot display gentleman, Callahan should go Kojac mode and shave that 70slook away , and if your days are cold,well that's what beanies are for! WeR your choosing or took or whatever you call them ! ,just a tip that will make you stand out from. The pack!AWESOME HUNTING GUYS❤🎉🤘🏽

I’m here to laugh at the guys who are triggered by Steve’s riser mount/solar optic.

I'm curious why about 90% of 'dedicated' turkey shotguns are semi-auto. I should make a compilation of all the YT videos where the gun goes 'click' due to the action not being closed all the way(sometimes due to trying to close action quietly, or just dirty). I would wager to say about 90%(or more) shots at turks are singles, I get follow up happens or you get two shots but thats the exception. Single shot and pump guns are pretty much foolproof, cheaper and lighter then semi-auto. Just think its really weird the vast majority are semi auto when there are so many downsides for turkeys.

Hunting turkeys is the art of predicting what an animal will do next, when that same animal is so dumb it doesn't know what it will do next.

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that riser is so high up on Steve’s it’s wild, i get his point, but that’s ridiculous

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Wouldnt think people still use a see through mount.

Dude, you’ve gone to the dark side! How in the world do you see through that optic you have to take your face completely off the comb of the stock to look through it. 😂

They saved the best for last. I'll take Clay's setup over any of them.

no one up to the bow challenge?

What in the SAM HELL?

Why dont you guys just run active ear pro.

Vortex commercial lol

Why don't you guys use solar powered red dots?

I wanna see turkey bow setups 😉

Step one, grab you Remington 870. No need for a step two. 😘

Not the vortex spark😭😭 even a holosun would’ve been better lol

hey, by any chance do you require a video editor ?

Friends don't let Friends put red dots on their turkey guns!!

Ditch the background music.

Spending $1000 plus on a turkey gun is absolutely ridiculous 😂😂😂😂

red dot being that high up makes it useless imo just use the irons

#9 shot for turkey? Is that a commom thing now?

Today's video is brought to you by Federal ammunition and vortex optics.....

THX FOR NOT TELLING US WHAT COINSTRICTION YOUR CHOKE ARE! CHOKES ARE THE BIGGEST VARIBLE YOU KNOW THAT!!

All the other setups are pretty lame/ ridiculous (steves), Cal is running something closer to what ive got which (20 guage version) is obviously the coolest set up of all of them

Vortex red dots are pretty awful

Sounds like Beretta is/might be a new pay to play sponsor soon…