We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more I’m a turkey junkie. I’m chasing 49, will hunt four states in April and May, and have ...

Every shot at a turkey is a unique and random event. You throw hundreds of pellets downrange, hoping a few find the head and neck. It’s a target, as one custom choke maker once described it to me, ...

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Willie Johnston of Hamburg is a traditionalist hunter, but he embraces the .410-bore shotgun for turkey hunting. Johnston, 72, represents an evolution in the turkey hunting retail market. An older ...

Mississippi's 2026 turkey hunting season will be three days longer than usual due to a new state law. The state's turkey population is estimated to be 42% higher than the previous decade's average, ...

Turkey season is almost here in Mississippi and it's looking like hunters will have an excellent year, but because of when the season's traditional start and end dates fall on the calendar, hunters ...

Tennessee's spring turkey hunting season opens in April, starting with a youth-only weekend. The general season runs from April 11 to May 24, with a bag limit of two male turkeys. There's one month ...

Do you really need a red dot for turkey hunting? Yes, yes you do. Shotguns with a single bead were meant for pointing and shooting birds on the wing. Shooting a turkey gun that’s resting on your knee ...

A couple years ago, I wrote a little sermon for our time here together in "Guns & Cornbread" about "the way it used to be" when it came to the outdoors. I have said before that we as hunters, ...

Mississippi hunters can expect an excellent 2026 turkey season due to strong hatches in recent years. Favorable weather and habitat improvements have contributed to the increase in turkey numbers.

Every March, Roy Holdford loads up his van and hits the road for a three-month-long turkey hunt. He starts in the Southeast with the first season openers and then hunts his way north and west until, ...