Turkey hunting Archives

Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s fall turkey season offers excellent chance to bag that holiday bird

September 22, 2023September 20, 20230

Hunters in Kentucky have lots of opportunities to bag a wild turkey in the fall, considering our long archery season,…

April 21, 2019April 19, 20191

The John A. Kleber Wildlife Management Area (WMA) recently expanded by 378 acres in Owen County and is now open…

April 12, 2019April 11, 20190

Kentucky’s 23-day spring wild turkey general season opens tomorrow and continues through Sunday, May 5. At our farm, the afternoon…

March 30, 2018March 29, 20180

After a messy March, filled with snow squalls and cold rains, the weather is beginning to warm up, just in…

December 1, 2017November 30, 20170

A warming trend will create good hunting conditions for the opening weekend of Kentucky’s late fall wild turkey season. The…

March 1, 2017February 28, 20171

Second article of a two-part series on the wild turkey in Kentucky. Wildlife trades were an important component of wild…

February 22, 2017February 21, 20170

First of a two-part series on the wild turkey in Kentucky — remnant flocks, limited hunting opportunities and early restoration…

April 13, 2016April 12, 20160

With Kentucky’s Spring Wild Turkey season opening this Saturday (April 16), now is the time for hunters to formulate a…

April 6, 2016April 5, 20160

All across Kentucky the wild turkey’s Spring passion play is underway. It’s an early spring for turkeys, encouraged by unseasonably…

April 2, 2016April 1, 20160

By Kevin Kelly Special to NKyTribune Like deer and elk, the restoration of wild turkeys in Kentucky is a remarkable…

April 8, 20150

Due to calendar shift, Kentucky’s spring wild turkey season opens and closes as late as it can be. By regulation,…