We are currently redoing our whole turkey hunting page to provide an in-depth guide to turkey ecology, tactics, rules and regulations, processing, recipes, and more! Until then, we recommend our Turkey Hunting playlist on YouTube as a resource for past webinars, podcast episodes, and other videos on the topic to help get you started.
Useful Links
- Turkey Deadlines and Seasons
- Turkey Hunting Permit Application
- How to clean a wild turkey
- Public lands to hunt
- Private lands to hunt
- Hunter safety certification classes
- Shooting range locations
- Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger
- Youtube hunting and cooking videos
- Bowhunting
Turkey Calling Tutorials
Useful Documents
Recommended readings
- IDNR Wildlife Management
- Beyond Fair Chase: The Ethic and Tradition of Hunting. Author: J. Posewitz
- A Sand County Almanac. Author: A. Leopold
- The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game Vols. 1 and 2. Author: S. Rinella
- Wildlife Management and Conservation. Editors: P. Krausman and J. Cain III
Find and support your local National Wild Turkey Federation chapter!
