In many ways, the wild tom turkey is underrated as a big game animal. He’s got excellent eyesight and hair-trigger instincts that have helped him avoid hunters and spread all across the country.

I spend an inordinate amount of time looking at land, researching it, walking it, exploring it, and—best of all—hunting it. Do it long enough and you form some opinions about what makes for “great” ...

Turkey hunters from coast to coast have come to embrace a new craze: hunting public land for spring gobblers. That’s no joke. Hunting public property has become cool these past few years, thanks in ...