Hunting

Here are some simple to follow directions with illustrations for taking care of your bird to get it from field to kitchen for further preparations to either cook and share now or store for later enjoyment.  Clean the bird first by following these four easy steps and then choose between skinning it if you prefer roasting or frying, plucking if you are a deep fry or smoker fan or you can fillet the breast out only if your state allows that option.  

Turkey time!  Check your state below for harvest records from the 2012 season, season dates and hours, bag limits, hunter education requirements, poacher hotline contact information and special hunt opportunities that include mentored hunts for youth and the disabled.

Excuses, excuses...best laid plans from last year's turkey hunting playbook that aren't panning out this time. When it comes to turkey hunting the key to success is having a plan and working the plan.  A flexible plan with lots of options to exercise based on the reaction you're getting (or not getting) fills the tag.  Here are ten tips to add to that menu of choices to implement depending on your circumstances and the attitude of the bird that isn't cooperating...

~~~Paige Russell

The best way to attract and hold deer and other wild game animals on your hunting or personal land is to feed them. The best way to do that is by planting a food plot. The No. 1 plant to incorporate in a food plot is chestnut trees. Along with a variety of other fruit- and nut-bearing trees, chestnut trees create an easy-to-plant and easy-to-maintain food plot. 

If calling a turkey to you is not working perhaps you should spend some time listening. Yamaha Outdoors' Turkey Hunting Tip of the Week reveals the benefits of listening over calling.

Turkeys are bowhunting’s ultimate challenge. In fact, I have had better luck shooting pheasant out of the air with my bow than I have turkeys on the ground. That can be contributed to my turkey hunting jinx more than anything, but just because Tommy Three Toes continually vexes me does not mean I won’t be out this Spring looking to sink an arrow in his side.

Broadhead selection for turkey is important and a sore spot for me. I used think any ol’ broadhead would do, after all, it’s only an 18- to 25-pound bird.

There is good news about hunting and sporting firearms being released on a daily basis. All we, as sportsmen have to do get the word out and educate the general public.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has released a major new report documenting the importance of hunting activities to the U.S. economy. NSSF is the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry.

Turkey hunting is easy...said no one ever! But turkey is challenging and fun. Here is Outdoor Roadmap's latest turkey hunting tip courtesy of Yamaha Outdoors!

Being a proficient caller and experienced enough to know what to do given a certain set of circumstances are important attributes of a successful turkey hunter. But nothing outweighs scouting if you want to be consistently successful. Getting out and looking for birds and sign is the best way to scout, but it's not the only way.