Things are changing in the world of turkey hunting — a sport that's more popular than ever before. Increased popularity has prompted the creation of new products designed to help hunters succeed in the woods. In turkey hunting, no single piece of gear has increased the success rate of hunters like the ground blind.
The early morning gobble startled me as I drifted off. I'd been up since 4 a.m. and daylight was slow to arrive. I had brought a complete arsenal of calls that I owned — store bought and custom turkey calls — and had them at the ready for when that big boss gobbler hit the ground. I was dressed in camouflage from head to toe; even my shotgun was camouflaged. Daylight overtook the darkness and the turkeys began opening up, gobbling all around me.
Fall turkey hunting is not surrounded by the hype and glamour of the spring turkey hunting season.
"Ghosts of the autumn woods" is how RedHead Pro Hunting Team member Walter Parrott describes fall turkeys.
I spent some time one Sunday afternoon in late August talking with Walter to get his views and ideas about fall turkey hunting. To say Parrott knows turkeys is a bit of an understatement.
There's nothing more satisfying to a turkey hunter than the challenge of calling in a big mature tom. Watch this episode for an exciting and playful hunt as Adam and I tease in a big gobbler!
Turkey Hunting: See a Bow/Gun Tag Team Nebraska Turkey Hunt Plus A Frosty Gobbler In Missouri
There is no doubt about it that the six more weeks of winter since Groundhog Day has stretched even further into the spring.
As hunters, one of our most important responsibilities is to pass our love of hunting on to the next generation.
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. As daylight broke, there were multiple gobblers that gobbled several times a hundred yards in front of the blind. I did one series of tree calls. When the gobblers cut me off, I knew they had heard me.
