My eyes snap open when the toms gobble, my head swiveling to pinpoint the sound. They’re close. “Hear something?” My dad is looking at me, eyebrows raised. “Two,” I whisper, surprised. The gobbles ...

This story, “Tax-Time Turkey,” appeared in the March 1973 issue of Outdoor Life. Getting kicked by a horse is sure a damned painful way to put a turkey hunt into gear, but it’s worth it, I thought as ...

We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.

Turkey season will begin April 21, and hunters that prepare now will have the best chance of success on opening day. Going afield for the first time on opening day is like making a cold sales call.

Getting up early to meet turkeys at their roost can be hard enough on the perfect day. Nasty spring weather often will send hunters back under the covers. But turkey hunting in wind and rain isn’t ...

With the turn of the calendar from March to April, turkey seasons in more than half a dozen states across the southern U.S. are now underway, and a slew of others are only a week or two from kicking ...