Get in shape for physically challenging hunts.
As I was trudging up another Missouri Ozarks hill, the words of my friend Butch McElwain popped into my head: “There’s a big difference between being…
Few things stimulate the senses and rejuvenate the body like quenching your thirst with big gulp of cool water in the great outdoors. Staying hydrated is important, especially in extreme temperatures…
Grant uses a SwingBlaze swing blade knife to carve this wild turkey breast.
Wildlife Biologist, Dr. Grant Woods has a few super easy tips showing you how to remove the breast meat from a wild…
A diaphragm turkey call in the mouth of a skilled caller is turkey hunting's most lethal tool. It perfectly mimics the turkey vocabulary with no more motion than expanding lungs and a bobbing Adam's…
In all of North American big game hunting, a 30-inch mule deer may be the toughest trophy to bag. The reality is there just aren't as many monster mulies roaming the mountains, plains and deserts…
If you've already bagged a tom this spring, congratulations. Harvesting a gobbler is one of the most difficult challenges in hunting and far more sportsmen go home empty-handed than those who succeed…
In the Alabama pines hunting turkey.
After a brief Easter Greeting (:55 to 1:16 mark), Dr. Woods travels to Alabama for a turkey hunt then shares the secret of how to turn a mature pine stand…
Let's go ahead and start here: no single turkey call works 100 percent of the time. As much as you may swear by your box call, it doesn't mean it's going to work for you every time you go out.…
Take proper care of your turkey box calls and it will last for many turkey seasons.
A good turkey box call is very important to your turkey hunting success. Proper care in the field and…
One of the best ways you can improve your success rate this spring when hunting spring gobblers is to avoid making mistakes. Thinking back on hunts I've made with some of the country's best turkey…
A few years ago, on the opening morning of spring turkey hunting season, I forgot to bring a box of 20 gauge shotgun shells. I was standing by our truck arranging turkey calls in my vest when the…
Spring turkey hunting season is also breeding season. Are you ready for it?
If you’re as excited about the start of the season as those of us at Bass Pro Shops, you’re probably busy with all sorts…
