A Mississippi Turkey Opener for the Ages - Hunting Gobblers in the Pine Straw Jungle

Opening weekend doesn’t ease you back into turkey season. It shoves you in. We roll into the 2026 Mississippi spring turkey season with pollen in the air, gear scattered from the offseason, and that familiar feeling that we’re already behind the sunrise. Then the woods remind us why we do this: one gobble and suddenly every step and every yelp matters again. We break down a “pine straw jungle” hunt in thick Southern pines where sound gets muffled, gobblers can drum forever without show...