Maurice Estlinbaum begins the walk back to the Jeep carrying the gobbler he just killed on a recent Hill Country hunt at Camp Verde Ranch. “I want you to take me some place and drop me off so I can ...

It's a little ironic, isn't it, that when a turkey hunter says "Stupid birds!" it's usually because he was just outsmarted by one. Of course, it's the stupid ones—or at least the ones acting ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — With spring turkey hunting season approaching fast, now is the time to read and understand the regulations. Missouri’s youth turkey hunting season is April 1 and 2, and the ...

Fall was the original turkey season. We eat turkey at Thanksgiving, not Easter, yet the generation of hunters that came of age during the bird’s “great comeback” sees turkey hunting as a spring-only ...

In many ways, the most recent turkey hunting season played out as usual, with hunters taking more birds early than later in the season. In a key way, however, this season was different than the past ...

Turkey hunting in the fall doesn't appear to be as popular as it used to be in Missouri. Conservationists and outdoorsmen point to multiple reasons for the decline, ongoing since the 1980s, including ...

CAMP VERDE — From the Jeep where I was sitting, I could hear at least three different gobblers calling back forth with Maurice Estlinbaum. I could visualize them in the motte of big trees, now free of ...