Turkey Hunting

News & Tips: 3 Turkeys Down in this Episode
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3 Turkeys Down in this Episode

May 6, 2013
Turkey Hunting: See a Bow/Gun Tag Team Nebraska Turkey Hunt Plus A Frosty Gobbler In Missouri  Watch this week as the Pro-Staff husband/wife team of Heath and Lindsey tag team a do-it-yourself…
News & Tips: How to Hunt a Late Spring and Henned-up Turkeys...
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How to Hunt a Late Spring and Henned-up Turkeys

May 6, 2013
There is no doubt about it that the six more weeks of winter since Groundhog Day has stretched even further into the spring. As I write this morning from Houston, Texas, the temperature is hovering…
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Short Soft Turkey Calling Got This Strutter

May 2, 2013
The second week of April I was guiding an older gentlemen and novice turkey hunter and decided I would hunt him from a pop-up blind at a location where I worked several birds earlier in the season.…
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Turkey Calling 101

May 2, 2013
As a former U.S. Open & World Calling Champion, so often I’m asked, what’s my favorite call…my answer is, “The one the turkey likes on that given day.” Every bird is different, every scenario is…
News & Tips: Patterning a Gun with a Dominant Eye
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Patterning a Gun with a Dominant Eye

May 2, 2013
Before season, Heather my daughter, who has taken the Royal Slam and scores of turkeys, sat at the patterning bench and had trouble with being consistent on shot placement. She wasn’t flinching, she…
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Patterning Your Turkey Shotgun

May 2, 2013
Before each turkey season every hunter needs to pattern and understand their shotgun. It’s commonly misunderstood that with a single or double bead and limits of ducks and ring-necks taken with that…
News & Tips: Youth Turkey Camps Teach Skills
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Youth Turkey Camps Teach Skills

May 2, 2013
Over the last three decades I have conducted a dozen or more youth turkey hunting camps, most through the JAKES (Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship) program of the National Wild…
News & Tips: Traditional Archery: Turkey Tips
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Traditional Archery: Turkey Tips

May 2, 2013
The first week of turkey season has passed in my neck of the woods and the score is still gobblers 2, traditional archer 0. For some reason the birds I scouted have not shown themselves during my two…
Roasted turkey on table
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8 Simple Recipes for Wild Turkey

April 29, 2013
Writer Steve Bodio once had this to say about the big gamebirds so many love to hunt every spring: "How about real turkey, the wild kind? It actually tastes like bird, not cardboard, and has juice…
News & Tips: Best Turkey Hunt of the Year: Busted Beards in Kentucky...
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Best Turkey Hunt of the Year: Busted Beards in Kentucky

April 29, 2013
The turkey hunting action was fast and furious for this episode from hunts over at The Kentucky Proving as we lay out 4 Kentucky Long Beards. Join the GrowingDeer Team as we take down several trophy…
News & Tips: Bow Hunting a Kansas Rio & the Missouri Turkey Opener...
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Bow Hunting a Kansas Rio & the Missouri Turkey Opener

April 23, 2013
It's the Missouri Turkey Opener!  Adam and I captured some of the most unique and natural turkey action I've ever seen.  Plus, we have Heath Martin taking two Kansas Rios with his new Prime…
News & Tips: Hunting Eastern Wild Turkeys
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Hunting Eastern Wild Turkeys

April 22, 2013
Birds can be flocked-up during the earliest phase of spring turkey season, and our turkeys were. Jim Martin and I had a plan in the early season to hunt a little old school going after dominant birds…