Turkey Hunting Archives - Page 42 of 52

May 2, 2026

Emma Stone, 10, killed this 23-1/2-pound gobbler on April 23. It was her second of the season.

Young girl bags two huge gobblers

The odds – this or any spring – that a North Carolina turkey hunter would shoot a 21-pound gobbler with twin beards and 1 3/8-inch spurs and name the bird “Buttercup” are about 1,000-to-1. […]

Learn how to read a gobbler’s ‘temperature’ before deciding whether or not to call to him aggressively or quietly.

10 Turkey-Taking Tips

Jim Casada

A grand old South Carolina turkey hunter from yesteryear, Archibald Rutledge, once wrote: “Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters.” […]

Amputee hunter Ricky Miller hasn't let his handicap get in the way of getting back in the woods. He took this fine gobbler on April 14 in the Francis Marion National Forest.

Big gobbler just another step in amputee’s comeback

Brian Carroll

Ricky Miller lost his left leg below the knee in an accident in March 2006, but the way he’s come back hasn’t been accidental, at all. […]

Marshall Collette of Greensboro said hunters will kill more turkeys if they tone down the volume and frequency of their calls.

North Carolina turkey pro says to call less often, less loud

Dan Kibler

If Marshall Collette of Greensboro strung together all the beards from the turkeys he’s killed or called in for other hunters on a piece of rawhide, you could probably use it to measure for first downs in a football game. […]

Mike Johnson (right), manager of Clinton House Planatation, called in this 20-pound gobbler for wildlife photographer Brian Carroll on Thursday -- the eighth bird taken in the first five days of the season on the 2,000-acre Laurens County property.

Opening week of turkey season beyond expectations, plantation manager says

Dan Kibler

The mild winter and warm early spring may have Palmetto State fishermen in a tizzy, but you’ll hear no complaints from turkey hunters, if their experience mirrors Mike Johnson’s. […]

Hunters who travel across North Carolina often need a change of tactics to bag a smart gobbler.

All Terrain, All Turkeys

Bruce Ingram

By 8:45, only two toms had sounded off a total of four times on Arthur Dick’s 1,800-acre Willow Oaks Plantation in Rockingham County outside of Eden. […]

Cover: April 2012 (NC) – Hunting

North Carolina Sportsman

Great spring days are in store for flounder anglers and turkey hunters. […]

Thunder Chicken

North Carolina Sportsman

Flextone Game Calls has introduced a new lightweight and easy to carry and pack turkey decoy. […]

Stream bottoms are great spots to run into turkeys in the Piedmont, because their banks are often filled with acorn-producing oak trees.

Prime Piedmont tactics

Bruce Ingram

Tommy Kirby of Willow Oaks Plantation in Rockingham County is on the same page with his boss, Arthur Dick, when it comes to cutting down on the amount of calling a turkey hunter does and paying more attention to location. […]

Button-popping proud? The author shows off his 2011 gobbler, killed during a paddle through the Sumter National Forest.

Paddle up an old tom

Phillip Gentry

According to the regulations posted in the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ Rules and Regulations handbook for 2011-12, it is unlawful to take a wild turkey from a watercraft. […]