Turkey Hunting Articles
This may surprise a lot of folks who aren’t in the woods or have trail cameras running every day of the year, but male turkeys do strut and gobble year-round. The reason that male turkeys strut is to show off their plumage and attract a mate. While the hen turkey is the one who dictates when the mating season begins, which gobblers they want to breed with, and where they want to breed, in the mind of the gobbler, this can happen at any time.
Graham Tayloe knows a lot about turkey hunting, and he recently was a part of the grand slam world record time, where his crew killed all 4 species in 45 hours. This consisted of traveling by plane between Alabama, Florida, Kansas, and South Dakota. They only slept for 5 hours during those 45 hours but were able to set the new world record!
“I wish someone had sat me down before I started my personal development as a backcountry hunter to introduce me to some of the topics discussed during the Summit” - Joe Sangimino
Turkey hunting is considered an art by many of its practitioners. The birds have a keen eyesight that makes fooling them extremely difficult. With this in mind, it’s important to set up early so that you’re not scrambling to get situated right as a nice tom is strutting into view. Here are 2 quick tips for setting up on your turkey hunt from Browning’s Turkey Hunter.
Time to gear up for the spring turkey season, and hardcore turkey hunters all over the U.S. are taking up bows to harvest these birds. For those of you who are passionate about chasing turkeys with a bow and arrow, here are 7 essential items/tips to step up your turkey game.
Normally you want to hit the bird broadside, with a perfect shot hitting the point where that line would intersect the crease in the wing as it meets the breast. A perfect neck shot, well that’s for the professionals.
Though controversial upon its debut, HECS Technology has been widely embraced by the scientific community as a groundbreaking tool for studying animals in their natural habitat. World-renowned biologist Forrest Galante is one of the biggest proponents of HECS Technology, saying that “it reduces stress on the environment and the animals that live in it.”