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Mississippi State Record Turkeys
Typical: Score 80.64, Amp Frith, Smith County, April 8, 2005. […]
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2014 Turkey forecast
March can be unpredictable, being warm one moment and cold.
No matter the weather, however, the ides of March will usher in the opening of turkey season, and, with it, all the pinnacles of joy and pits of despair that only true turkey hunters can appreciate. […]
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Annual brood survey bad news for turkey hunters
News from the 2013 brood survey is not good for Mississippi’s turkey and turkey hunters, according to the biologists who head the program for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]
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Calling hens can result in successful turkey-hunting trips
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. […]
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Less is more, turkey hunter says
“I believe less is more during late-season hunts,” Eddie Salter said. “And that old bird had long spurs and was red hot. […]
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Kill tough turkeys using gobble calls
Another tactic Lee Garvin, aka the Turkey Man, has utilized is to use a gobble exclusively when working a late-season bird. […]
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Hunting hung-up toms
Sometimes a bird will get close, but doesn’t willingly commit to moving on in to range. That’s when being flexible with calling becomes really important. […]
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Fewer turkey homes to wreck this year?
Data on Mississippi’s wild turkey reproduction has been trending down since the 2003 data report. Reported as the average poults per total hens ratio, the data has been collected by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks since 1994. […]
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The right turkey call
It takes one to know one. That is it takes a guy who builds turkey calls with his own hands from scratch, tests them in the Mississippi woods on live birds and in the process has learned what works best under a wide variety of turkey hunting situations. […]
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Shot size to seize gobblers
Turkey-hunting shotshells come from a wide variety of manufacturers, the most common being Remington, Winchester and Federal. But other brands like Hevi-Shot also make excellent ammunition for turkey hunting. […]
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You can help with annual turkey surveys
Turkey populations in Mississippi are not estimated by random guessing: MDWFP uses two different sources to determine how many birds there are in the state. […]
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Mississippi Sportsman Turkey Hunter’s Pocket Guide
Here’s your sign — Scouting is an important tool for patterning the behavior of wild birds on the land you intend to hunt. It’s best, however, to use your eyes, ears and legs to locate turkey sign — feeding areas, grooming areas, strut zones and roosting sites. Listen for turkeys to gobble early in the morning. […]