The 2017 World Elk Calling Championships are in the books. The event took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, presented by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the International Sportsmen’s Expositions. The best elk callers in the world gathered for this annual event to battle it out for elk calling’s biggest braggin’ rights. When it…

Deer/vehicle collisions are a pretty common occurrence in areas with excessive deer numbers. But have you ever heard of a collision involving a turkey and vehicle? Well, it happens. Just ask, John Tarabocchia. Tarabocchia and family were headed down the road near LaPorte, Indiana after celebrating a family member’s acceptance to Notre Dame when they…

How Well Do Turkeys See? I think everyone has heard the phrase at some point, “If a turkey could smell, you’d never kill one.”  Of course this statement implies their other senses are so good that they’re just a deer’s nose away from becoming untouchable. Is this really true? Let’s tackle the biology of turkeys…

Spring turkey season is finally here! And I’m not sure what it is about chasing these goofy birds that is so addicting, but turkeys provide some of the funnest hunts of the year, no doubt. And just in case you needed a little something to stoke the fire for bowhunting spring turkeys, we share the…

The recent TN Youth Turkey Hunt is one that’ll go down as one of the best hunts of all time for my little boy, Aidan, and me. The soggy Sunday morning of the hunt found Aidan trying to kill his first longbeard before the 9:30 church service. Aidan and I doubled on hen turkeys in…

The temperatures hit 60 in late March, which melted the last remnants of winter’s snow. That’s nice, but it also exposes winter’s flotsam: cans, bottles, paper cups, cigarette butts and other junk that people flick into snow when no one’s looking. And there it sits, mostly hidden, until the snow melts and homeowners and other…

Hunting whitetails in Kansas has been a goal of mine for many years now.  Although the whitetail hunting in my home state of Illinois is arguably as good as anywhere else in the country, something about the Sunflower state has always intrigued me, in spite of Darron McDougal’s recent article on bowhunting Kansas.  So a…

Every year about a week or two into the turkey season, countless turkey hunters make a mad scramble to the sporting goods store in search of a better decoy. The decoy they used on opening day allegedly failed them and they now need something better to help seal the deal and punch their turkey tag.…

One of the best things about punching your turkey tag is that the chores that follow are quick and simple. There’s no arduous work involved like, boning lots of meat, packing heavy loads, and grueling hikes out of the backcountry. That also goes for the task of preserving your trophy, like the fan. It’s really…