Entries Tagged Wild Turkey

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.

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?

Turn the tables for a few weeks this spring and focus on turkeys, but if a coyote comes into range while you're throwing calls at gobblers then smack the songdog, too.

To lure wary wild turkeys into bow range, it pays to give your decoys some motion.

The journey to a woman’s first bow-killed wild turkey.

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.

Most bowhunters prefer to ambush wild turkeys from a pop-up ground blind, and while this method is certainly deadly, sometimes high winds make it impossible.

Gobblers often place you in an awkward shooting position. Learn the best shots while turkey hunting.