Maurice Estlinbaum begins the walk back to the Jeep carrying the gobbler he just killed on a recent Hill Country hunt at Camp Verde Ranch. “I want you to take me some place and drop me off so I can ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — With spring turkey hunting season approaching fast, now is the time to read and understand the regulations. Missouri’s youth turkey hunting season is April 1 and 2, and the ...

The future of fall turkey hunting isn’t optimistic. As national hunter participation numbers continue to trend downward, some ...

Fall was the original turkey season. We eat turkey at Thanksgiving, not Easter, yet the generation of hunters that came of age during the bird’s “great comeback” sees turkey hunting as a spring-only ...

Turkey hunting in the fall doesn't appear to be as popular as it used to be in Missouri. Conservationists and outdoorsmen point to multiple reasons for the decline, ongoing since the 1980s, including ...

CAMP VERDE — From the Jeep where I was sitting, I could hear at least three different gobblers calling back forth with Maurice Estlinbaum. I could visualize them in the motte of big trees, now free of ...

The future of fall turkey hunting isn’t optimistic. As national hunter participation numbers continue trending downward, some ...