Turkey Hunting Archives - Page 40 of 52

June 19, 2026

2013 Spring Turkey Preview — Where to up your odds for hunting success

No other type of hunting in North Carolina offers a challenge to match the pursuit of wild turkey gobblers in the spring. […]

Greensboro turkey ‘pro’ Marshall Collete advises hunters to call less and move less when you strike up a conversation with a gobbler.

Less is more when talkin’ turkey

Craig Holt

Turkey hunter Marshall Collette said his approach to luring gobblers within gun or bow range has changed during the years. […]

Dealing with ever-present hens is a problem that many turkey hunters have early in the season.

Hen Pecked — Patience and perseverance will carry the day for hunters who can wait out a longbeard

Terry Madewell

There’s one word that will make a turkey hunter discharge a mouth call with a dry-mouth gag, flip his friction call to the ground or toss his tube call in abject frustration. […]

Call-maker John Tanner developed the Purring BLock to make very realistic purrs and other soft calls — the kind that often get responses from henned-up gobblers in the afternoon.

Sweet talking for henned gobblers after lunch

Terry Madewell

Call-maker and veteran hunter John Tanner of Hemingway said one of the best attributes a good hunter can have when working henned gobblers is know when enough is enough. […]

Encountering henned gobblers can occur anytime, but according to this graph, the situation peaks late-March and early-April.

The biology of henned-up gobblers

Terry Madewell

Encountering a henned-up gobbler is a situation that is prevalent through a significant portion of the early turkey hunting season. It can extend for a considerable time, enough that hunters should learn to cope with it. […]

Mark Prudhomme of Georgetown is now the most decorated turkey caller of all time, having won for more championships at the NWTF Convention in Nashville last week.

Prudhomme wins four national calling titles at NWTF Convention

Pat Robertson

After winning four more titles at the 2013 National Wild Turkey Federation Convention in Nashville on Feb. 16, Mark Prudhomme of Georgetown has won 17 Grand National Calling Championships, the most of any turkey caller in history. […]

Observers noted plenty of gobblers during this past summer's annual turkey brood survey, but poult production was at its lowest level since 2003, according to the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commisssion.

Turkey hatch was among worst on record, state says

Craig Holt

After another record wild turkey harvest last spring, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reporting nesting success that ties a record – but not a good one. […]