When it comes to using decoys to attract a wild turkey within shooting range, having a complete understanding of the big picture is essential. And it starts with the bird. Wild turkeys see in color.

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 ...

Above all, turkey hunting boots should be comfortable.

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This spring's turkey season started out in the New Hartford Cabela's as I studied a display of dozens of different decoys. Spring turkey hunting is eagerly awaited every year, and this season I hope ...

In 20 years of turkey hunting with a traditional bow, Marty Mann said he's probably had as many hits as misses. "It's not a hunt where you go out and get one with the first shot," said Mann, 61, of ...

Few things are more exciting than the approach of spring turkey hunting. For many hunters, it marks the end of a long winter and a much-needed return to the field. Often, spring turkey is one of the ...

There is nothing haphazard about having a successful conclusion to a hunt for spring gobblers. That is especially so when using decoys, and while this is the last thing those who rant and rave that ...

Looking back over the decades of spring gobbler hunting, some of the old early truisms still stand the test of time, but others ... not so much. Hard to believe that it was 40 years ago this year we ...