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1 week ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Jace Bauserman
The late season can be a challenging time for hunters in the turkey woods. Though it varies by region, turkey biologists agree that a significant portion of wild turkey breeding has already occurred by the second half of spring seasons. Pecking orders are established, younger toms have had their butts whipped a time or two, and gaggles of jakes have certainly whooped some boss toms off their hens.
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1 month ago | 
bowhunter.com | Jace Bauserman
Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains affiliate links. We earn from qualifying purchases. Fitted with a larger door that lets you enter and exit more easily and quietly, Rhino’s Hub Pro FD Ground Blind is wrapped in durable, 600 denier fabric and sports see-through mesh window flaps and dividers. A lower hub design means increased window size and clearance for bowhunters.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Jace Bauserman
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn moreI'm a turkey junkie. I'm chasing 49, will hunt four states in April and May, and have penned a pair of turkey books. I test lots of turkey gear each spring, from shotguns with sticker shock to cheap mouth calls that cost under $6. I love gear, and turkey hunting requires lots of it. Why do you think turkey vests with more than 20 pockets are standard?
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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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2 months 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.
