Eddie Salter and Phillip Culpepper, Team APG, recently won Realtree’s Beards or Bust turkey competition, defeating Jeff Shepard and Daniel Thomas, Team AP. Read
Turkey and Turkey Hunting Blog
The Spurless Gobbler
The Kansas gobbler I shot had no spurs. They weren’t broken off, either. The bird never grew them.
Only the small bumps of the spur caps were visible on its legs. Read
Going Two for Two With One
Turkeys gobbled like nuts on the ridge above us, and soon after flydown, a parade of hens and strutters passed along the far edge of the field and into a creek bottom. Soon, however, two black forms slithered down the ridge, and raucous gobbling followed. Read
Winning the Waiting Game
Who was I to argue? But after an hour with little gobbling, the prospects seemed bleak, and it was time for a bathroom break. We left the blind, stretched and surveyed the landscape. Read
Blinded in Kansas
I glimpsed two black specks racing down the creek bank 150 yards away. Then, I watched two white heads pop up on the other side. Before I knew it, a strutter was purring aggressively while challenging our jake decoy. Read
Rio Roundup, Day 3: Hangin’ at the Condo
The spacious cedar clump offered shade, cover and several comfortable tree trunks. It was a prime spot for an afternoon nap – er,
hunt. Read