Wild Turkey Articles

Spring turkey season might be a few months off, but getting out there early to find where the birds are will pay off when the pressure mounts.

Tired of knocking on doors or paying expensive outfitter fees to experience untamed gobbler action? Rock a public land plan.

Sometimes a good turkey hunt turns up during deer season. Always be prepared.

State officials say hunters checked more than 17,000 wild turkeys during Ohio's spring and youth hunting seasons for those birds.

Nearly 100,000 turkey hunters statewide spend their mornings tiptoeing through forests and fields trying to entice a big gobbler into shooting range. About 30,000 of them find success each year, enough to catapult Michigan to the No. 7 spot for spring turkey hunting nationally.

Turkeys can be hunted with air rifles in California, Virginia and Maryland (fall only). Here's why airgun turkey hunting isn't as crazy as it sounds.

Youth hunters in Ohio topped last year's totals in the annual youth turkey hunt over the weekend.

Two days after being shot in the head, neck and shoulder, Jerry Cusick ambled into the snowy pre-dawn woods. He was barely able to swing his shotgun but determined to shoot a wild turkey.

Turkey hunting is wildly popular, with millions of hunters heading to the woods each year in pursuit of this wily game bird. But the sport of turkey hunting looks nothing like it did 40 years ago, and there are several factors which have contributed to this growth.

The 2015 Alabama Governor's One Shot Turkey Hunt generates over $200,000 in scholarship money for students at Auburn and Alabama.

The main questions being asked: Can I get away with just a slate call, or do I need aluminum and glass as well? Do I need to spend a lot of money, or can I opt for three budget calls?

My questions for you: Are you ready for turkey season? Do you know where you’re going to hunt?

With the state's wild turkey population swelling to the healthy level of more than 20,000, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources decided to allow the hunt again for the first since it was ceased in 1984.