Turkey hunting has commanded our springtime calendars for the past two decades. We’ve chased gobblers throughout the United States and Mexico, hunting an average of 50 days across a half-dozen states ...

To be honest, I don’t know how many turkeys I’d killed before I set my first turkey decoys; probably a dozen or more. The way I was taught, the hunter made the yelps and the clucks and the purrs, and ...

I love decoys. I’ve got a half dozen turkey decoys in my garage and a whole basement full of duck and goose dekes. I enjoy setting decoys and trying to imitate how I think real birds would be ...

Absolutely, using turkey decoys is a major factor in successfully putting a spring gobbler down for the count. Time and again, however, hunters will swear they will never use a decoy again after an ...

Somewhere over the hill, a gobbler wound his way through the shinnery oak, mesquite, catclaw and yucca, moving slowly toward the gravel slope that fell away into the broad valley marking the ...

At first glance, one might think that there is really nothing to putting out turkey decoys. Right? Just put the plastic replicas in a field, get yourself hid nearby and call. Birds see the decoys and ...

Turkey season doesn't begin for another month, but if you're like me, you're already thinking about your game plan in the woods when April arrives — and one of the biggest decisions we all face is ...

When it comes to turkey decoys, timing is everything. Fake jakes and hens all have their place throughout the spring turkey season, but hunters must know when and where to properly use them to ...