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September 17, 2026

When gobblers are ganged up early in the season, the bird not doing the aggressive strutting and gobbling is often the dominant bird.

Shoot the lookers

Early in the season, gobblers will often be grouped in pairs or larger groups. Seeing several toms coming into decoys gobbling every step can be one of the most exciting sights of any hunter’s season. […]

Hunters have a unique opportunity to take turkeys during rainy weather because their behavior is more predictable and one of their sharpest senses is dulled.

Bad weather, good hunting

Jeff Burleson

For a species with a brain the size of a walnut, wild turkeys are fairly clever at avoiding the talons or the teeth of predators, but their poor sense of smell allows hunters and other predators to take a few turkeys each year. […]

Bad weather, good hunting

Jeff Burleson

Set up a decoy slightly back in the woods from a field for best results.

Decoy and setup wisdom

Bruce Ingram

Mitchell Johnson feels that when hunting a field, too many hunters set up too close to its edge. […]

Mitchell Johnson has designed his Dead End turkey calls to do what he does in calling contests: sound like a real turkey.

Whatever you do, sound like they do

Bruce Ingram

Mitchell Johnson, 32, attributes hard work for the success he has experienced in competitions and with his call company, but he also lists another reason. […]

Make use of locator calls as season progresses

Terry Madewell

Locator calls are an important of any turkey hunter’s arsenal, especially from mid-season to the final day of the season.

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Organic fertilizers may fit better into the strategy of landowners who are interested in food-plot planting instead of extensive agricultural activity.

Organic fertilizers not just for hippies

Jeff Burleson

Each year, landowners with an interest in providing food for wildlife spend countless hours on the tractor, at the farm supply store and at the kitchen table trying to develop a productive crop. […]

Young hunters like Sarah Johnson, who took this bird with her father, Mitchell, get a 6-day season of their own before North Carolina’s month-long spring season comes in.

North Carolina 2014 turkey season details

Bruce Ingram

North Carolina’s statewide spring gobbler season runs from April 12 to May 14. The daily bag limit is one bearded bird, with a season bag limit of two. […]

Choose from a variety of calls and become proficient with several; your turkey hunting success will improve.

Have a wide assortment of calls ready

Terry Madewell

Veteran hunter and call-maker John Tanner said that in the middle to late portion of the season, it is often one specific tone or pitch from a call that will make a gobbler respond and approach your position. […]

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