Hi folks.

I've been out of hunting for too many years. Getting back into it, my how things have changed. Specifically shotguns.. they're all so specialized now.

Ideally, I'd like a gun I could use for both turkey and pheasant.(If I get two guns, then I've got to get the wife another saddle for her horse.) I've never hunted turkey, and I'll be the first to admit I don't know much about it (yet). It seems as though dedicated turkey guns are now all black synthetic or camo. Maybe it's just aesthetics, maybe tradition, but while I can envision taking a camo gun into the woods, I have a hard time imagining myself lugging one down a fencerow in Nebraska - they just don't look right.

Having grown up shooting hand-me-down 870 wingmasters, all of them brown and black, I'm wondering how much this camo business matters.
It seems as though overspecialization has touched just about every type of equipment that exists, from tennis shoes to hats.

Obviously I see the logic from the manufacturer's point of view: make everything so specialized that customers think they need one of each kind. Result: double (or triple) your sales.

From the hunters viewpoint, how much does camo matter, really???

I'm keeping an open mind here -- but I'm asking for ACTUAL EXPERIENCES where one of you think you lost an opportunity at a turkey because the gun was too visible...

Thanks in advance -- don't mean to be a grouch about it but I'm just a little tired of marketing bs.