
Learn to Hunt Webinar Series: Colorado Turkey Hunting 201
The 2021 Spring turkey season opens on April 10. Join our experts for some last minute tips that will take your skills to the next level.

The 2021 Spring turkey season opens on April 10. Join our experts for some last minute tips that will take your skills to the next level.

There are key turkey biological periods during a typical spring hunting season, and hunting tactics need to match these specific periods.

National Hunting and Fishing Day is a great opportunity to acknowledge all that our sportspeople do for conservation, and in turn, recreation in Colorado.

To a hunter, spring is all about the sound of a gobbling turkey, or the vision of a tom in full strut approaching your decoy.

This is a rapidly evolving situation, so please review the resources with some regularity to be sure you are aware of the most current guidance available.

Whether you’re heading to the mountains for Merriam’s turkeys or the plains for Rios turkeys, having the right gear and knowing effective tactics are the key to finding success.

Sometimes toms come in hot—gobbling and at a run. Sometimes slow and silent. Sometimes they won’t respond at all.

It was fresh, organic meat and it fed RSP families with rich, wild flavors you just don’t often get from store-bought, farm-raised meat.

The toms are likely preoccupied with chasing hens. I opt to sit tight and see if one eventually gets curious and saunters up the ridge for a look.

Paula Linhares vividly remembers the first time she hunted, harvested and field-dressed a wild turkey, describing it as a spiritual experience.

CPW’s system is used primarily for waterfowl and small game hunting reservations, but several properties also offer turkey hunting.