Cozy little 40-and 80-acre patches can produce big results for wild turkey hunters, year-after-year. It just takes patience and small-property know-how.

Did you know there's a connection between Benjamin Franklin and these wild birds? Or that these birds run faster than you may think? It's time to test yourself.

Spring turkey season is just around the corner. As a bowhunter, do you know where to aim on a gobbler, regardless of his body angle?

Not sure what decoy to use this spring in the turkey woods? Perhaps one that looks like a Chevy Corvette?

Follow these four steps to score your wild turkey this spring, and find out the lengths of the longest spurs and beards on record.

With so many gadgets and gizmos available for turkey hunters, it’s easy to head afield weighted down like a lead balloon. Let's avoid that this season.

Turkey hunting season is coming in hot (we hope). To kick things off, here's a look at which states get a first crack at it with early March hunting dates.

Wild turkey verses the common Thanksgiving Day turkey — we consider the history of these birds and the unique traits of each.

Mesoamerican cultures first began raising turkeys between 2,000 and 3,000 years, not only for the meat but for other tools essential to survival.

Deer tags filled and can’t bear the 4-month wait for spring turkey season? Brave the cold for a December turkey — or three.

Often it’s the big beasts with hooves that are held up as the standard, but wild turkey hunting is the second-most popular type of hunting in the U.S.

In the last 15 to 20 years, declining turkey numbers in the Southeast have baffled wildlife biologists, hunters and others trying to figure it out.

Have a turkey hunter on your shopping list and don’t know what to buy? The Turkey Beard Harness just might be the perfect hunting gift.

Weather conditions, the animal's patterns, expectations —every hunt is in constant flux. This Oklahoma turkey hunt is a textbook demonstration of improv in the turkey woods.

Bowhunting World editor Jace Bauserman has always dreamed of finding himself a bearded gal. Now he's got one. She's a Texan.

When the birds aren't flopping, late-season, turkey hunting can really drag on. Don't give up. Here are six ways to hunt smarter as the days wind down.

According to a recent report from CBS News, “An increasing number of people are developing allergies to red meat, and doctors believe the one thing many of them have in common are tick bites.”

Late-season turkey hunting is a bonus season, ripe with abandoned gobblers and void of turkey hunters who have already tagged out or packed it and given up.

The world's oldest tattoo kit included sharpened turkey bones, likely used as tattooing needles, and mussel shells which were used as ancient inkpots.

Archery hunters have an important question to answer when gearing up for turkeys: Should I choose broadheads designed for head/neck shots, or models designed for body shots?