Turkey hunters have their favorite keys to success. Here's mine: No. 1: Be patient. Gobblers keep their own sense of time. We are in their world and like to imagine that our success will be classic; ...

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.

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.

You know what this spring is? It’s the spring you’re going to master how to use a turkey mouth call. You probably already know that there’s nothing better for finishing a bird. A mouth call can sound ...

“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 ...

Not that any experienced spring gobbler hunter needed a reminder on the opening day of Pennsylvania’s season Saturday, but many who failed to fill a tag are beating themselves up for calling too much ...

I began my obsession with turkey hunting in the low-population days of the early ‘90s, when hearing a gobble in the distant hills was grounds for buying a lotto ticket. Between 1992 and 1997, I never ...

Knowing when to call and how often to call is the most-often asked question to Lingelstown native Matt Morrett in the more than 25 years he has conducted seminars. A world champion caller and former ...

PINE RIVER — An old saying among wild turkey hunters goes something like this: “Only freight trains and barred owls arise as early as turkey hunters.” I thought about this as four of us — turkey ...

A Pennsylvania hunter’s enthusiasm for wild turkey has earned him national recognition. Matt Morrett, 52, has become the youngest member of the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Grand National Calling ...