I’ve been turkey hunting for just shy of 30 years. For the first half of that time, everyone hunted turkeys pretty much the same way, using hen calls and woodsmanship to get a gobbler to within range.

Just because we can shoot turkeys at longer ranges doesn’t always mean that we should. At its very best, turkey hunting is a close range game. Having a big old tom gobble and drum his way into 15 ...

Turkeys are not as active as breeding season winds down, so the savvy hunter needs a different plan. Pre-dawn began much as it had over the previous four weeks, albeit a minute earlier each day. Birds ...

For those of you who know me personally or have read one of my articles over the past nearly 20 years, you are aware that I ...

The Nebraska spring shotgun turkey season begins this Saturday, and hunters of all ages will be in the field to bag a spring turkey. Probably the most used hunting technique for spring turkeys is to ...

When a turkey hunt goes perfectly, it’s so simple that it seems anyone could do it. Yelp at a tom, listen to him gobble, sit next to a tree, spot him strutting toward you and then watch him stand ...

Some of us opt to hunt turkeys by setting up in a ground blind, usually watching a field, spiced with a plastic decoy or two. It sure is nice having a roof during the rainy spring gobbler season of ...

The future of fall turkey hunting isn’t optimistic. As national hunter participation numbers continue trending downward, some ...

Hunters who enjoy traveling in the spring to pursue wild turkeys know excellent opportunities can be found in various states across the country. Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, ...

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