Shane Simpson met up with his friend and fellow Hook's Custom Calls Pro Staffer James Laird to seek redemption in Mississippi after failing to bag a longbeard together in 2010. Watch the second episode of "Turkey Hunt Public Land" 2012 to see what happens. 

Oftentimes, the most difficult (and expensive) part of killing a trophy animal comes with the travel aspect. There is no single location a hunter can kill every species of game animal, so jumping in a truck or hopping on a plane is inevitable unless you're only interested in the creatures that lurk in your backyard.

I've killed the majority of my turkeys throughout the years with a trusty ol' Remington 11-87, but finally I'm expanding my 12 gauge horizons to other newfangled offerings.

It appears that gobble calls are the latest sensation in the turkey-hunting world this year. I've had the opportunity to get three of the most popular new gobble calls in my hands. I'll compare these calls side by side and rate some key characteristics based on a scale of 1-5 (1 = low rating; 5 = high rating).

Thanks to youth-friendly turkey-hunting regulations in Minnesota and Wisconsin, this is the third consecutive year I've helped guide my 13-year-old brother on a successful spring turkey hunt.

During my recent Rio Grande turkey hunt with the National Wild Turkey Federation's (NWTF) Brent Lawrence, he handed me his iPad on the road to camp. "Check this out," he said. On the screen was the NWTF Turkey Hunting Toolbox—a feature-rich, addictive app for longbeard lovers.

Last month we welcomed Shane Simpson and "Turkey Hunt Public Land," but now is the true kickoff of a spring turkey-hunting season to remember! Shane just returned from an action-packed Osceola longbeard hunt, so check out the first official episode to see how things played out in Florida.

Having conquered an Osceola longbeard, the second leg in my pursuit of a single-season Grand Slam found me at Reveille Peak Ranch in Burnet, Texas. The breathtaking property is nestled in the heart of Hill Country—an unforgettable rolling landscape covered with thick blankets of bluebonnets. It's the ultimate place to kill a Rio Grande gobbler.

Typically Dave Maas' "Killing Time" blog is the happenin' place for awe-striking videos, but today I'll share my own hot find.

Three brothers, Randall, Daniel and Michael Gregg (the Gregg Group), have conceptualized a new rifle platform that would shoot photos and video instead of bullets.