Ever get to the duck blind and realize you forgot to plug your shotgun magazine? It's time to improvise. And sometimes that leads to weird stuff.
The vast, wide-open landscapes of the West can be a tough adjustment for Eastern turkey hunters. How quickly you adapt will make or break your once-in-a-lifetime western hunt.
Take a look at this Short Shot as editor Jace Bauserman walks through his bow setup for the 2018 spring turkey season.
Bowhunting World's Jace Bauserman hunts Nebraska on Day 2 of a turkey-hunting trip that involved rain, a gigantic flock of birds, decoys, freezing temps and a 101 fever.
Decoying early season wild turkeys sometimes requires getting on the "X," willing yourself into long sits and laying off the turkey call. This is day 1 of Bowhunting World editor Jace Bauserman's Nebraska turkey hunt.
Though it's best to have a turkey-hunting plan, sometimes the gobblers don't play along. Learn how to adapt when things blow up in your face.
A hunter kills two birds and the turkey woods is a classroom. The instructor is death. The lesson: unfair, but primal.