gobbler

Well, it’s that time of year when we look back at the past and forward to the future. You may wonder how this practice began. Believe it or not, the a...

Well, Christmas is over. Soon it’s going to be 2020 and despite past dire predictions from science fiction writers and movie producers we’re still han...

The big Tom gobbled on the roost while it was still dark, and I slid in closer. It slowly grew lighter and the turkey continued to gobble — in fact, h...

My turkey hunting partner, Scott Neely, and I were talking the other day. We hadn’t seen a single hunter in close to two weeks. The only tire tracks o...

The human mind is a curious thing. Capable of astonishing accomplishments, it is also sometimes stubbornly inflexible. Many times, once a belief is fi...

When it comes to hunting spring turkeys, birds will be taken every day of the season. However it’s hard to agree with that statement if you’ve been hu...

It seems like it happens to turkey hunters every spring. Midway through and toward the end of gobbler season the birds just seem to go quiet. It’s fru...

For decades, spring gobbler hunters have sought out the biggest and the best. Early on the 12 gauge up to the 10 gauge with powerful shot shells to ma...

Anyone who has read my columns on turkey hunting knows my feelings on the subject; spring gobbler hunting can be a long, drawn out torture! Many suffe...

The odds were against her. After all, at the very least she had to survive nesting on the ground and grow to maturity roaming the fields and forest un...

I’d climbed into the truck as if drugged. I felt totally, completely, drained; just stepping up into the truck was an effort and all that seemed to ma...

Turkey hunters like to think of themselves as being the real deal. Smart, savvy, ready to deal with the wily turkey and pull victory from defeat. Yes,...

From one year to the next a small percentage of hunters have questioned the opening date for hunting gobblers. Some believe the PA season should be op...

The sky lightened, the temperature a chilly 39 degrees, unheard of in Missouri the third week of April. But this was a cold, late spring indeed. The c...

It’s not surprising how the human mind is affected by all of the humiliating jokes and teases we’ve suffered from others over the years. Unfortunately...

For many, restraint can be difficult to control. After all, when you call to a gobbler and he answers, there is a degree of heightened expectation. At...

The darkness slowly melted away, the trees grew solid, then the larger branches became visible and finally the smaller. The skyline glow became strong...

It’s been a long hard and difficult season for the great majority of the long suffering gobbler hunters. Perhaps a sweeping epidemic of extreme laryng...

Joe Paulik’s knee was a mess. Two tendons and the meniscus in his knee were torn and the pain of walking was severe. Still, Saturday was the first day...

Man, can you believe spring gobbler is upon us once again? It seems to take forever for trout season to finally roll around and break winter’s deadloc...