To be honest, I don’t know how many turkeys I’d killed before I set my first turkey decoys; probably a dozen or more. The way I was taught, the hunter made the yelps and the clucks and the purrs, and ...

In this April 11, 2014 photo, Theresa Vail, Miss Kansas, shoots through a gobbler decoy's feathers during filming of a television hunting series called "Limitless," to air on the Outdoors Channel next ...

Darrell Bartel, a former Green Bay resident now residing in Waupaca, had an idea. It all started years ago when he shot his first turkey. Because decoys are a must for most hunters, he purchased a ...

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 ...

Absolutely, using turkey decoys is a major factor in successfully putting a spring gobbler down for the count. Time and again, however, hunters will swear they will never use a decoy again after an ...

They’re twin tools of deception, turkey decoys and turkey calls, meant to fool lusty gobblers. Nate Hosie uses both. That’s not how things always were, though. When the host of “Headhunters TV” was a ...

Testosterone is the most dangerous chemical under whose influence a wild turkey gobbler can find itself. But combining that behavior-addling hormone with another chemical - petroleum product polymers ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A well-placed turkey decoy just might bring your prey right to you. Dennis ...

I love decoys. I’ve got a half dozen turkey decoys in my garage and a whole basement full of duck and goose dekes. I enjoy setting decoys and trying to imitate how I think real birds would be ...

Some turkey hunters swear by turkey decoys. Others swear at them. Odds are, any turkey hunter with a few spring seasons behind him has done both. Employing fake turkeys certainly can improve a ...

There’s a stack of black bags in the rear of my garage, a set of collapsible camouflage hunting blinds that are awaiting deployment for the start of the Minnesota turkey spring season. A few blind ...