Rick Schuh, of Menchalville, scored a 27.7-pound tom turkey with 12-inch beard and 1-9/16-inch spurs on opening day of the spring turkey hunt. News Sports Packers Business Go 920!

Turkey hunters judge a tom’s beard length, spurs, and body weight the way deer hunters pay attention to antler points and body size. And just as a deer’s antlers don’t correlate with his age, the same ...

Three, a tom turkey responding to a decoy makes better, more interesting footage. But the fact is, the old turkey hunting masters never used decoys.