Turkey Hunting Archives - Page 36 of 52

May 2, 2026

Turkey gobblers can change from extremely vocal to almost silent over the course of a month-long spring season.

Early season tactics won’t get you much after the first week of South Carolina’s turkey season.

Hunting turkeys effectively through an entire season is one of the biggest challenges for a hunter — emphasis on effectively. […]

Legislation in front of the South Carolina legislature would set a statewide spring turkey season and lower the annual bag limit.

Legislation to change turkey-hunting regulations moving through legislature

Pat Robertson

South Carolina turkey hunters would get an expanded turkey season – with a reduction in the season limit – if two identical bills on the fast track in the S.C. Legislature this session are passed and signed into law. […]

Patterning allows you to learn which shotguns throw the best pattern for turkey hunting.

Turkey patterns and cleaning tips

Gordon Hutchinson

In turkey hunting, preparation is everything.
So thinking about you guys (and gals) who get all heated up over feathers in the spring, I thought I would write about patterning — and cleaning your guns. […]

Terry Hiers and two very happy hunters pose with a trio of Blackwater gobblers. Hiers believes that overall woodsmanship is the most-important factor in hunting turkeys, but he’s not opposed to using some unique calls when the situation presents itself.

Unusual calls and fighting purrs

Terry Madewell

Terry Hiers is an expert with most any call made, but he does have some he saves for specific situations. […]

Hiers said the key to not pushing a gobbler too hard is to always keep human intrusion changing so you don’t create a pattern — including how you get into and out of the woods.

Top guides’ turkey tips – Guides’ tips can help South Carolina turkey hunters

Terry Madewell

Working as a turkey guide inherently gives a person more insight into the sport. They hunt nearly every day of the season and often have the luxury of not shooting a bird, but calling for another person to do the shooting. […]

Hen turkeys in North Carolina had a tough time raising their poults this past summer, according to a NCWRC survey.

Summer brood survey has bad, bad news for North Carolina turkey hunters

Craig Holt

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s annual wild turkey summer brood survey has some really bad news for turkey hunters: poult survival this past summer matched an all-time low. […]

Wild turkey reproduction was down this past summer to record-low levels, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.

Turkey hatch is worst on record, SCDNR reports

Terry Madewell

The bad news for the South Carolina turkey population, and turkey hunters, just keeps getting worse. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ summer brood survey has been released, and the 2013 recruitment is the worst on record. […]

SCDNR surveys indicate the statewide turkey harvest was down more than 2000 birds in 2013 over 2012 levels.

Turkey harvest off more than 10 percent in 2013, SCDNR says

Terry Madewell

The harvest data from the 2013 turkey season is in, and according to Charles Ruth, the deer and turkey project leader for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, hunter success fell appreciably from 2012 levels. […]

SCDNR is looking for volunteers to help in a survey that will measure the success of this spring's turkey hatch.

SCDNR seeking volunteers for summer turkey brood survey

South Carolina Sportsman

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is looking for sportsman interested in participating in the annual Summer Turkey Survey that helps measure brood success. […]

Garrett Collins' 22-pound Rockingham County gobbler carried a 17-inch beard, which the NWTF certified as the longest ever killed in North Carolina.

Rockingham County gobbler may have NC’s longest beard ever

Craig Holt

Garrett Collins of Reidsville bagged his first wild turkey on April 13, the opening day of North Carolina’s spring gobblers-only season. […]