The NWTF's Turkey Hunting 101 is considered the premier educational tool to learn everything you need to know about wild turkeys, their behavior and planning a successful hunt
I first started hunting around the age of 16 with a bow. Hunting was all that was on my mind year-round. One thing I always wanted to do was turkey hunt. Opportunity seemed to never present itself. Still, the thrill of turkey hunting remained on my bucket list.
The holidays are a great opportunity to spark someone’s interest in the outdoors. Here are a few suggestions for recruiting new hunters and conservationists this holiday season.
With a declining trend of hunter participation for decades ensuring there are future hunters and shooters to perpetuate this funding model is becoming increasingly important.
They came from different backgrounds and carried varying motivations for wanting to hunt, but as one participant in Michigan’s R3 Adult Learn to Hunt program said, “I could get used to this lifestyle.
NWTF’s Oklahoma WITO chapter hosted their first annual noodling event that gave women in the area the opportunity to try out a new and exciting outdoor experience.
Col. Tom Kelly has strong sentiments for shotguns, as well as passing on their use in the field to the next generation. He shares his thoughts in his latest Short Spurs column.
Many days, soft calling works well. Others, aggressive yelping might be the ticket. And often, the best approach might change midstream. Learn how to gauge a turkey’s reactions to calling and adjust appropriately.
While many people know of the word “conservation” and associate it with “reduce, reuse, recycle” and other greener earth campaigns, the majority fail to understand what conservation really means and how it’s tied to hunting.
What’s a better way to close out the spring turkey season than to fill your turkey tags? While some might say there is no better way, many dedicated conservationists will more than likely tell you putting a new hunter on their first bird is the pinnacle of a successful turkey season.
In the last several years, nongovernmental organizations and state agencies across the country are implementing Field to Fork classes to help raise awareness of wild game as a food source.
Bobby Armstrong is a volunteer Save the Hunt Coordinator in Oklahoma. Last fall, he participated in the NWTF Facebook Live “Mentor Mondays” series on the importance of mentoring. Here, Armstrong gives advice for chapters/volunteers looking to engage more mentors for their events.
For most turkey hunting aficionados, ‘it was quiet’ means there wasn’t much action. For hearing impaired sportsmen, it means something totally different.
Don’t end turkey season wishing you had planned better or hunted harder. Here’s how Slam king Jeff Budz squeezes every drop from his spring adventures.
Gobblers that respond to calling but hang up out of range might be subordinate birds unwilling to risk an encounter with more dominant longbeards. Here’s how to deal with these frustrating turkeys.
Initial forays at properties you’ve never hunted can be tricky. Follow these steps to tackle the learning curve and find early success on fresh ground.
Pursuing gobblers with archery tackle is challenging. Doing so without a blind increases the difficulty exponentially. After completing a bowhunting Grand Slam in 2019, the author shares how he found success in the spring woods without using a pop-up hide.
As an adult-onset hunter who has only been hunting for a few years, I was afraid I did not have enough knowledge yet to pass along to a new hunter as a mentor. Then one of my adult daughters asked me to take her hunting.
An fun and engaging activity designed to help young hunters build educational concepts, increase safety and awareness of safety and instill sportsmanship values.
The spring 2020 turkey season is just a week away for some and not too much longer for the rest of us, and with that comes the opportunity to start anew.
NWTF Convention and Sport Show attendees were enthralled when they learned that Will Primos, Jimmy Primos, Troy Ruiz and the rest of Outdoor Channel’s beloved “The Truth About Hunting” cast were giving a seminar about how to bag more gobblers this spring; although, what the gang of hunter-slash-comedians really provided was a seminar with video evidence of what not to do.
“Be the mentor you needed when you first started hunting,” said Cristina McGannon Jones of Oxford, New Jersey. Cristina presented tips and advice for making the most out of a mentored hunt at NWTF’s Annual Convention and Sport Show during its National Leadership Conference.
When Christopher Giummo of Sarasota, Florida, entered a sweepstakes for a guided Wisconsin turkey hunt as he downloaded the GoWild hunting app, he was taking a leap into the unknown.
The NWTF's Turkey Hunting 101 is considered the premier educational tool to learn everything you need to know about wild turkeys, their behavior and planning a successful hunt
During the 43rd annual NWTF Convention and Sport Show, NWTF spokesperson and long-time hunter Brenda Valentine gave a talk titled “Why We Hunt.” Valentine listed eight reasons why she engages in the great tradition of hunting to help give the audience a greater confidence in their own justifications for hunting.
For turkey hunters, hearing that first gobble is likely the start to a lifelong obsession, at least it seems to have for our NWTF headquarter staff. Below are the responses from several staff on what interests them most about turkey hunting.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue welcomed NWTF members, partners, friends and family during the NWTF’s Convention Welcome Dinner and again the next morning at the Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. Breakfast.
Partnerships are key to helping recruit, retain and reactivate hunters. Outdoor, shooting sports and hunting organizations joined together to create a national plan to tackle this mission: R3. During the Conservation Conference at the Annual Convention, industry leaders presented on success stories and best practices learned related to their R3 outreach efforts.
Cutting often indicates aggression from a hen. A bird that responds to your calling by cutting might be looking for a fight. Copy her vocalizations to bring her — and hopefully a gobbler — into range.
Becoming one with your surroundings, understanding and reacting to turkey behavior and habits: these are just a taste of the skills needed to match the abilities of this turkey hunter.
