Turkey hunters are required to have a basic hunting license and wild turkey license, or an equivalent combination. A youth ...

The only way would be to have the turkey banded as a juvenile to know for sure.” A juvenile bird, by Plumpton’s definition, is a one-year-old. Which, if it’s a male, is known as a jake. Reading a leg ...

Many hunters with a lot of long-beards under their belts pass on jakes (and hens with beards), hoping for long beards and ...

To use decoys most effectively, you need to understand the turkeys you’re hunting. This comes through good scouting and piecing together the flock dynamic. For example, the boss tom with a bunch of ...

A jake is defined as having a beard less than six inches and a spur less than 0.5 inch. Adult hunters may take one adult gobbler (male turkey) per day and two per season. An adult gobbler is ...

In addition to banning a form of turkey stalking commonly called reaping, the new rules prohibit turkey hunters from shooting immature male birds ... A Complete Ban on All Jake Hunting The ...

Tim Hovey discusses his personal strategies for turkey hunting, and the dangers of over-calling these sometimes shy birds.

Officers with Indiana's St. Joseph County Police Department had quite the mission when they were called to remove a wild ...

A woman heard a loud bang and found her glass storm door shattered. She discovered feathers in the hallway and, to her surprise, a male turkey flapping its wings in the kitchen.

If you do encounter a bold turkey, MassWildlife suggests you “haze or harass” the turkey by using dominant body language like ...

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But now, as turkey mating season kicks in, Astoria appears to be expanding her range. “She was calling while doing it, and that’s a sign she was looking for a mate — a male turkey ...