Turkey hunting has commanded our springtime calendars for the past two decades. We’ve chased gobblers throughout the United States and Mexico, hunting an average of 50 days across a half-dozen states ...

State environmental conservation officers said a man was arrested after shooting a turkey decoy from a vehicle in Delaware County. According to a media release, an person turkey hunting on May 5 in ...

To be honest, I don’t know how many turkeys I’d killed before I set my first turkey decoys; probably a dozen or more. The way I was taught, the hunter made the yelps and the clucks and the purrs, and ...

I love decoys. I’ve got a half dozen turkey decoys in my garage and a whole basement full of duck and goose dekes. I enjoy setting decoys and trying to imitate how I think real birds would be ...

At first glance, one might think that there is really nothing to putting out turkey decoys. Right? Just put the plastic replicas in a field, get yourself hid nearby and call. Birds see the decoys and ...

Absolutely, using turkey decoys is a major factor in successfully putting a spring gobbler down for the count. Time and again, however, hunters will swear they will never use a decoy again after an ...

Some may have watched their favorite outdoors shows with scenes of anxious birds strutting around groups of decoys just before the host of the show squeezes the trigger. Decoys are a beneficial tool ...

Some turkey hunters swear by turkey decoys. Others swear at them. Odds are, any turkey hunter with a few spring seasons behind him has done both. Employing fake turkeys certainly can improve a ...

NEW RINGGOLD – It is a decoy spread that has stood the test of time. From South Carolina to New York State, oh so often a display of two hen decoys, sometimes accompanied by a jake, has been just too ...

In the deadly serious game of venatic chess that is spring turkey hunting, a match that recently played out on a mesquite/live oak flat overlooking the Llano River concluded in a draw. It just as ...

A skinny "jake'' turkey decoy, left, and a flopped-over foam hen turkey decoy were enough to help lure in a nice tom turkey for John Myers in May near Barnum.