Minnesota Turkey 2018 – Calling to the Hen This hunt was really a break-through for me. Going after wild turkeys is a combination of woodsmanship and calling. Ever since I’d started to chase turkeys, my calling has always been the weaker of the two skills. Many of my birds have been taken by getting myself […]
Turkey Hunting Tips with Shane Simpson In this week’s episode, Shane Simpson is interviewed about turkey hunting tips and calling strategy. Shane is lives in Minnesota but produces an annual video series titled, “Calling All Turkeys” each spring. He travels across the country, filming himself and others hunting turkeys on both public and private land. […]
2017 was another successful year turkey hunting just outside the greater Twin Cities metro area. My Minnesota season started and ended quickly, as I shot a tom on the first weekend during a thunderstorm. I had been following a flock of roughly 11 birds over an area of public land not too far from my […]
Public land turkey hunting in WI during season E of 2016. By this point, the birds have received some pressure, and it took a while to find a good roost spot that was tough to access for other hunters. Eventually, through scouting I was able to find an area where turkeys had been pushed into […]
In the minutes preceding a massive thunderstorm, I shot my first turkey while bowhunting on public land. The long shot hit the bird below the vitals. However, the large expandable broadhead did enough damage to put the bird down within 100 yards of where it was shot. I edited and uploaded two versions of the […]