It was a wet and muddy morning on April 16 when Jamal Lane tried driving his truck into a pasture in the dark. He was on his way to hunt a specific turkey: a rare, red-phase gobbler that he’d first ...

Mississippi produces some unusual birds each turkey season with color anomalies such as red phase, black phase or smoke phase. But what a hunter bagged this year may have topped them all. "I couldn't ...

Red phase turkeys are about as rare as hens' teeth. The odds of harvesting one are probably similar to cashing in on a lottery. Throw in a triple beard and it becomes a bird of many lifetimes, but ...

Mississippi's turkey season is right around the corner and for some, it's the most exciting time of year. However, many turkey hunters say harvesting a bird in Mississippi is a serious challenge. So, ...