
Hunters in Illinois harvest more than 15,700 birds during 2017 spring turkey season
The 2017 total compares with the statewide turkey harvest of 15,484 in 2016.
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The 2017 total compares with the statewide turkey harvest of 15,484 in 2016.

Rainy weekends dampen gobbler hunter’s spirits but not his resolve.

Some spring gobblers aren’t coming into your calling or decoying, no matter how well you call to that tom, so (hint) consider moving …

I’m never going to win a turkey-calling contest, especially with a mouth call, but thanks to other options, I’m able to walk out of the woods once in while with a gobbler slung over my

The state record of 16,605 is still in reach, but it will take a massive effort in the northern counties to hit the record, which was set in 2006.

Once considered limited to southeastern Minnesota’s agricultural fields and rolling bluff country, wild turkeys have expanded their range by finding areas of suitable habitat as far north as Itasca and southern St. Louis counties and

Learning a tough lesson in the turkey woods.
Hunt 234 is a statewide hunting license valid for all open areas, except public lands in the southern Lower Peninsula.

Excitement generated in Pennsylvania spring woods often leads to a lifetime of hunting.
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