Pennsylvania’s 2024 spring gobbler season begins on Saturday with a half-day hunt for junior hunters and mentored hunters 16 and under. The regular season runs from May 4-31. There’s one guarantee ...

Very few aspects of hunting spring gobblers are easy, but nothing is as easy as preseason scouting. Even a novice, especially if seeking advice from a veteran beak-buster friend, can get it right the ...

Just because the first two weeks of spring gobbler season have gone without filling a tag is no reason to be pessimistic for those willing to take advantage to changes in the season. First, instead of ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was 60 years ago that the group The Outsiders crooned the lyrics “I can’t wait forever; Even though you want me to.” They could well have been singing about the frustration hunters feel that have ...

Calling wild turkeys in the fall lacks the excitement of hearing thunderous gobbles in response to calls made when hunting spring gobblers. Fall calling, however, can be just as effective in ...

This old gobbler made fools of all of us. He won every trick both spring and fall for two years, and don’t for one minute think he was up against amateurs. The boys I hunt with are tops. Some have ...

Just because the first two weeks of spring gobbler season have gone without filling a tag is no reason to be pessimistic for those willing to take advantage to changes in the season. First, instead of ...