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October 25, 2026

Sandy Brady poses with the gobbler he killed with a sling bow on April 25, 2018 in Rockingham County.

Rockingham County hunter takes huge gobbler with sling bow

Sandy Brady of Reidsville, N.C., has been bitten by an incurable bug over the past couple of years: the sling-bow bug. […]

Rusty Moore killed this bearded hen with a bow and arrow on April 16 in Rockingham County.

Bowhunter kills bearded hen in Rockingham County

Dusty Wilson

For the average turkey hunter, a bearded hen is something you don’t see everyday — one with a beard long enough to rival a full-grown gobbler is pretty darn rare. Shoot it with a bow and arrow and you’ve got a real anomaly. […]

Stanley Farmer has killed his share of gobblers over the years, but this one was really special, and not just because of the seven beards.

Rockingham County hunter bags 7-bearded gobbler

Jerry Dilsaver

Stanley Farmer of Stoneville, N.C. was expecting to see a gobbler and probably get a shot when he headed to a series of connected food plots on a Rockingham County, N.C. farm shortly after lunch on April 17, but the long-time turkey hunter wasn’t prepared for either the show he was treated to, or the trophy turkey with seven beards he bagged around 1:30 p.m. […]

Johnny Pippin (right) called these two jakes into range for his son Finn, who killed the two birds with a single shot.

South Carolina kindergartener decks two jakes with one shot

Dan Kibler

You could excuse Finn Pippin of Cope, S.C., for being a little too excited to shoot the first turkey gobbler that came within shotgun range this season. […]

Matt New killed this big bird on opening day of North Carolina's 2018 youth season. It's the second consecutive year that he's killed a gobbler with his bow during youth season.

Youth hunter bags 23-pound gobbler in Northampton County, N.C.

Brian Cope

Youth hunter Matt New killed his first turkey during the 2017 opening day of Youth Season with a bow, and he and his dad set out to make it two years in a row on April 7 of this year during a hunt in Northampton County. The weather forecast for that Saturday called for rain, but after a promising day of scouting on Friday, the two hunters decided to give it a chance anyway. It paid off. […]

Turkeys don’t disappear on bad-weather days; knowing how they react to wind and rain can put you a leg up on tagging a gobbler.

Tricks for bad-weather birds

Jeff Burleson

It has been said, and often, that a turkey would be nearly impossible to kill if its sense of smell was sharp as its keen eyesight and extra-sensory hearing. […]

If you’re hunting a new area this spring, having a good game plan is a key to getting a twist on turkeys.

When a door opens….

Terry Madewell

Turkey hunters are always on the lookout for new places to hunt, and with land-management changes, good areas are always in flux. […]

Trumpet calls are artificial wingbones, and they produce many of the same sounds as the original (second from right).

Try the “other” three mouth calls

Pete Rogers

Mention mouth calls to a turkey hunter, and diaphragm calls will come to most minds. […]

Jason Snead of Manteo completed a rare double March 25 in South Carolina, dropping two gobblers with one shot, including a rare erythristic (cinnamon) bird (right).

NC hunter drops two gobblers with one shot in Upstate SC

Craig Holt

Jason Snead of Manteo did something few wild turkey hunters have duplicated with odds close to one in a half-million. […]

Big Lake’s Breaker Box

Carolina Sportsman

Hugh McLaurin of Big Lake Outdoor Products has been making game calls out of a variety of woods for years, and he knows that dymond wood, a laminate that isn’t easy to come by, is one of the hardest, most-dense woods around, often used in the handles of custom knives. […]