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How to Use Feeders to Attract Turkeys and Deer in Between Seasons

How to Use Feeders to Attract Turkeys and Deer in Between Seasons

Spring is prime turkey hunting season. It’s a great way to keep your hunting muscles engaged while you wait for the next deer season and it’s another opportunity to put wild game on the table and in your freezer. You can use our Feedbank Feeders to attract both turkey and deer to your property to take advantage of hunting turkey season and keep the deer engaged in your property during the off season. Check out the tips, below, for how you can use our feeders to kill two birds with one stone.

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Spring Scouting: Identifying Travel Corridors Before Green-Up

Spring Scouting: Identifying Travel Corridors Before Green-Up

Like deer, turkeys seek out food and shelter in the same place. So if you can identify areas where they can get food, find a roosting tree, and easily travel through, you’re more likely to have success this spring. Head out to the woods to find these areas or make your own sites with a Feedbank Timber feeder.

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Monitoring Deer and Turkey Activity During Spring

Monitoring Deer and Turkey Activity During Spring

Spring is the prime time for two different types of wild game for two distinct reasons. It’s the perfect time to introduce new deer feeders and it’s also the perfect time to hunt and scout turkeys. Check out our tips, below, for maximizing this season and monitoring both turkeys and deer for a double dose of wild game.

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Turkey Season Prep: Best Early-Season Scouting Tactics

Turkey Season Prep: Best Early-Season Scouting Tactics

Turkey seasons opens here in Minnesota on April 15, which makes now the perfect time to start scoping and scouting for your spring turkey harvests. Check out our tips, below, for where to find the turkeys and how Banks Outdoors...

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How to Stay Quiet While Hunting Early Spring Gobblers

How to Stay Quiet While Hunting Early Spring Gobblers

Opening day for turkey season is just a few weeks away here in Minnesota and many are starting to brush up on their calling techniques and other tips and tactics for harvesting a turkey. Staying silent when you’re not actively...

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What You Need to Know About Spring Turkey Regulations in 2025

What You Need to Know About Spring Turkey Regulations in 2025

The spring turkey hunting season starts in less than a month, on April 16, here in Minnesota. We’ve got some tips for everything you need to know about the hunting regulations for the 2025 spring turkey hunting season so you...

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Best Shotgun Setups for Public Land Turkey Hunting

Best Shotgun Setups for Public Land Turkey Hunting

Turkey hunting season is almost here in Minnesota, the spring season opens on April 16. In the meantime, you can start planning what gear you’re going to use and start getting your equipment together. Check out these tips for the...

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What Makes a Great Turkey Hunting Spot

What Makes a Great Turkey Hunting Spot

Many avid hunters are probably already eagerly planning their spring turkey hunting trips. The season opens in Minnesota on April 16, which will be here before you know it. So, what characteristics make a great gobbler-hunting spot? We’ve got some...

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Turkey Hunting in Cold Weather: Challenges and Tips

Turkey Hunting in Cold Weather: Challenges and Tips

Turkey season is coming up in Minnesota on April 16. Even though that’s smack in the middle of spring, up here in Minnesota you can still feel the cold winter air lingering with averages in the 50s. So, hunters may...

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The Evolution of Turkey Call Techniques: What’s New for 2025

The Evolution of Turkey Call Techniques: What’s New for 2025

Turkey call patents date back to 1867 and Native American wingbone yelps date back to 6500 B.C., so, it’s safe to say that turkey calls have been around in one form or another for centuries. This week, we’re breaking down...

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Key Turkey Behavior Changes to Expect Before Spring

Key Turkey Behavior Changes to Expect Before Spring

Turkeys, like deer, conserve their energy and nutrition during cold winter months. Over the next couple of months until the spring turkey hunting season opens on April 16, turkeys will choose how they expel their energy wisely until they build...

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