Turkey

SUCCESSFUL TURKEY SEASONS START HERE.

The wild turkey is an elusive bird. To get the gobbler, get the know-how. Strategies, management and gear for the hunt can all be found right here.

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Turkey Hunting Tip: Using Funnels

It’s often discussed in deer hunting forums about how hunters can use diversions to direct or funnel deer toward particular areas. Turkeys can be directed in the same fashion.

Turkey, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Managing Your Land for Wildlife a Little at a Time

Maybe you don’t have the money to spend on having the property cleared, plowed, planted for numerous food plots. However, that’s not what GameKeepers is suggesting.

Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Properties

GameKeepers are Wildlife Managers, Not Just Hunters

Gamekeeping is not just for hunters, but for those who enjoy wildlife conservation and land management. It’s a way of life for people who just enjoy seeing wildlife, especially close to home. I don’t believe hunting and wildlife land management are opposite of each other. I really believe and know, at least in my house, they're the same philosophy.

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Running and Gunning

For the most part, the last couple generations of turkey hunters have adopted a more aggressive and active hunting style commonly referred to as running and gunning. When things are slow, rather than sitting around waiting for something to happen, you go out and make something happen; at least you try to. And like any technique, it involves certain tactics.

Turkey, Mossy Oak Obsession, How-To, Firearm

Wild Turkey Egg Rolls

With the multitude of options to use up the ground gobbler, try making some egg rolls. They utilize all food groups with veggies, meat, and dipping sauce and will be an immediate hit with your clan or hunting crew.

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A Passion of Enormous Proportions

Twenty-five years ago this spring a fire was sparked inside of me. A fire that would burn hot enough to sustain itself with essentially no fuel for some nine months out of every single year to follow. A passion of enormous proportions. A passion that would consume my thoughts many days and dominate my dreams many nights.

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Landowners Can Purchase Smaller Tracts for Hunting

At Mossy Oak Properties, we've also noticed a change in the size of land that people purchase strictly for hunting. Generally, if an individual wants to buy a piece of property strictly for hunting, he's looking for 100 acres or less, which is a big change in the hunter’s view of hunting, especially in the South.

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Exercises for Turkey Hunters

Chasing long beards is not for the weak. Turkeys are not only fast, agile, and have amazing eyes, but they are able to spread their wings and fly as well. So when it comes to chasing one down, they definitely have an advantage. While we have some ways to improve our odds with Obsession camo, guns, the latest vests and great, new calls, one of the best ways is to ensure we are physically ready

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Tripp’s First Turkey Hunt: Empty Hands But Full Heart

Spencer Halford Photo by Dylan Farrell I've often thought about what it would be like to take my son turkey hunting. To be honest, I've worried about it a lot. I’ve worried about whether or not I had the patience to make it fun for him and to help him enjoy it. I've wondered if he would grow up to like it, and I've worried about what our friendship would be like if he didn't.

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Better Your Hunting Property for Sale

Improving land for wildlife can be an expensive proposition, especially if you plant fruit and nut trees, create green fields, create sanctuaries and bedding areas, and keep hunting pressure to a minimum. I have to know what the land buyer wants.

Deer, Turkey, Waterfowl, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Protecting Yourself From Ticks

Spring is here and with the warmer weather and gobbling turkeys, comes the dreaded tick. Any GameKeeper will tell you that there is nothing worse than after a day in the field to look down and find a tick. Follow these quick tips on protecting yourself from ticks and enjoy the outdoors! Preventing Ticks The first step in protecting yourself from ticks is prevention. These tips can help stop ticks before they have a chance

Deer, Turkey, Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Small Food Plots Can Still Increase Wildlife

More and more hunters are beginning to learn that small properties - often as small as 5-10 acres or as much as 500 acres - can be great places to hunt, to own and to increase the wildlife living on that property.

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Making Time, Choosing a Location and Gearing Up for Turkey Hunting

Every day I turkey hunt is a blessing, an opportunity to learn, a chance to interact with a wild turkey and a way to experience new places and different birds. That’s enough for me. I don’t measure success or failure by whether or not I take a turkey. At the end of the day, if I know I’ve done the best I can, then most of the time it’s a successful outing.

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Embrace the Challenge of Turkey Hunting Unknown Property

As long as I've been hunting turkeys, as hard as I've been hunting turkeys, and as much as I know about turkeys, each day I really never know what’s going to happen when I go turkey hunting. I have to look for ways to adapt to the unexpected to try and be successful. I don’t really get upset when the turkey beats me. I try to learn something even when I lose to a turkey.

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Research To Hunt Turkeys All Season Long

I like to hunt public lands because public lands give me the opportunity to stretch my legs and cover a lot of ground. I don’t have the ability or the finances to buy enough land to keep me occupied throughout turkey season. But with the national forests, state forests, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands and other public lands that I can hunt, I can cover an awful lot of ground during opening season in

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