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Tough Customers
Preston Pittman, the only turkey caller ever to have won all five divisions of the World Turkey Calling Championship as well as the Grand National Championship. […]
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Mississippi Sportsman archive: Gobblers, Robin Hood Style
The Swamp Monster was the name Wayne Stewart had given a certain wild turkey gobbler that lived in the Noxubee River bottom near Stewart’s home and had eluded the bowhunter for the better part of the spring turkey season. […]
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Wing Tips
Mississippi has one of the most abundant wild turkey populations in the southeast, second only to Alabama. This is an incredible feat considering that not 80 years ago, the eastern wild turkey was on its last leg in the Magnolia State. […]
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The best two turkey calls
I stood amazed at the display. Walking the jam-packed turkey hunting gear aisle of a local big box store checking out the latest in turkey calls, I was simply blown away by all the options. I lost count twice before I finally headed up a mind calculation of 75 different calls spread across a huge variety of brand names, call types, materials and package deals including instructional tapes and DVDs. […]
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Turkey Hunting in Duck Country
In a dream textbook version of a turkey hunt, the gobbler sounds off on the roost shortly after daybreak, and then he flies down to terra firma. He immediately saunters over to the hunter’s hen calls to sacrifice his well being to the deep fryer. […]
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State Turkey Federation chapter recognized for work with disabled hunters
The Mississippi State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation was presented with the Best State Chapter Event Award during the national organization’s 34th annual convention held in Nashville this weekend. […]
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Turkey Youth Hunt Preview
As Ol’ Man Winter slowly releases his grip on the Deep South, many of us will find ourselves out listening on those warmer days for the first gobbles of the season. The spring turkey season is a much anticipated event for many woodsmen in the Magnolia State. […]
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This is the month we wait all year for
The gobbles of a wild tom turkey reverberating throughout a spring woods is the Holy Grail of turkey hunting. It is the single most defining moment for a turkey hunter that he has successfully slipped undetected to within hearing distance of America’s largest game bird. […]
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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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Call of the Wild
“One call, that’s all!” is the slogan used by a prominent personal-injury attorney on billboards and television commercials in the Jackson area. With a slogan like that, you can bet that Richard Schwartz isn’t a turkey hunter. […]
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King of all Monarchs
At first light, an old battle-worn tom belted out a voluminous gobble that served as a warning to all would-be suitors and a come-hither call for any available hens. […]
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Cover: February 2009
Deer season just ended, but we’re already counting the days until the turkey opener. Learn what you can expect this year in Part II of our forecast. […]