When it comes to using decoys to attract a wild turkey within shooting range, having a complete understanding of the big picture is essential. And it starts with the bird. Wild turkeys see in color.

At first glance, one might think that there is really nothing to putting out turkey decoys. Right? Just put the plastic replicas in a field, get yourself hid nearby and call. Birds see the decoys and ...

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 ...

Turkey hunting has commanded our springtime calendars for the past two decades. We’ve chased gobblers throughout the United States and Mexico, hunting an average of 50 days across a half-dozen states ...

NEW RINGGOLD – It is a decoy spread that has stood the test of time. From South Carolina to New York State, oh so often a display of two hen decoys, sometimes accompanied by a jake, has been just too ...

I learn many lessons in the turkey woods, but the one I learned on an 85-degree March morning in Florida will stick with me forever. Let the birds tell you what they want, and these Osceolas loved ...

Ready or not, despite the recent winterlike weather, the 2014 Minnesota turkey hunting season opens a half-hour before sunrise on Wednesday. Most turkey hunters will employ one or more decoys to help ...

When the 2010 Minnesota turkey hunting season opens a half-hour before sunrise on Wednesday, hunters will be faced with various decisions. Many hunters employ decoys to help lure an amorous gobbler ...

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 ...