After a two year absence due to COVID, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service conducted their annual Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey during spring 2022. The latest information looks like good news for waterfowl and waterfowlers.
Waterfowl hunters can begin planning trips to Arkansas to hunt the famed timber and rice fields, with dates set for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.
Your best time to tag a wild turkey is often during midday. Here’s why.
The author guides a first-time turkey hunter to a Wisconsin gobbler, thanks in large part to a chatty hen.
Not many 3-year-olds have the skill to shoot a wild turkey, but Jax was prepared with a shotgun that fit his small frame, and he practiced diligently at the range prior to the hunt, too.
Of all the wild turkey content seen online this spring by the author, this 3-minute video is his favorite.
The author kills a wild turkey with a Texas heart shot, and learns a valuable bowhunting lesson.
Think you can predict which predator shows up on the scene after a hunter arrows a wild turkey?
All ammunition manufacturers offer wild turkey-specific ammo. The author explains the pros and cons of these high-performance loads, and why he chooses a different option.
Fox Haas, father of Mossy Oak Founder Toxey Haas, is 91 years old, and he recently killed a wild turkey — but not just any turkey. This is a milestone bird for “Mr. Fox,” marking 75 years in row tagging a turkey!
Many hunters miss or make marginal hits on wild turkeys because they aimed at the wrong spot. Here’s how to drop a tom or jake with one well-placed shot.
Can a pair of certified turkey nuts pull off an opening morning double in the Centennial State?
The author makes a major bowhunting blunder, and it costs him a big gobbler at point-blank range.
Pop-up ground blinds are tremendously effective for fooling wild turkeys, but only if you know how to hide in the shadows.
Year after year, turkey decoys help bowhunters arrow wild turkeys. Use these decoy tips and strategies to improve your chances of success in tagging a gobbler.
When spring feels more like winter, you have to modify your wild turkey game plan.
This turkey season, shoot whichever legal bird you want — and feel good about it!
Most bowhunters use a pop-up blind to ambush wild turkeys, but unfortunately they don’t practice shooting while sitting.
When snow geese and specklebellies are so numerous that they look like a tornado — a “snow-nado” — there comes a time to stop shooting and simply watch the show.
It takes only a split-second for a waterfowl hunt to turn deadly. Learn from this true-life story of survival.
Hunting the common crow is a science and art that requires proper preparation and finely tuned execution.
