PA SPRING GOBBLER SEASON SNEAKING UP ON THE CALENDAR HARRISBURG – This year marks the 41st anniversary of the Keystone State’s spring gobbler hunting season, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission is reporting turkey hunters should expect to find exciting opportunities afield as they head out for both the youth and traditional spring season openers....
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HEADLINE ARTICLE
March 18, 2010
I'll never tire of examining and providing insight on access issues, which fits pretty darn well with Access The Outdoors website doesn't it? And I've devoted a great deal of effort on access issues beyond elementary topics such as providing easier entrance to public land hunting area's. I've connected hunting age restrictions to adding hunter numbers which provide financial means through license fee's and excise taxes needed to maintain basic access. We've focused on public shooting range vandalism reducing all access and we'll continue to unearth old and new access topics.
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Fall Turkey hunting tipsThere is no substitute for scouting when it comes to finding wild turkeys, unless, of course, someone else scouts for you, and there’s nothing wrong with being enterprising and thorough. Talk to farmers, hikers and other hunters if you don't have leads for areas to scout. Look for scratchings in the leaves, and know that it's pretty hard to miss t...
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Wisconsin Spring turkey hunters register another record turkey harvestFall season permit applications due August 1MADISON - Preliminary figures show that hunters set yet another spring turkey harvest record, registering 52,814 turkeys during Wisconsin's 2008 spring wild turkey season. This is a 3 percent increase from the 2007 spring harvest of 51,306 birds. The statewide hunt...
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After having listened to the howling wind and torrential rain all night long my expectations were poor for the morning turkey hunt. When the alarm thundered next to my ear I was devastated to discover that the temperature had dropped twenty-five degrees overnight and the wind had not stopped blowing. The only optimistic part of the morning is that the rain had subsided. At thirty-five degrees I...
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Being safe while turkey hunting is as simple as 1,2,3... IF you take
the time to think before you act. Dont just consider how to best bag
your gobbler, you need to also think about the safety aspects of each
situation. Keep these Wild Turkey hunting tips in mind while in the
field this spring for a safer turkey season for all.
1. ...
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My turkey hunting partner Dave asked me to take his buddy "Old Codger" out this afternoon and help him end an unlucky streak that has lasted a very long time and get him his 1st bird. We walked threw the woods striking yelps every couple hundred yards till we got a gobble and set up.. It was a hot tom and I could tell it was running in by how fast the gobbles were coming towards us... I set up ten...
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I missed the first turkey lottery last fall, so I applied for seasons 1 thru 5 in Adams County during the second turkey lottery. I was thrilled when I learned I was issued a hunting permit for the first season turkey hunt. With things staying busy at home, I could not get down to Adams Co Mon or Tue to hunt, but got there Tue night but unable to put any birds to bed. ...
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Tom turkeys can't walk or strut and gobble at the same time. They generally stop walking or strutting, then stick their neck out and gobble. The number of times a tom gobbles can give you clues as to what the tom is doing, and where it is.1. If a tom gobbles 0 times per 1 minute, and it is at a strut, there is probably a hen present. You can: 1. sneak up on the bird, figure out whe...
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PA GAME COMMISSION OFFERS UPDATE ON WILD TURKEY BANDING STUDYHARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Game Commission and National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), along with wildlife officials in Ohio and New York, are continuing a joint four-year study to estimate the spring gobbler harvest rates in each of the three states. "In Pennsylvania, as spring gobbler hunters prepare to head into...
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High quality wildlife openings provide critical habitat for young
turkeys during the spring and summer and also enhance wild turkey
winter habitat. Whether you are improving turkey habitat on your own
property, a hunting club, or if you are involved with a NWTF chapter
project, now is the time to create openings or rejuvenate existing ones.
The presence of high quality wildlife opening...
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There are certainly pros and cons when it comes to hunting mature gobblers in the earlier time periods. These birds have not been pressured yet by other hunters and will usually gobble to your yelps and putts. They are also easy to pattern roosting in familiar trees and feeding in the same fields. However, the early season presents other challenges to hunters. Depending on the year and the weather...
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