Maurice Estlinbaum begins the walk back to the Jeep carrying the gobbler he just killed on a recent Hill Country hunt at Camp Verde Ranch. “I want you to take me some place and drop me off so I can ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — With spring turkey hunting season approaching fast, now is the time to read and understand the regulations. Missouri’s youth turkey hunting season is April 1 and 2, and the ...

Fall was the original turkey season. We eat turkey at Thanksgiving, not Easter, yet the generation of hunters that came of age during the bird’s “great comeback” sees turkey hunting as a spring-only ...

Iowa's first of four turkey seasons is just around the corner. In 2024, Iowa saw a record harvest of more than 16,000 birds, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Iowa's first turkey ...

Turkey hunting in the fall doesn't appear to be as popular as it used to be in Missouri. Conservationists and outdoorsmen point to multiple reasons for the decline, ongoing since the 1980s, including ...

CAMP VERDE — From the Jeep where I was sitting, I could hear at least three different gobblers calling back forth with Maurice Estlinbaum. I could visualize them in the motte of big trees, now free of ...