Pennsylvania’s Matt Van Cise can yelp, cluck and cut with the best turkey callers in the world, but when he heads afield for a spring gobbler hunt, he abides by a very simple philosophy — give ’em ...

We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.

In addition to the familiar gobble of the male, wild turkeys produce a wide vocabulary of sounds, each communicating something exact to other turkeys in the area. (Watch and listen to the accompanying ...

If you want to talk turkey during the spring gobbler season, then you have to listen to the experts. Hen turkeys. Much has been written about how to lure a lovesick gobbler within shotgun range. Video ...

Scott Ellis of Lakeland can talk a lot of turkey without ever saying a word. The Bartow native communicates by yelping and clucking like a lonesome hen, hooting like an owl and cawing like a crow. He ...

You know what this spring is? It’s the spring you’re going to master how to use a turkey mouth call. You probably already know that there’s nothing better for finishing a bird. A mouth call can sound ...

Humans talk, and so do turkeys. "Talking turkey is an art," said Joe Drake, a professional turkey caller. Hunters use the language to attract turkeys with metal, bone, glass, slate or wooden ...

I got lucky. My Maine "A Season" spring turkey hunt was over in 43 minutes when three birds came to my opening day calls and two trotted away. Rare is the spring morning when you can walk into the New ...

I got lucky. My Maine "A Season" spring turkey hunt was over in 43 minutes when three birds came to my opening day calls and two trotted away. Rare is the spring morning when you can walk into the New ...

For Calli and Dallin, my youngest daughter and oldest son, their first chance to bag a Rio Grande turkey was an adventure. As their mentor on this junior hunt in Lincoln County last week, my biggest ...