Being allowed to hunt spring gobbler in the afternoon has some real advantages that go beyond sleeping in and having breakfast at 7 a.m., with plenty of time to relax and enjoy a second – and third – ...

Beginning Monday and through the end of Pennsylvania’s spring gobbler season, May 31, hunting hours are extended to 30 minutes after sunset. Unlike hunting in the morning where the typical scenario is ...

Spring gobbler season opens Saturday with the youth season having already opened up last weekend. Yet many hunters have been voicing their wishes that the spring season would start a week earlier than ...

Spring gobbler hunters now have the option to spend the entire day in the woods — should they choose to do so. Turkey hunting can be as mentally demanding as it is physically challenging, often making ...

I’ve been turkey hunting for just shy of 30 years. For the first half of that time, everyone hunted turkeys pretty much the same way, using hen calls and woodsmanship to get a gobbler to within range.

Very few aspects of hunting spring gobblers are easy, but nothing is as easy as preseason scouting. Even a novice, especially if seeking advice from a veteran beak-buster friend, can get it right the ...

It was 60 years ago that the group The Outsiders crooned the lyrics “I can’t wait forever; Even though you want me to.” They could well have been singing about the frustration hunters feel that have ...

Ah spring, when a hunter’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of—turkeys? Yep. New York’s spring turkey season is fast approaching. It opens May 1 and runs through May 31. We turned to our homegrown ...

Reproduction in recent years boosts hunting prospects throughout Pa. Gobbler hunting prospects are strong in Northeastern Pennsylvania, particularly in Wildlife Management Units 4C and 4E, which both ...

The 2025 spring turkey season is finally here. The year's first gobbler hunters took to the woods in Florida and Hawaii yesterday morning, and all through the Deep South, puffed-up toms are already ...

In the mid-1970s – before many reading this were born – Baby Boomers enjoyed dancing on Friday and Saturday nights to “Afternoon Delight” by the Starlight Vocal Band. For spring gobbler hunters, the ...

Hunters who do their preseason scouting should be able to find turkeys this spring. “This year looks real good, simply because the recruitment for the last several years has been great,” said Mary Jo ...