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 ...

Hunters who failed to fill tags yesterday on the opening day of Pennsylvania’s spring gobbler season may want to consider using a decoy spread to enhance their chance of taking a gobbler. If you are ...

A realistic decoy is often the most crucial element to bagging a tom turkey during the spring season. A hen decoy should always be the first purchase. Credit: Courtesy of Bill Graves The amorous ...

But I put her to use with some great results. In the more than two decades that have passed, turkey decoys have changed a lot. The newest generations of decoys have been refined into works of art as ...

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 ...

Put another way, be sure to select the decoy based upon your turkey-hunting style. If you are a turkey hunter that likes to post up and wait out that old long beard, then perhaps a solid construction ...

Over the years we have discussed on these pages the use of decoys, whether they be for ducks, geese, deer, coyotes or turkeys. Each hunter has their own way of setting decoys. There are basic rules to ...

DAYTONA, Fla. – When spring gobbler season was established in Pennsylvania in 1967, hunting was conducted in a very different manner than in it is today. Calls were limited, camouflage clothing ...

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 ...