What to Do When the Turkey Quits Gobbling Two of the biggest mistakes I see hunters make when turkey hunting is they get impatient, and they move too quickly. Read More Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak
The Shepherd of the Flock What happened next was a big part of what made this the most memorable hunt. The group with the gobblers started turning to go up the hill so I began to call. They would gobble and drifted closer but would not come in. The other hens met up with them and they all started going up the coulees. This was a large steep climb going up 200 feet that no Eastern bird would walk up. Read More Big Game, Turkey, Firearm
Save The Habitat. Save the Hunt. Initiative Makes Significant Impact Through First Year The National Wild Turkey Federation's (NWTF) Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative was implemented just over one year ago and it's already making a difference. The Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative is an aggressive charge that mobilizes science, fundraising and devoted volunteers to combat some of the driving factors in the decline of wild turkey numbers, loss of habitat and the decrease in the number of hunters. Read More Big Game, Turkey, Conservation
When Fighting Purrs Work As I sat against a tree listening to the hens on the limb 60 yards away, I strained to hear that first gobble. I was hearing lots of tree talk from the hens, but so far I had not heard the gobbler music I was hoping for. It was opening day of the 2010 Georgia season, and I was hunting an eighty acre property bordered by the Etowah River in North Georgia. I had watched Read More Big Game, Turkey
My Second Bird To say I was fired up on Opening Day of 1993 would be an understatement. Although I had somehow killed a bird on the very first morning of my first season the year prior it was a fluke and I knew it. Aside from that one encounter, it had been an uneventful season. But this was a new season and I had done my homework and I was ready to hit the field with a Read More Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Firearm
The Third Element of Turkey Hunting It seems that each year on various platforms we partake in discussion involving “calling” or “woodsmanship” and which is most important. Many highlight the woodsmanship aspects while the really good callers make their points for calling. In the end, most of the veteran turkey hunters realize that the better you are at both, the better you’ll be at killing turkeys. I believe that when you really break it down there’s a third element that rarely Read More Big Game, Turkey
