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Merriams and Sheds

May 9, 2011 by Adam  
Filed under Deer Hunting, General, Turkey Hunting

Merriams and Sheds

I would like to thank the guys at American-Hunter for allowing me to post my columns and for all the viewer comments, I hope that my ideas on chasing Monster Bucks helps everybody harvest their biggest deer ever! As you can see, I have been chasing turkeys in Wyoming and harvested my first Merriam turkey [...]

John Ross Shoots First Turkey with Dad

May 2, 2011 by JT  
Filed under General, Turkey Hunting, youth hunting

John Ross Shoots First Turkey with Dad

Bob Thompson is an avid bird hunter, he sent in this great hunting story about an exciting turkey hunt with his 14 year old son, John Ross. Congrats to John Ross on taking his first turkey!
We called in 13 birds all together, they came to our decoys across an open grass filed about 300 yards [...]

Tim’s Best Merriam

April 22, 2011 by JT  
Filed under General, Tim Herald's Blog, Turkey Hunting

Tim’s Best Merriam

Turkey hunting across the Midwest has been tough for the last week or so with all the rain we’ve been getting. But a little rain won’t stop Tim Herald. He submitted this brief hunting report about his trip to hunt with buddy and The Zone co-host, James Brion. James is also the Owner of Gobble-n-Grunt [...]

Texas Turkey Hunting with Tim and Kids

April 14, 2011 by JT  
Filed under General, Tim Herald's Blog, Turkey Hunting, youth hunting

Texas Turkey Hunting with Tim and Kids

Tim Herald sent me a quick report on a fun Turkey hunt he did with his two boys down in Texas.  Check out his report below.
Last week I took my boys to Texas on spring break. They killed these 2 birds the first 2 mornings we hunted. Didn’t ever work another bird. Everything was off [...]

Matt’s Double Bearded Gobbler

March 22, 2011 by JT  
Filed under General, Turkey Hunting

Matt’s Double Bearded Gobbler

As we approach the opening day for spring turkey seasons across the Midwest I thought it would be fitting to share this hunting story sent to us from Matt Sheterom in Ohio.
Here’s a couple of pictures of my 2009 Spring Gobbler, my best ever. According to the NWTF records its the #26 Best Eastern for [...]

Turkey Hunt Public Land: Hunting in Florida

June 7, 2010 by JT  
Filed under General, Hunting Videos, Turkey Hunting

Turkey Hunt Public Land: Hunting in Florida

Shane Simpson of TurkeyHuntPublicLand.com provides this post about hunting Osceola’s on a special tag in Florida.

This past March, I had the special treat of chasing Osceola turkeys with the use of a Special Opportunity Turkey Hunt from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. These tags are designed to provide a high-quality, [...]

Smoke Grey Turkey Taken In Virginia

May 20, 2010 by JT  
Filed under General, News, Turkey Hunting

Smoke Grey Turkey Taken In Virginia

Written and submitted by Captain Barry Meyer, Marathon Florida. Check out his website at  www.magiccharterssportfishing.com
Bird of a Lifetime
Every now and then something happens in the hunting or fishing world that falls into the once in a lifetime category. As a Florida Keys back country fishing guide for 25 years, I have had a [...]

Turkey Hunt Public Land:Will Baugher – Smyrna, TN (4-5-2010)

April 26, 2010 by JT  
Filed under Turkey Hunting, Video

Tennessee Turkey Hunting Video by Shane Simpson of THPL

Turkey Hunting with Kids

April 18, 2010 by JT  
Filed under General, Turkey Hunting

Turkey Hunting with Kids

Many states now offer youth turkey seasons. Here are a few tips to help make your day in the field safe, exciting, memorable and maybe even successful!
1. If possible, hunt in an area with high turkey population to maximize your odds of hearing, seeing and harvesting a bird.
2. Use a blind. It’s hard for [...]

Minnesota Turkey Hunting on Public land

April 5, 2010 by JT  
Filed under Turkey Hunting, Video

Shane Simpson of TurkeyHuntPublicLand.com 2009 fall turkey hunt

Tim Herald: “Turkey Season Off to a Great Start”

April 5, 2010 by JT  
Filed under General, Tim Herald's Blog, Turkey Hunting

Tim Herald: “Turkey Season Off to a Great Start”

Tim Herald emailed me this hunting report on the youth turkey season in his home state of Kentucky. He was hunting with his son Drew and it sounds like they had a perfect morning.  Congrats Drew!
“Best Gobbling I have heard in 10 years in Kentucky.  We saw 12 longbeards in first 15 minutes.  Had 2 [...]

Turkey Hunting Out of State

February 24, 2010 by JT  
Filed under General, Turkey Hunting

Turkey Hunting Out of State

Shane Simpson is a turkey hunting nut. His passion for hunting spring gobblers has taken him across the country and inspired him to share these hunts online and in video at www.turkeyhuntpublicland.com.  We know many of you are fighting cabin fever from all the snow this winter and dreaming of opening day of turkey season. [...]

Kicking Bear Contest

February 15, 2010 by JT  
Filed under General, News, Outdoor TV Shows, Turkey Hunting

Kicking Bear Contest

Here’s info on great program that gets lots of kids involved in the great outdoors. Legendary bowhunter, Ray Howell’s Kicking Bear One-On-One Camp is putting on Kicking Beards 2. See below for complete details on how you can win a turkey hunt with some industry pro’s!
Text the word KB2 to 38066 to purchase KB Wallpaper [...]

Shad’s First Turkey

December 26, 2009 by JT  
Filed under General, Turkey Hunting

Shad’s First Turkey

Shad Stark killed his first turkey on Thanksgiving morning in Vinton county, Ohio.  He hadn’t hunted until the day before and was very excited to harvest this great bird! Congrats Shad! We’re glad you like the sport of hunting and have put a fine turkey on your family’s table!  Best of luck.

Ohio boy harvests his first turkey!

April 21, 2009 by JT  
Filed under Turkey Hunting

7yr. old Jason Roser from Alexandria, Ohio bagged his first turkey during Ohio’s youth season.  He was hunting with his dad Gary when they called in the bird and Jason made a great shot with his .410.  As you can imagine, both were very excited! Good luck to all young turkey hunters this spring, be [...]

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