Turkey Hunting Archives - Page 31 of 52

May 2, 2026

Seven tips for late-season gobblers from a North Carolina guide

Sportsmen across North Carolina flooded the woods earlier this month as the spring gobbler season opened, and many have enjoyed reasonable success. […]

Guide Jamie Pritchett said that turkey hunting from the middle to the end of the season can be great, if you change tactics a bit.

With midway point of turkey season at hand, savvy hunters will change tactics

Terry Madewell

There’s a mad scramble to hunt as soon as turkey season begins, but some expert hunters look forward to the middle and latter parts of the season. […]

Tim Coble’s gobbler, killed in the Uwharrie Mountains of Davidson County last spring, pushed the 20-pound mark and sported a 10-inch beard and inch-long spurs, but it left him in second place in his family to son Tyler, who killed a bigger bird during the 2014 Youth Only season.

Tips for Uwharrie turkeys

Walter Taylor

Scout near creekbottoms and river bottoms. Look for places where turkeys have been scratching for bugs and worms. […]

Counties in southeastern North Carolina are making up a larger and larger percentage of the statewide harvest every season as the flock in those areas continues to grow.

Statewide turkey harvest, 2010-2014

Dan Kibler

Statewide turkey harvest, 2010-2014 […]

Hunters in the eastern third of the state can’t use terrain to hide from a turkey as easily as a hunter in North Carolina’s mountains.

Turkeys: From Murphy to Manteo, they’re the same birds

Dan Kibler

Turkeys are found in North Carolina from just a few feet above sea level in coastal counties to almost a mile into the sky in North Carolina’s mountains. […]

The author’s son killed this Watauga County gobbler on opening day last April in a woodlot bordering a Christmas tree farm. He finished his limit two days later on an Ashe County Christmas tree farm.

No reason to panic over NWNC turkeys yet

Dan Kibler

One area of North Carolina where the turkey harvest has not followed the overall record-setting pace has been the extreme northwestern corner of the state, which still shows up as having the most-dense flocks. […]

Change calls when working on a hung-up gobbler, and try to avoid using a standard yelp, as it may convince the tom to stand pat.

Beware of the yelp

Terry Madewell

Jeremy Burnham said one thing he has learned is that a yelp is not the best call for a hung-up gobbler. […]

Johnathan Alford will open his bag of tricks and try several different things when dealing with a gobbler that won’t budge.

Check your ‘6’ when in stealth mode

Terry Madewell

Johnathan Alford said that when dealing with a hung-up gobbler, expect the unexpected. […]

David Moore of Kinston poses with two of his 13-year-old triplets, Joel (left) and Will (right), who both killed great Lenoir County gobblers on April 4, opening day of North Carolina's youth-only turkey season. Joel's bird had four beards and rare "smoke phase" plumage.

Two Lenoir County triplets double up on huge gobblers as youth season opens

Dan Kibler

Two out of three ain’t bad, especially if one of them is really special. That’s got to be the way that David Moore of Kinston is feeling after two of his three 13-year-old triplet sons, Will and Joel, killed monster Lenoir County gobblers on April 4, the opening day of North Carolina’s week-long youth-only turkey season – with Joel’s bird being a rare, “smoke phase” gobbler. […]

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission wants to collect the lower legs of 500 wild turkeys this spring to test for a disease that has been discovered in North America in the past few years.

Commission asks turkey hunters to donate lower legs of birds killed for research

NCWRC Release

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking the assistance of turkey hunters for a study of North Carolina’s wild turkey population and a disease that affects turkeys during the April 11-May 9 spring gobbler season. […]