Fall was the original turkey season. We eat turkey at Thanksgiving, not Easter, yet the generation of hunters that came of age during the bird’s “great comeback” sees turkey hunting as a spring-only ...

WILD TURKEY (Male or Female): Wildlife Management Units 1A, 2G, 3A, 4A, 4Band 4D – Nov. 2-16; WMUs 1B, 3D, 4C and 4E – Nov. 2-9; WMUs 2A, 2F, 3B and 3C –Nov. 2-16 and Nov. 27-29; 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E – ...

With turkey numbers being stable or increasing in most of Pennsylvania, there are several reasons to be optimistic about the upcoming fall turkey hunting season. Turkey season opens Nov. 1, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The old turkey call is lined with notches. Dan Wittenberg adds one for each legal turkey the call draws within shooting range. He’s careful to say he’s not the best turkey hunter in the world, but he ...

The season begins Nov. 1, but lengths vary by Wildlife Management Unit to sustain local turkey populations. Hunters are advised to scout for food sources and roosting sites to locate flocks. The ...