Every shot at a turkey is a unique and random event. You throw hundreds of pellets downrange, hoping a few find the head and neck. It’s a target, as one custom choke maker once described it to me, ...

Before I ever got serious about patterning turkey guns, chokes, and loads, I believed the 12 gauge was the king of the turkey woods — and always would be. Like many turkey hunters, I killed my first ...

Willie Johnston of Hamburg is a traditionalist hunter, but he embraces the .410-bore shotgun for turkey hunting.

Turkey season will begin April 21, and hunters that prepare now will have the best chance of success on opening day. Here are a few pointers to help put you ahead of the curve: Going afield for the ...

These are the time tested turkey hunting shotguns that our editors use every spring. In fact, these are the best turkey guns of all time.

Turkey season is approaching fast. Across the Midwest, most turkey hunters are less than two months away from early-morning ...

Hunters, get ready. Wild turkey season in Ohio starts soon. Here's what you need to know. When is wild turkey hunting season 2025 in Ohio? Here's when the different wild turkey hunting seasons in Ohio ...

LANSING — Michigan’s spring turkey hunting season application period is open now through Sunday, Feb. 1, with applications costing $5 each, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

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 ...

New York’s 2025 turkey season begins this weekend, April 26-27, with the annual youth hunt for hunters ages 12-15. Youth hunters must have a license, a turkey permit, and be accompanied by a licensed ...

Turkey season will begin April 21, and hunters that prepare now will have the best chance of success on opening day. Going afield for the first time on opening day is like making a cold sales call.