Wild Turkey Articles

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.

Wild turkey is one of the most challenging game birds to hunt and wonderful to eat, with delicious organic meat far tastier than any store-bought bird.

Going after turkeys this spring? This four-part series is your guide to harvesting the four wild turkey subspecies. Part IV: hunting Osceola turkeys.

Turkey hunting is an affliction, a malady that for some continues long after frosty pre-dawn mornings welcome the season that closes weeks later.

Going after turkeys this spring? This four-part series is your guide to harvesting the four wild turkey subspecies. Part III: hunting Eastern turkeys.

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.

If you're looking to connect on a gobbler this spring, these five items can make your hunt much easier.

A hunter kills two birds and the turkey woods is a classroom. The instructor is death. The lesson: unfair, but primal.