Evaluating how a turkey reacts to your calls can provide important clues to how you should handle the situation.
Don Coulter
Birding: Maine Breeding Bird Atlas is hoping you can contribute
The Maine Breeding Bird Atlas, in the fourth year of a five-year mapping project, needs more volunteers to help in every corner of the state.
Tom Caron: Anemic offenses are the rule in baseball this season
While the heart of the Red Sox batting order has been mashing, the hitters in the bottom third are striking out at an alarming rate.
Hunting: Reaction is often a better approach for the turkey hunter
As you gain more experience hinting turkeys, reading a bird and knowing how to react become easier.
Tom Caron: Red Sox in first place despite struggles in the first
Boston pitchers have a 7.44 ERA in the first inning this season, the second-highest mark in the American League.
Hunting: The outdoors beckons as turkey season opening day approaches
The spring turkey season opens on May 3, which also renews the notion that ‘just being out there in the spring woods is a gift.’
Birding: Get ready to enjoy the peak of spring migration
A wide array of migrating birds are coming to Maine, and here are a few tips for what might prompt them to stop in your yard for a quick meal.
Tom Caron: Seven-inning doubleheaders create more urgency
Strategies change early and often in a seven-inning game, bringing more excitement to a sport often hindered by a lack of action.
Canoeing in Maine: On Kennebunk River, a different view of Cape Arundel and surrounding splendor
Starting from near Dock Square, exploring the Kennebunk River puts nature on display while a golf course and a railroad trestle add to the charm.
Hunting: Are you truly ready for the spring turkey season
Now is the time to get all your gear together so when it’s time, you can focus on the hunt.