As the season ages, a lot of gobblers will strut and follow the hens almost anywhere almost like they’re on a string. Where the hens go, the gobbler follows. Oh sure, he’ll gobble and strut and spit and drum at you, but he never gets too far from his harem. […]
Stories of turkey success increased in number and in excitement this week, as hunters shared their reports. […]
South Carolina call-maker John Tanner gets ideas for some of his custom-made calls from interesting places, but none any better than his deer stand. […]
The mere mention of trying to go after a wild turkey on public land scares off most turkey hunters, even the veterans. […]
Maybe it was the erratic weather, or perhaps, Mississippi’s gobblers just weren’t in a talking mood during the first two weeks of the spring turkey season. […]
When a wild tom gobbles at daybreak, you can bet he only has one thing on his mind — and that’s not to audition for “The Voice.” […]
The morning sun had just begun to lighten the overhead canopy as fog began to lift from the damp ground and dissipate into the trees. One tree in particular seemed a little more restless than the others, as a large mass of its undergrowth shifted slightly. […]
Eddie Salter purred lightly, clucked – and two gobblers stretched their necks way out, searching for the sweet-talking hen that was hidden just out of sight.
Tick-boom! […]
For every mature gobbler killed, with few exceptions, so many things have to go exactly right for the hunter, almost as if every star is in perfect alignment. […]
No. 1 thing to take away from the opening day of Mississippi’s 2013 spring turkey season: Always consider the significant change brought on by the switch to daylight savings time.
It never dawned on me … […]
Lifelong turkey hunter Mark McPhail of Collinsville has always been passionate about his turkey hunting and call collecting.There are about 1,590 handmade turkey calls in his collection, and at retirement a few years ago he decided to start making his own calls.
That decision three years ago has culminated in McPhail’s Cane Yelper being awarded first place in the Scratch Box Division of the National Wild Turkey Federation’s 2013 Grand National Call Competition in Nashville. […]
Wild turkeys are a spooky quarry. The old saying certainly holds true: “White-tailed deer think every man is a stump, but wild turkeys think every stump is a man.” […]
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