By this time of year, toms have regrouped into bachelor bands and hens have gathered with their poults, which means turkeys enjoy the security of large flocks. Here’s how to outfox all those eyes and ears and take home a bird for Thanksgiving.
The author watched a gobbler on his back 40 for two years before committing to hunting the bird. Afterwards, when all was quiet, he had to admit the woods didn’t seem the same. But he also had to admit a hunter wouldn’t have it any other way.
NRA Pubs' own Tom Rickwalder and his son, Jackson, ventured to Kentucky earlier this spring for the state's youth turkey hunting weekend with Mark Moore of Osceola Outdoors. The gobblers were ready and waiting—but would young Jack tag one?