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2 weeks ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Jace Bauserman
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more ›Shooting at a turkey with shotgun couldn’t be more straightforward: Put the bead on that glowing red head and neck and pull the trigger. Where to shoot a turkey with bow, however, is more complicated.
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3 weeks ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Jace Bauserman
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn moreIn turkey hunting, the optic you put on your beard buster—whether a red dot sight or a standard fixed or variable scope—matters. And if you don't want an optic sitting atop your shotgun receiver, you better pick a sight system that boosts low-light performance and helps you splatter a tom's cranium with a load of #5s.
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3 weeks ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Jace Bauserman
I test a pile of new compound bows every year, shooting thousands of arrows in the process. As a result, I go through many targets. Delta McKenzie sent me its 3D Big Daddy Buck several years back. I still have that target, and it still stops arrows. The target resembles a large whitetail buck and comes with universal scoring rings on one side and a single vital ring on the other.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Alice Jones Webb |Jace Bauserman |Phil Bourjaily
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn moreI first started testing out custom turkey chokes with different models and gauge shotguns a few years ago. Like old sage Toms tend to do, a thick-bearded Eastern hung up on the field edge. We had the best decoys imaginable but the bird wasn’t going to break off his girls. He was 60 yards, and never in my turkey career had I attempted such a shot.
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1 month ago | 
northamericanwhitetail.com | Jace Bauserman
I’ve written many times that I’m comfortable throwing myself under the bus if it helps others, and this is one of those times. Early in my career, I had little exposure to whitetails. This was largely because I’d always been a bowhunter from Colorado. I cherished elk, mule deer, pronghorn and black bear. Whitetails were a mystery to me. Then, years ago at Mossy Oak’s invitation, I was blessed to attend an Illinois deer camp.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Jace Bauserman
The No. 1 Way to Tag a Pressured Public-Land Gobbler—Like It or NotI get it. You wan’t to get after a gobbler. You want to hear a tom sound off on the roost or strike him on the ground and then go make a play. For a lot of tree-stand whitetail hunters, what’s so great about spring turkey season is the chance to finally stretch your legs and roam the woods some. If you’re a Western-based public-land hunter, like me, you probably think of hunting as an active sport almost by definition.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Jace Bauserman
I'm an organizational mess and usually operate off a wing-it mentality. That's why when I discovered GoHunt three years ago, I gladly paid the required dues and haven't looked back. My Insider membership instantly nipped my organizational shortcomings in the bud. This easy-to-use filtering tool helps organize and plan Western hunts based on state, species, points, and other preferences. It offers statistics on draw odds, harvest rates, and trophy potential.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Jace Bauserman
It was perfect until it wasn't. Suddenly, the puffed-up tom dropped strut, stretched his neck, did an about-face, and scurried away. I could've killed this gobbler multiple times but I wanted him to commit to the decoys. At the time, I didn't know he was showing clues that he was about to walk out of my life. I'd only been hunting turkeys for four years and didn't give any thought to a bird's body language.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Alice Jones Webb |Jace Bauserman
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn moreIf you’re a hunter like me who likes to do their homework—a.k.a. figure out where the birds want to be and set out a few decoys—a good turkey blind will come in handy.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Jace Bauserman
The West is unlike many places in the hunting world. The landscape is varied, the animals diverse, and securing a tag to chase a particular species is intricate. Rarely is obtaining a western hunting permit as simple as visiting a licensed vendor and pulling out the wallet. Of course, state residents can often purchase certain big-game tags over the counter (OTC) for specific areas and species. However, those opportunities, even for residents, are shrinking in most locales.
