Slightly more than halfway through the 2025 Wisconsin spring wild turkey hunting season, hunters have registered 31,285 birds, about 7% fewer than the same time last year. This year's total includes ...
With four states expanding their spring turkey seasons in 2026, hunters are facing a new reality: longer seasons mean more educated birds and shifting biological patterns. By late May, the frantic ...
The late season can be a challenging time for hunters in the turkey woods. Though it varies by region, turkey biologists agree that a significant portion of wild turkey breeding has already occurred ...
A dear friend of mine who lives in Missouri asked me a simple question: “Are we going to hunt together this spring for ...
For those of us lucky enough to still be chasing gobblers, which includes hunters in most of the northern half of the country, we are now firmly in the late season. The bad news is that we only have a ...
Although the key to a late-season gobbler is still the hen, she may not be looking for love and he may not be as desperate as he was earlier in the season. Photo courtesy of Steve Sorensen We’re ...
I am not sure if I consider the spring turkey season the last hunt of the previous year or the first hunt of the new year. I just know it is one of my favorite hunts because of the interaction. Spring ...
These stats are noteworthy because they illustrate a consistent uptick in hunter success, which should represent ...
One message is from a longtime reader in Sherwood, who wrote: "I generally support prescribed burns. Some of my conservation ...
Pennsylvania turkey hunters can expect a good season with many 2-year-old gobblers, but new regulations are anticipated.
I am not sure if I consider the spring turkey season the last hunt of the previous year or the first hunt of the new year. I just know it is one of my favorite hunts because of the interaction. Spring ...