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2018 turkey season forecast
Mississippi turkey hunters who had a good season last spring will enjoy the forecast for the 2018 season, but those who did not will not be so enthusiastic. […]
Turkey Hunting
Features
Early kid, early bird – Call in potential turkey hunters while they’re young
Scott Ellis yelped, purred and clucked, and he was greeted with thunderous gobbles from a couple of fired-up gobblers. […]
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Apply now for WMA turkey hunts
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks will accept applications through Feb. 15 for Wildlife Management Area permitted turkey hunts. […]
Field Notes
If you tag a gobbler, fan him out
A tom turkey carries with him three body parts that most hunters consider trophies in the same realm that a whitetail buck carries an 8-point rack — worth keeping around to remember him by. […]
Sidebars
How to take turkeys with archery
Scott Hammond scouts out the movements of the turkeys and patterns them almost right down to the exact steps they’ll be taking. […]
Sidebars
Emotional calling works for turkey hunting
Many hunters brag about their world champion calling skills, but place too much confidence on calling a turkey instead of being able to think like one. […]
Field Notes
Don’t give up on afternoon turkeys
Hunter Specialties pro Steve Cobb said turkeys hunters miss a great opportunity only hunting in the early morning. […]
Content
In the footsteps of a giant — Expert turkey hunting tips
Jeff Davis headed across the pasture in the quiet, pitch-black darkness before dawn, already knowing where the birds roosted and wanting to be the battle-tested gobbler’s first suitor of the day. […]
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Going old school
The Eastern wild turkey is either the dumbest bird on the planet, or the smartest.
Every spring, this majestic and elusive bird falls to the simplest of attempts to harvest him. […]
Field Notes
5 calls for turkey hunters
If he could carry only a few turkey calls, Charles Hudson recommended taking only the ones you are most proficient with. […]
Field Notes
7 steps to display beards from gobblers
Every gobbler a hunter takes is a memory, and preserving and displaying the beards is a great way to revisit those memories. […]
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Pilot turkey harvest report program
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks will initiate a stateside pilot turkey harvest reporting system for the 2017 spring season, the agency announced. […]