
The great turkey-hunting conundrum: when to move on a hung-up bird
It was a classic turkey standoff. Dad and I had struck gobblers late in the morning – a pair of toms that climbed all over my calls. Our original setup was, I felt, a long

It was a classic turkey standoff. Dad and I had struck gobblers late in the morning – a pair of toms that climbed all over my calls. Our original setup was, I felt, a long

In a nod to the increasing popularity of straight-walled cartridges for rifles in Ohio deer hunting, Andrew Mitchem put one to good use this past December.
On Dec. 1, 2022, Mitchem, of North Lewisburg

You’re going to need a gun, calls, camouflage clothing, and maybe a blind, decoys, a vest, and other incidentals. You don’t “need” all these items to kill a gobbler, but they’re good to have.

No one disagrees that conservation should be “science-based.”
That’s the most important reason the concept is included as one of the seven fundamental pillars of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.
At

The foundation for hunting spring gobblers has typically been based upon calling. And, it’s not necessarily the type or brand name calls you use, or calling sounds you create. Obviously calling tools produce results. But,

There was an uptick in buyer interest for fur at the Kidron auction, where more than 70 fur harvesters registered to sell their lots and 15 to 20 buyers purchased a total of 3,259 pelts.

The national award from Ducks Unlimited recognizes a state or provincial agency that has exhibited an outstanding contribution to conservation and restoration of North America’s wetlands and waterfowl.

Ninety-one-year-old Larry Himburg was one of two men honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual banquet of the Ohio Hunter Trapper Education Instructors Association (OHTEIA).

If you spook a gobbler near a decoy, don’t go back the next day with the same decoy. That sets up a hindrance to success for sure. If you must go back there next day,
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