Turkey Season

An illustrated guide to hunting for one of America's most popular game birds.

Gain the hunting knowledge it took the expert hunters at Outdoor Life years and years to acquire. This informative and easy-to-read book walks you along with these experts through both the spring and fall turkey hunting seasons. You'll enjoy the tales of chasing and getting close to the long beards of the turkey woods, and learn how to bag your bird in a variety of hunting situations.

Legendary turkey hunter Ray Eye provides all of the information you need to know to successfully hunt wild turkeys across the country: how to scout, how and when to call, special tactics for the early season, how to hunt pressured turkeys, how to hunt heavy timber or open fields, and much, much more. Told in Ray’s down-home, folksy manner, the book not only informs, but entertains as well. There’s also a bonus storytelling section that will have you laughing in stitches as you read of some of Ray’s more ponderous exploits.

Expert tips, techniques, and strategies to make the hunt successful. Over 50 black-and-white photos highlight the informative but easy-to-follow text.

This book is 12 chapters of turkey hunting stories from the central part of North and South Carolina, told by the author as though by a fireplace or campfire. There are 2 chapters of commentary at the end.

This book is all about hunting wild turkey throughout the central Pennsylvania counties of Mifflin, Centre and Huntingdon. Its a collection of the many hunts experienced by the author and his turkey hunting companions from the fall of 1943 until the present. Each and every story is true. Not only are they entertaining, but they teach the dos and donts of turkey hunting. As the stories unfold, well be sneaking, setting up, calling, listening and watching. Sometimes were successful; sometimes were not. We soon learn, however, that some of our best memories are about the turkeys that got away.

Every spring, millions of hunters take to the fields and forests in search of wild turkeys. While some hunters are successful in bagging their bird, many come home empty-handed. This book was written to help hunters locate and harvest mature gobblers. In these pages, author Gary Clancy explains the proven tips and techniques of the best wild turkey hunters in the country. The list of contributors for this book reads like a "who's who" in the turkey world: Mark Drury, David Hale, Harold Knight, and Walter Parrot to name a few. These experts share their secrets for hunting gobblers on public land, in open spaces, during rainy and windy weather, and other special situations that often cause problems for turkey hunters. This book also shows the hunter how to best handle the meat and feathers from a trophy bird after a successful hunt.'