When it comes to gear, turkey hunting can be as minimal or maximal as you choose. Many of the early, fabled turkey hunters needed little more than basic camo, a call or two, and a shotgun. Today, a ...

If you’re a hunter like me who likes to do their homework—a.k.a. figure out where the birds want to be and set out a few decoys—a good turkey blind will come in handy. While there’s nothing wrong with ...

Turkey this, turkey that. We all have that one turkey hunting fanatic in our lives (or maybe that’s you). Even if they already have a bunch of calls, a tried-and-true vest, and their trusty shotgun, ...

This story, “Tax-Time Turkey,” appeared in the March 1973 issue of Outdoor Life. Getting kicked by a horse is sure a damned painful way to put a turkey hunt into gear, but it’s worth it, I thought as ...