To be honest, I don’t know how many turkeys I’d killed before I set my first turkey decoys; probably a dozen or more. The way I was taught, the hunter made the yelps and the clucks and the purrs, and ...

Absolutely, using turkey decoys is a major factor in successfully putting a spring gobbler down for the count. Time and again, however, hunters will swear they will never use a decoy again after an ...

A skinny "jake'' turkey decoy, left, and a flopped-over foam hen turkey decoy were enough to help lure in a nice tom turkey for John Myers in May near Barnum.

When I first started chasing gobblers in the spring, very few people used decoys. Now many feel naked if they walk into the field without a turkey decoy or three. I hunted several years before getting ...

In 20 years of turkey hunting with a traditional bow, Marty Mann said he's probably had as many hits as misses. "It's not a hunt where you go out and get one with the first shot," said Mann, 61, of ...

This spring's turkey season started out in the New Hartford Cabela's as I studied a display of dozens of different decoys. Spring turkey hunting is eagerly awaited every year, and this season I hope ...

Just because we can shoot turkeys at longer ranges doesn’t always mean that we should. At its very best, turkey hunting is a close range game. Having a big old tom gobble and drum his way into 15 ...

When it comes to turkey decoys, timing is everything. Fake jakes and hens all have their place throughout the spring turkey season, but hunters must know when and where to properly use them to ...