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.

For this old turkey hunter, it has always been difficult to figure out the female of any species. But hen turkeys seem especially problematic. Even as recently as a couple years ago, my belief was ...

When I started turkey hunting back in the '70s, I was told repeatedly that the hens go to the gobbler, not vice versa. That meant that when we hunters used a turkey call to imitate a hen yelping, ...

Kent Hall of Summersville looks over his array of turkey calls during last Saturday’s Northside Automotive West Virginia Outdoors in the studio ahead of the show. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The first thing ...

I consider myself a good turkey hunter. And early season hunts verified that assessment. Alabama yielded a gobbler very responsive to my verbal pleadings, an exciting hunt, an end with a bang, ...

With the spring turkey season beginning March 2 in South Florida, now is the time to start locating gobblers so you have a good idea of where the birds will be on opening day. But as experienced ...

Thousands of people have flocked to Nashville this week - people are always in Nashville - for the annual convention of the National Wild Turkey Federation. The centerpiece, happening this weekend, is ...