Entries Tagged Wild Turkey

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Ancient turkey bones in Mexico offer strange clues

"It's hard to tell whether a turkey at a grave site is meant as a companion, a snack, or a status symbol, but any of those options elevate the turkey above an ordinary bird," says Aurelie Manin, an archaeologist at the University of York.

February 08, 2018

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Setting up a new turkey shotgun

144 turkey loads through two barrels and four different choke tubes later, the new Mossberg 500 FLEX is ready to rock.

February 01, 2018

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Video: The Moment Your Boy Bags His First Tom

A late-season turkey hunt in the Centennial State provides this father-and-son duo with memories that will last a lifetime.

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Video: How to Know if Your Wild Turkey Decoys are Working

Public-land birds get savvy in a hurry. Check out these tips on how to make the best of your deek setup.

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Video: Reading the Roost and Other Turkey-Hunting Tips

Sometimes it pays to break your own rules. In the case of this Texas turkey hunt, the toms were super vocal and the hens tight-lipped. So Bowhunting World editor Jace Bauserman called an audible.

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Hitting a Wild Turkey Grand Slam

Follow along as the author pursues his dreams of harvesting the elusive Osceola turkey and hitting a turkey-hunting grand slam.

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River Hunting Turkeys is a Challenge Worth Trying

Looking for a new turkey-hunting challenge? Try floating down a river.

A Texas Spring Turkey Hunt for Two

Want a reasonably priced, high-success rate turkey hunt both you and your spouse can enjoy? This is the place.

Field Guide: What Are Those Blasted Birds Saying?

When bowhunting turkey, you’ll be more successful if you can understand their language.

How to Plant Wild Turkey Food Plots

Ten months prior to the author killing his biggest turkey in more than two decades of chasing Toms, he transformed a leftover food plot into a gobbler hangout.

Turkeys All Day Long

Wild turkeys have daily routines involving eating, breeding, dusting and loafing. A hunter can enable success by learning a bird's schedule.

Hunt Wild Turkeys On a Budget

Think extending your wild turkey season beyond the boundaries of your home state is too pricey? Think again. Here are tips to plan a budget-friendly hunt.

I Hunt Because ...

There are many stories about "Why I Hunt," but possibly none as honest and touching as this one. Hunting, actually, is about more than the shick-shick-boom.

February 17, 2017

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A Southern Turkey Adventure

The author chases gobblers across central Alabama, mingles with legends of the turkey-hunting industry and tests his patience with silent Toms. Victory will have to be earned, if it’s to be had at all.