For this old turkey hunter, it has always been difficult to figure out the female of any species. But hen turkeys seem especially problematic. Even as recently as a couple years ago, my belief was ...

Shane Simpson is not one to hold back. Ask him a question about hunting and he’ll tell it like he sees it, even if it goes against popular opinion. And in the turkey woods, he’s not afraid to speak up ...

Turkey hunters have their favorite keys to success. Here's mine: No. 1: Be patient. Gobblers keep their own sense of time. We are in their world and like to imagine that our success will be classic; ...

PINE RIVER — Rolf Moen, of Nisswa, and I stood in the gray predawn doing what turkey hunters do; listen for the gobbling of tom turkeys as they announce the start of a new day from lofty perches.

Not that any experienced spring gobbler hunter needed a reminder on the opening day of Pennsylvania’s season Saturday, but many who failed to fill a tag are beating themselves up for calling too much ...

“THERE ARE few men today who can fool a wild turkey gobbler in the spring of the year,” the turkey hunter said. “Now, I don’t say I’m the best turkey caller in Louisiana, or anything like that. I’ll ...

A tom turkey is strutting for a hen decoy. The colorful male is attempting to woe the hen by fanning his tail and dragging his wings, all while its head and neck are glowing red, white and blue, and ...

I began my obsession with turkey hunting in the low-population days of the early ‘90s, when hearing a gobble in the distant hills was grounds for buying a lotto ticket. Between 1992 and 1997, I never ...

When the month of March pops into the scene, columnist Tom Lounsbury immediately develops his annual incurable bout of ...