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The wild turkey is an elusive bird. To get the gobbler, get the know-how. Strategies, management and gear for the hunt can all be found right here.

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Wild Turkey Meatballs and Homemade Vegetable Soup

These wild turkey meatballs are incredible on their own or paired with this homemade vegetable soup.

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Rare White Triple Beard Turkey: Tailgate Talks

Tyler Anderson tells us the story of his hunt where he killed a rare white/cinnamon colored wild turkey with a triple beard.

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Turkey Breast and Wild Morel Mushrooms

By mid-spring, if you're a successful turkey hunter, you've acquired some wild turkey. And if you were really lucky, you found some morel mushrooms. These two ingredients make a wonderful meal when properly fixed. Wild turkey is in no way like domestic, store-bought Butterball. Wild turkey meat has very little fat and tends to dry out if you overcook them. You need to cook wild turkey in a different way.

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Timber vs Field Turkeys

Which is best to hunt gobblers - open areas or timber? The hunter can succeed in both areas by keeping a proper game plan for both scenarios.

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History of the Wild Turkey Stamp

May 5, 1956, saw the first in a 22 years series of U.S. Postal Stamps issued to celebrate successful conservation efforts carried out by state and federal governments. It was an attempt to bring attention to the importance of wildlife conservation and the first of those stamps on that spring day in 1956 featured the wild turkey.

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Using the Silent Treatment on Public Land Turkeys

When turkeys are stubborn to respond to calls, using the silent treatment can often be the turning point in harvesting a mature gobbler.

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Tenth Legion: Bottomland Book Club

Long considered the greatest book on turkey hunting, my recommendation is merely one amongst a score of tributes for this turkey hunting manifesto.

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The Different Personalities Types of a Gobbler

Turkeys, like people, have different personalities. Some are bold and reckless, others are shy and some may seem downright sagacious. First you need to be able to recognize these traits. Then you may need to adjust your approach.

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Honey Whiskey BBQ Turkey Bites

You can eat these honey whiskey BBQ wild turkey bites on rice, in a tortilla, over mashed potatoes or by themselves as an appetizer. The sauce and turkey will speak for itself and the journey to the plate is half the fun.

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Doing a Single Season Grand Slam on a Budget

If you’re a turkey hunter, you’ve at least entertained the idea of completing a grand slam (bagging the four main subspecies of wild turkey in North America).

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The Earliest Known Diaphragm Calls

"With turkey hunting having deep roots in several locations across the country, we will likely never know where the diaphragm call got its start. I've heard many accounts of locals in different regions inventing the simple device we know today as the diaphragm call."

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Overcoming Early Turkey Season Obstacles

The early season provides some unique challenges to the turkey hunter, like cold weather, little to no foliage, and henned up gobblers.

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Fox Haas's History with the Wild Turkey

Toxey Haas on his dad Fox Haas's life-long obsession with the wild turkey. Interviewed by Jessi Cole on March 9, 2023. Jessi Cole: Your dad is, to put it mildly, held in high regard in the turkey hunting community. A lot of people, though, don’t know his full story. And it’s a great one. Let’s start with this: When did your dad kill his first turkey? Toxey Haas: He killed his first wild turkey in

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Chasing Rios in Hawaii: Tailgate Talks

Hawaii is the first state to open to the general public each year (March 1st) and the landscape is unlike any other place I have ever visited.

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Turkey Call and Literature Collectors’ Guide: Bottomland Book Club

George Denka, Jr. and Brent Rogers have put together a comprehensive guide to collecting turkey calls and wild turkey literature, Turkey Call and Literature Collector’s Guide.

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