The last few weeks turkey hunters have stirred their stagnant winter blood by watching old DVDs and new YouTube videos. That ...

The old-timers who took me on my very first turkey hunts in the hard-hunted states of West Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, and Tennessee preached a spare-and-rare approach to calling. Bringing that ...

With four states expanding their spring turkey seasons in 2026, hunters are facing a new reality: longer seasons mean more educated birds and shifting biological patterns. By late May, the frantic ...

We turkey hunters are lucky to have a ton of great options for pot calls, and they come in a dizzying assortment of materials. So how do you go about finding the right call for your needs? How do you ...

The regular turkey hunting season opened on May 1 in New York. The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation has given ...

Not that any experienced spring gobbler hunter needed a reminder on the opening day of Pennsylvania’s season Saturday, but many who failed to fill a tag are beating themselves up for calling too much ...

Repels and attracts at the same time. The gobble of a boss bird strikes fear in the hearts of subdominant toms, suppressing ...

After our statewide whitetail deer season, which now opens on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, the second most anticipated Pennsylvania hunting season is set to open May 2. It’s time to break out ...

When you’re hunting turkeys after early May, flock dynamics and tom behavior start to change. Gobblers are re-grouping. Hens ...

It was 5 a.m. on May 2, the opening morning of Michigan’s recent 0234 spring turkey season in Arenac County. Stars sparkled in a clear, predawn black sky and frost covered the ground.