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.

I know a few successful turkey hunters who never use a mouth call. They bring their gobblers in with slate calls and have no problem killing them close. But, all of the truly expert turkey hunters I ...

Kent Hall of Summersville looks over his array of turkey calls during last Saturday’s Northside Automotive West Virginia Outdoors in the studio ahead of the show. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The first thing ...

When I started turkey hunting back in the '70s, I was told repeatedly that the hens go to the gobbler, not vice versa. That meant that when we hunters used a turkey call to imitate a hen yelping, ...

For this old turkey hunter, it has always been difficult to figure out the female of any species. But hen turkeys seem especially problematic. Even as recently as a couple years ago, my belief was ...

Hunting is on the decline in some parts of the country. At this week's National Wild Turkey Federation convention, officials want to recruit new hunters, especially women. Thousands of people have ...

With the spring turkey season beginning March 2 in South Florida, now is the time to start locating gobblers so you have a good idea of where the birds will be on opening day. But as experienced ...

I consider myself a good turkey hunter. And early season hunts verified that assessment. Alabama yielded a gobbler very responsive to my verbal pleadings, an exciting hunt, an end with a bang, ...