This story, “Longbeard Lives,” appeared in the March 1972 issue of Outdoor Life. The hunt was over, or we thought it was. It was the last day of the spring gobbler season. We had come out of the woods ...

Sit and Stay for Wise Old Gobblers Who Won’t Play the Springtime Game In my turkey hunting career, I’ve often called out to a willing longbeard who will eagerly play the springtime game. Make a few ...

The Cohutta gobbler was legendary among the public-land hunters along the Georgia-Tennessee state line, and we all hoped to be the one to kill him ...

A poor nesting season for Rio Grande turkeys in 2022 could catch up to hunters afield this spring. An extended drought put turkeys into survival mode, leaving little energy for reproduction. Nesting ...

He materialized one April morning out of the fog that hung heavily on a western Arkansas mountain. That wasn’t so unusual. Every experienced turkey hunter has seen it happen when the woods were damp ...

This story, “Ghost Gobbler,” appeared in the May 1986 issue of Outdoor Life. He materialized one April morning out of the fog that hung heavily on a western Arkansas mountain. That wasn’t so unusual.