Family-Outdoors

 Hunters hoping to enjoy a wild turkey meal for Thanksgiving or Christmas will have their chance to bag a bird during Oklahoma's fall turkey gun season from Nov. 1-21.    Generally overshadowed by the more-popular spring turkey season, the fall turkey gun season offers the chance to pursue these elusive birds under different and oftentimes more challenging conditions than those found in springtime.    Archery season for turkey opened Oct. 1 and continues through Jan. 15, 2015. The fall turkey season bag limit is one bird, regardless of the method of take.    The Rio Grande subspecies of turkey is found primarily in the western two-thirds of Oklahoma, while the Eastern subspecies is mainly seen in the eastern one-third of the state.    Turkey hunters in the northwestern parts of the state should get some opportunities this fall, said Steve Conrady, northwest region supervisor with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. ...

Every year Pure Michigan Hunt (PMH) winners get to spend their fall hunting seasons living out their dreams - pursuing elk, bear, deer, turkey and ducks in Michigan's outdoors. All three 2013 Pure Michigan Hunt winners recently harvested bear. Dave Gittins of Kawkawlin and Jim Bosscher of McBain both successfully harvested bear in the Cadillac area, using Wayne and Rob Nixon as their hunting guides. Gittins harvested a 450-pound bear on public land. "This is my first bear," said Gittins. "I'm still amazed at his size!" Bosscher harvested his bear accompanied by Jenny Olsen from Michigan Out-of-Doors TV. "Hunting is all about the experience and the friends that you are with that make the memories," said Bosscher. Jason Webb, the PMH winner from Westland, also harvested a bear on public land in the Lewiston area. Webb hasn't hunted for his elk yet - he's waiting to hunt the December elk season - while both Bosscher and Gittins have...