We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.
Few things can quicken the pulse of a Pennsylvania hunter as much as the sound of a Tom turkey’s gobble both near and far. With opening day of the state’s spring gobbler season less than a week away, ...
PINE RIVER — Rolf Moen, of Nisswa, and I stood in the gray predawn doing what turkey hunters do; listen for the gobbling of tom turkeys as they announce the start of a new day from lofty perches.
“THERE ARE few men today who can fool a wild turkey gobbler in the spring of the year,” the turkey hunter said. “Now, I don’t say I’m the best turkey caller in Louisiana, or anything like that. I’ll ...
Paraphernalia are telltale signs of a turkey hunter's addiction, and no matter how much gear you have, you always need more. Callers are the biggest indulgences for many hunters. A rational person ...
This Thanksgiving season, we’re teaming up with “Terrestrials” and “Wow in the World” to bring you a buffet of tales about the chicken-stuffed-duck-stuffed- turkey concoction known as turducken! Since ...
Tom turkeys boom out their raucous gobbles over the hills and down the hollows each spring, bragging that they made it through another winter. That hasn’t changed. But springtime comes earlier these ...
The spring Rio Grande gobbler season gets underway on April 2 in most of the state and experts say there will be plenty of mature birds in the field. The season in 12 East Texas counties doesn't begin ...