For me, spring turkey hunting is a unique outdoor pastime like no other. The atmosphere itself features the ageless change of plants and animals emerging after enduring a long and cold winter. Trees ...

The opening of Washington spring turkey hunting season is just nine days away. While some folks will be slaving away to try to get their taxes filed, a large group of hunters will be in the woods, in ...

CAMP VERDE — From the Jeep where I was sitting, I could hear at least three different gobblers calling back forth with Maurice Estlinbaum. I could visualize them in the motte of big trees, now free of ...

The future of fall turkey hunting isn’t optimistic. As national hunter participation numbers continue trending downward, some traditions are fading faster than others. Hunting wild turkeys in the fall ...

Having been an avid Michigan spring turkey hunter for over 50 years, I’ve been able to witness how this popular pastime has evolved, with the steadily increasing wild turkey numbers which have ...

Dressed in camouflage, 9-year-old Corinne Holmes positioned herself against fallen pine trees for cover, with a shotgun on standby. Her father, Joshua Holmes; Marie Neumiller, executive director at ...

This story, “Tax-Time Turkey,” appeared in the March 1973 issue of Outdoor Life. Getting kicked by a horse is sure a damned painful way to put a turkey hunt into gear, but it’s worth it, I thought as ...