Natural turkey biology can make turkey hunting seem difficult. Then throw in the mistakes we make and the sour hands Mother Nature can deal every so often and harvesting a springtime tom can seem near impossible. Persistence, patience, and hunter's savvy are valuable...
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Springtime is trophy northern pike time By Larry Myhre
The sun was beating down on this small, northern Ontario lake. But that was a good thing. It was only a few days after ice-out, and a warming sun often prompts big northern pike to put on the food bag. My friend and I had booked a two-week trip into a fly-in lake even...
Turkey Decoys By Gary Howey
When I started, hunting turkeys back in the 70's it was a new sport in this part of the country and we learned as we went along. Hunting turkeys with decoys was the furthest thing from our minds. A friend of mine from Crofton, NE. heard about hunters down south using...
Lack Of Snowfall Benefits Iowa Pheasants
BOONE – Based on the positive comments that filled Todd Bogenschutz's email and voicemail, Iowa pheasant hunters saw more birds last fall and after last winter's below normal snowfall that good vibe should continue this season. Bogenschutz, the upland wildlife...
IT’S SPRING TIME, TO GET YOUR MINERAL LICKS STARTED!
A very simple but favorite management chore of mine in the spring is establishing new mineral sites. The anticipation of what might show up that year as the antlers begin to develop is always super high. I have even found myself in the past few years putting out...
Prepare now for turkey hunting season by Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal A little preparation right now can put the odds on your side come turkey hunting season. And when it comes to hunting these wise, old birds, you need all the help you can get. After all, only one in five hunters fill their tag in...
TURKEY TALK: THREE TIPS FOR TAKING A TOM
1) THE IMPORTANCE OF RECONNAISSANCE Scouting is possibly the most important element of hunting anything, but especially turkeys. Learning roost locations, strutting zones, grit sources, bugging habitat and the lay of the land can mean everything. Now and again you may...
Let’s Talk Turkey By Gary Howey
Gobblers in the spring re busy, strutting, doing their best to impress the ladies, fighting off other Toms who try to cut into their action and to doing all the other things turkeys do. This is the time of the year, before the season opens that you need to get out and...