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April 3, 2026

Turkey Calling Masterclass with Billy Yargus
April 3, 2026
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Spring Turkey Calling Masterclass: Lessons from a Champion

Turkey hunting will humble you in a lot of ways, but nothing stings quite like working a fired-up gobbler for forty-five minutes and watching him walk the other direction. Most of the time, that's a calling problem — not a gear problem, not a location problem. A calling problem.

We sat down with a 3-time NWTF champion caller to talk through what separates hunters who consistently kill birds from the ones who consistently don't. The answer isn't volume. It isn't an expensive slate call. It's understanding that calling is communication — and communication is situational.

Calling Isn't Just Sound — It's Strategy...

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March 30, 2026

Spring Turkey Prep: Getting Your Property Ready
March 30, 2026
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Spring is Here - A Serious Hunter's Guide to Chasing Midwestern Gobblers

There's a moment in early April, somewhere between the last hard freeze and the first green tinge on the hillsides, when a gobble rips through the timber at first light and something primal fires in your chest. It doesn't matter how many springs you've done this. That sound does something to a person that's hard to explain to anyone who hasn't heard it while crouched against a white oak in the dark, shotgun across their knees, palms sweating in forty-degree air.

Eastern wild turkeys are one of the great hunting animals in North America. Not because they're the biggest or the most dangerous, but because they will humble y...

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March 23, 2026

5 Signs a Property Has Trophy Potential
March 23, 2026
Buying Land

What to Look for When Buying Hunting Land

Not every piece of ground is a "Trophy Property". Some tracts hold deer occasionally. Others produce mature bucks so consistently you start taking it for granted. The difference between the two isn't luck, and it isn't acreage — it's whether a property checks the right boxes. And if you're serious about being set up for this fall — food plots planted, stands hung, TSI and  other habitat work done — the window to buy is coming up faster than most people realize. Summer prep starts very soon.

If you're evaluating land and asking yourself whether it has the bones to become a legitimate trophy...

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February 26, 2026

How to Conduct a Prescribed Burn to Improve Your Rural Property
February 26, 2026
Hunting

Fire built the Midwest. For thousands of years, periodic wildfire and intentional burns set by Native Americans shaped the prairies, savannas, and open woodlands that defined this landscape. The tallgrass prairies of Missouri, the oak savannas of Illinois, the grasslands of Iowa and Kansas — all of them evolved with fire and depend on it to stay healthy.

Today, less than one percent of the Midwest's original native prairie remains. Without fire, woody invasives creep in, dead thatch smothers new growth, and the diverse plant communities that support whitetail deer, wild turkey, bobwhite quail, and...

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February 6, 2026

The Ultimate Buyer's Guide to Hunting Property
February 6, 2026
Buying Land

Buying rural real estate is one of the most rewarding investments you can make. Whether you're looking for productive farmland in Iowa, a recreational hunting property in Missouri, rolling pastureland in Kansas, or an affordable homestead in Illinois, the Midwest offers some of the best rural land opportunities in the country.

But buying rural property is different from buying a house in town. There are unique considerations — from soil quality and water rights to access roads and zoning — that can make or break your purchase. At Trophy Properties and Auction, we've guided hundreds of buyers through this process across Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas, and we've distilled everything we know into this step-by-step guide....

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January 8, 2026

What to Know Before Selling Your Land
January 8, 2026
Selling Land

Selling land is a fickle thing. You can own a farm for 40 years and never think twice about it, but the minute you start talking about selling, the ground seems to shift a little beneath your boots. Every hill, draw, and fence line carries its own history. Every treestand you hung, every food plot you planted, every season of drought or rain — it all sits there together like rings in a tree, marking time.

Land isn't just an asset on a spreadsheet. It's where your stories live.

And when it's time to pass that land on to someone else, you feel the weight of wanting to get it right.

Over the years, walking properties and talking with landowners, we've learned that selling land isn't about slick numbers or quick deals. It's about understanding what you have, what i...

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