
Are jake decoys all they’re cracked up to be? Let’s talk about it
Let’s talk about that full-strut jake decoy you lug around the turkey woods.
When it works… holy hannah the video footage you get of gobblers spoiling for a fight! They come in at a

Let’s talk about that full-strut jake decoy you lug around the turkey woods.
When it works… holy hannah the video footage you get of gobblers spoiling for a fight! They come in at a

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my turkey hunting career, it’s that you never know quite what you’re going to get. I’ve had years where turkey hunting seemed easy. This year was not one

Turkey season’s final act. Fishing and waters warm up. Here’s the New York fishing and hunting report on May 21, 2026.

I was rooting around the cabinet where I store some of my hunting equipment and discovered boxes of rifled slugs and turkey loads. The sabot rifle slugs are leftovers from the day when only shotguns

I remember the first time I saw a wild turkey in my corner of the western Upper Peninsula. It was about 20 years ago, and the giant bird was standing in the middle of a

Minnesota’s turkey harvest through Monday of this week is down almost 12% from the same time last year, but hunters are still on pace to kill the third most birds in state history this spring.<br

Fall turkey hunters will no longer be allowed to take a bird with archery tackle in Ohio.
That decision followed a vote by the Ohio Wildlife Council on April 29.

Last month I found myself in a rustic tent camp in the sandhills region of Nebraska with a number of other outdoor media folk from around the country and even Canada. We all came to

We started this story in the last issue of Illinois Outdoor News – the one highlighting the importance of sharing examples of failure, along with examples of success.
Going into 2026, I had decided
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