To be honest, I don’t know how many turkeys I’d killed before I set my first turkey decoys; probably a dozen or more. The way I was taught, the hunter made the yelps and the clucks and the purrs, and ...

At first glance, one might think that there is really nothing to putting out turkey decoys. Right? Just put the plastic replicas in a field, get yourself hid nearby and call. Birds see the decoys and ...

There are many tactics to lure that big old weary longbeard into shotgun range. Obviously, every turkey hunter in the woods uses some type of call, but hunters often have mixed thoughts on the use of ...

When the 2010 Minnesota turkey hunting season opens a half-hour before sunrise on Wednesday, hunters will be faced with various decisions. Many hunters employ decoys to help lure an amorous gobbler ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A well-placed turkey decoy just might bring your prey right to you. Dennis ...

Some turkey hunters swear by turkey decoys. Others swear at them. Odds are, any turkey hunter with a few spring seasons behind him has done both. Employing fake turkeys certainly can improve a ...

John Obst of McFarland has seen a true woodland rarity in consecutive springs, and he'll be going for a three-peat when Wisconsin's 2015 turkey season opens April 15. What has Obst twice seen that ...

For spring gobblers, Jake and Suzie Snood can be as deadly in today’s turkey woods as Bonnie and Clyde were to Midwestern law enforcement officers in the 1930s. No, the Snoods are not actually toting ...

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