We’re all familiar with a raspy hen yelp and a thundering tom gobble. But wild hens and gobblers make many turkey sounds beyond these two vocalizations. Each of these sounds express specific meanings.

There are thousands of turkey calls on the market, and just about any of them will work fine for yelping up a gobbler. Designating one call as being “better” than another is tricky. A pot call’s sound ...

UPSHUR COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Kyle Clevenger can make about any turkey call you can imagine...not just with his voice, but also his hands. The Lewis County native has been around the sport his whole ...

When Brian Benolken rolled out the 4-Play Turkey Call in 2020, it turned the turkey hunting world on its ear. That’s because the innovative box call features a rotating wheel that allows the paddle to ...

BRAINERD — The 2025 Minnesota wild turkey season begins a half-hour before sunrise on April 16. As with most outdoor ventures, preparation is key to success. Hunting wild turkeys demands as much or ...

Wayne Carlton has left the conversation. The influential game-call maker and hunting celebrity died last week at his home in Montrose, Colorado, after suffering the effects of Parkinson’s for the past ...

In Allenspark, a new festival is putting the spotlight on one of Colorado’s feathered friends. On Saturday, the inaugural Wild Turkey Festival will celebrate turkeys in all their forms while ushering ...

November is a bad month for turkeys. Some 46 million turkeys are carved up and eaten each Thanksgiving, the USDA estimates. In recent years, the wild turkey population explosion in Massachusetts has ...