How to Unhang A Hung-Up Gobblers What do you do when you're calling to a turkey, he's gobbling back to you, he starts coming to you, and then, he stops, struts and drums just out of gun range at about 60 yards? Read More Big Game, Turkey
Hunting the Named Turkey With Will Primos When a friend starts telling you about a turkey he's going to take you to and he's given that turkey a name, you know you're in trouble. When turkey hunters name turkeys, you automatically know that turkey has a reputation for being a hunter dodger. That turkey hasn’t earned his name by doing what turkeys are supposed to do. For this reason, if you decide to hunt that turkey with a name, you need to Read More Big Game, Turkey
Why I Call So Much and Call So Loudly Over the years, I've often been criticized because I call a lot, and I call loudly. I developed this style of calling when I first started hunting turkeys with the Vice President of TV and Video Productions for Mossy Oak, Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland. We learned this fact together: if a turkey gobbles when you call, and you can tell that turkey what he wants to hear quickly and emphatically, and if you sound like an Read More Big Game, Turkey
How to Solve Turkey Hunting Problems If you’ve been calling to a turkey on public land, but when you sit down and set-up to take the turkey, you hear another hunter calling to that same turkey, that’s one of the most-frustrating things that can happen to a turkey hunter. I've been asked, “What will you do to solve this problem?” Read More Big Game, Turkey
Want More Turkeys? One of the most satisfying aspects in game management is maintaining a healthy crop of turkeys to hunt or bringing back a wild turkey population in an area where they have struggled in the past. A simple mistake we see made every year that can have a negative impact on your turkey numbers is the good old bush hog. After being on your property during the spring, you begin to see a lot of things Read More Big Game, Turkey, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers
How a Turkey Hunt Is Supposed to Happen But Doesn’t So the moral of the story is: when you go turkey hunting, you never know what the turkey will do, even though you think you do. You never know what your turkey hunting partner will do, although you think you do. Also, you never really know what you’ll do, even though you think you do. Read More Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Firearm
