Opening morning of the youth turkey season turned into a numbers game for 12-year-old Gage McTaggart, who was hunting with his dad Todd and caller Brett Thompson at Homochitto National Forest in Southwest Mississippi. […]
Here are Shane Johnson’s top tips to kill a turkey — and these steps work even if you’re a member of a turkey-hunter’s nirvana. […]
Hunters working gobblers on public lands must realize that the property is open to anybody that wants to use it. That includes both hunters and other people enjoying other forms of recreation. […]
Our magazine’s own Mark Boyd is a well-versed public lands turkey hunter and he beats the public odds often. […]
It is just as difficult, if not more so, to offer up any kind of a prediction to what the coming hunting season is going to be like when it comes to wild turkeys as it is for white-tailed deer. […]
The gobbler was sounding off in earnest, and he was not that far away. I started slipping quietly down the ridge, just below its peak where I hoped I would not be seen. […]
Of all the hunting seasons in Mississippi, the safest may be exactly the one that often puts hunters in the most dangerous situations. […]
Mississippians chasing turkeys during the youth season could run into a situation that could prove detrimental long-term during the rest of the spring gobbler season. […]
While many die-hard turkey hunters might turn their noses up at decoys and folding pop-up blinds, they are a necessary when guiding a youngster. […]
Turkey tactics, strategies and methods of hunting have come and gone over the years. One can still hear heated debates around the campfire during deer season about how to best hunt a wild turkey gobbler. Some say to use this call or that, hunt morning roosted birds or afternoon lovesick toms, use decoys, and so forth. […]
It is a blessing to live in a state offering so much quality public hunting land. Whenever I get the chance to brag, I let my out-of-state hunting friends know that Mississippi is the place to come for deer hunting, small game hunting, and even some of the best fishing in the country, especially crappie. […]
Move over turkey, this Thanksgiving isn’t all about you.
Make room for ducks. […]
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