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Toughest gobbler: I have a nomination
Every turkey hunter has run into a tough gobbler. […]
Turkey Hunting
New Products
Carolina Cradle
The Carolina Cradle can be affixed to the stock of your favorite turkey gun and allows you to work any 3 5/8-inch call with minimal movement. Your friction calls can be changed from slate, to glass, to any of the popular calls on the market today on a moment’s notice. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Clinton dad shares double slam with sons
To achieve a double slam on turkeys in a season is a grand accomplishment for any hunter. […]
Featured Story
Warren County hunter nabs four-bearded gobbler
The outdoors was always where Amanda Brock Coutch would rather be. Working in the yard to deer hunting or fishing with her granddad were her favorite things to do. […]
Featured Story
Smith County hunter ends early three-turkey limit at 96 years old
Bill Tanner was at home on Good Friday, tending his massive urban garden and taking care of a few other chores — including deboning and preparing a turkey breast for the freezer.
“My season is over,” Tanner said matter-of-factly. “That there in the sink is my limit turkey. My third gobbler this season.” […]
Turkey Hunting
Blind as a bat
Turkey hunting can sure seem like hunting blind sometimes. Gobblers can appear out of thin air as though in a vision. Hens pop up behind you with peering eyes picking up on every out-of-place detail in the woods. […]
New Products
Thunder Chicken
Flextone Game Calls has introduced a new lightweight and easy to carry and pack turkey decoy. The Thunder Chicken ¼ Strut Jake Decoy has the realistic look hunters want in their decoy spreads without inhibiting them from moving around freely. […]
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High-Noon Showdown
In the movie “Groundhog Day,” weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is doomed to repeat Groundhog Day again and again until he learns that his actions can affect the outcome.
Anyone addicted to turkey hunting can easily understand the frustration experienced by Connors of having to live out the same frustrating scenario day after day. And such was the case for me during the 1992 spring turkey season. […]
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Turkey Hunting
Freeze, you’re busted!
Don’t tell me you’ve never done this. You turkey hunt and you’ve never been caught on the short end of the stick? Yeah, right. I’ve been busted so many times the stick is worn down to a nub.
The best part of that means I have had the blessed fortune to turkey hunt a lot and be guided by some of the best, but I really wish I could say I have learned from my mistakes. I just chalk up all the goofs to the nature of the game of turkey hunting. […]
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First-Day Feathers
Mark McPhail set up quickly beside a large tree under the cover of darkness in the spring woods. As the night sky slowly melted into day with an orange glow rising on the horizon to the east, he sent a few soft tree yelps in the direction of an old gobbler that he had roosted the night before. McPhail was met by a lusty gobble that indicated the old monarch was game and meant business.
A few minutes later, the gobbler pitched out of the tree and landed a mere 7 to 8 yards away. Before the gobbler had a chance to make another move, McPhail’s shotgun roared and another Eastern gobbler met its maker. […]
Sidebars
Mark McPhail guide to becoming a good turkey hunter
1. Patience: You’ve got to have patience to turkey hunt. […]