The waterhole ambush is a tried-and-true tactic for plenty of big game animals, like elk, pronghorn, and, of course, whitetails. But it’s rarely discussed as a method for hunting America’s favorite game bird. News flash, turkeys drink water too.Turkeys need to consume about a quart of water every day. And since they’re diurnal, like us, they have to consume it all during standard shooting hours. That’s convenient for hunters, and a huge factor in why most turkeys don’t stray far from a reliable source of the good stuff.Science has consistently backed up an anecdotal observation many hunters make: wild turkeys…

One of Idaho’s seven Fish and Game Commissioners has pled not guilty to multiple hunting violations after an investigation prompted by a call to the Citizens Against Poaching hotline.Commissioner Brody Harshbarger is facing a rash of misdemeanor charges, including taking game unlawfully, hunting without a valid tag, shooting from a roadway, shooting with the aid of a motor vehicle, not making a reasonable effort to retrieve an animal, and trespassing to hunt or retrieve game.It’s such a long list that it almost seems as though Harshbarger was involved in some kind of role-play exercise, where an established hunter demonstrates to…

Few things are more deflating than missing a turkey. If you think successful hunts are unforgettable, misses will etch themselves into the part of your brain that handles long-term memory. Months later, when you think you’ve gotten over it, you’ll wake up from that nightmare, drenched in sweat and panting as you think of all the things you could have done differently. If only you hadn’t moved or sat next to that sapling. Maybe you should have yelped to stop that bird before you shot. Meanwhile, phantom gobbles ring in your head like a chorus of mocking children. Even worse,…

00:00:04 Speaker 1: Wow, what a beautiful animal. God get just to get a few moments to just watch that animal. Few people in the world will ever get to do that. You can be out. You can be out in this country your whole life, hiking, riding the mule, whatever. You might see a mountainlying in a lifetime. You know they’re just you just don’t see them. The only way you’re gonna see them and look at them like this right here is with hunting with these dogs. And we are a long ways from the truck, miles and…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light, Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, welcome to the Foundation’s podcast, which has brought to you by First Light. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is all about turkeys and what we believe about them that will keep us from killing a limb hager this spring. We’re still in Turkey Week here…

I have always been interested monitoring ships and air traffic around the world, especially since 9/11. On that day I was fishing for salmon out of the middle of Lake Michigan, a very clear day and I noticed every jet in the sky was turning into a different direction heading somewhere else. Turning on the Marine radio and started to hear the chatter of what was going on around the country, I finished my sandwich and headed the boat for the harbor. Since then I have learned of several websites that show real-time movement of ships and airplane around the…

Releasing a new revolver, especially one aimed at the concealed-carry/self-defense segment of today’s firearm market, with plentiful micro-9 mm, double-stack pistols, seems about as sensible as releasing a new automobile with a standard transmission. I mean, modern automatic transmissions are far from the clunky, three-speed horror shows of the malaise era, right? The manual transmission is an anachronism, championed mainly by drivers who harken to a romanticized version of the past where automatic transmissions were expensive, slow and took all the driving experience out of the hands (and feet) of the driver. You know, much like how semi-automatic handguns were…

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00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Calahan. Here’s cal some tough news this week for adherence to a popular belief system whose holy land is the Pacific Northwest. A new documentary has dropped allegedly proving that the nineteen sixty seven video footage of Bigfoot is a hoax. You know this video sasquatching black swinging her arms and looking over her shoulder before strolling away into the forest. The documentary really does seem to close the door on the case. The director turned up new footage…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by First Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, welcome to the wire to Hunt Foundation’s podcast. I’m your host Tony Peterson, and it’s Turkey Week here at mediater so I’m talking long beards today, but more specifically, just how to hunt this spring, whether you’re dealing with beach weather or conditions. It’ll make you want to…