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Must-Have Turkey Gear for 2021

Be prepared when you enter the turkey woods this spring with this year's must-have gear.

Know-How: When Toms Gobble Most

Gobblers are more vocal some days than others, but their behavior can seem erratic. Here are the key factors that dictate how boisterous the birds will be this spring.

How to Map a Gobbler's Routine

Many turkey hunters don’t put in the effort to map a gobbler’s routine prior to opening morning. Follow these scouting tips to find the best spot to kill a tom.

Know-How: Cures for Call-Wise Gobblers

How do you teach someone to call in turkeys when the only places he has to go are public lands with pressured birds?

10 Stupid-Smart Turkey Tactics

Henned-up toms, loudmouths that just won’t budge, topographic obstacles: Regardless what you think, sometimes the “stupidest” tactic just might produce a gobbler in front of your sights. And that’ll make you look smart.

4 States, 4 Tactics, 4 Turkeys

A strut across four states yields four (er, five) nice toms, a bit of ribbing and a pile of advice for anyone in pursuit of a grand slam.

Porter Tags His Eastern Gobbler!

It's two down and two to go as NRA President Jim Porter drops his Eastern gobbler, marking the halfway point to earning his prestigious grand slam!

Porter Bags Osceola and Sets Sights on Eastern

NRA President Jim Porter takes his Osceola on day one of his grand slam quest and heads right for Alabama in pursuit of subspecies No. 2: America's big and glorious Eastern!

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