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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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How to Hunt Swamp Gobblers

On many of the public hunting areas that I've hunted in Florida, the turkeys will stay in the swamp all day long. So, if you're going to bag a bird, you'll have to go in the swamp to get them. The secret to hunting swamp turkeys is to find a dry piece of ground out in the swamp and look for the strut zones.

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5 Things Wild Turkeys Need

Why are the gobblers always on your neighbor’s property and not yours? The answer to that could be a number of reasons. You must look at what a turkey needs and on the other hand, things a turkey doesn’t like, the solution may be easier than you think. Just like all wild critters, they need food, water, cover and space. What don’t they like? Pressure!

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How to Hunt a 1,000 Acre Cattle Pasture

Many people don’t know that at one time Florida produced more cattle than Texas and any of the other western states. Today, Florida is still one of the top cattle-producing states in the nation. In Florida, you'll see numbers of improved pastures that seem to go on for miles. So knowing that I want my calls to travel a long way, I like to use high-frequency friction calls to get a gobbler’s attention.

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Hunting Osceola Turkeys with John O’Dell

John O’Dell of Texas says he hardly can remember a day when he hasn’t been a Mossy Oak Pro. To kick off turkey season, O’Dell goes to south Florida to hunt the Osceola gobblers. “Florida has a youth hunt for Osceolas in late February,” O’Dell says. “Then, the season opens the first week of March.” The Osceola is usually the most difficult turkey for hunters trying to get a Grand Slam. The reason is not

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LACROSSE AEROHEAD SPORT SNAKE BOOT

Designed for optimal fit and flexibility, the fully waterproof AeroHead Sport is built for ultimate comfort. The polyurethane AeroForm® shell wraps the entire foot for unparalleled cushioning and warmth while abrasion-resistant, flexible Brush Tuff material combined with a durable shin guard design gives extra protection without added bulk. Now available with 360-degree snake guard protection, the AeroHead Sport Snake boot is proof that comfort and snake bite protection can co-exist.

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Mossy Oak Congratulates ProStaffers on Top Finishes at Calling Championship

Mossy Oak, the official camo of the NWTF, congratulates ProStaffers Jesse Martin, Dave Owens, Josh Grossenbacher, Billy Yargus, Kerry Elliott, Joe Slaton and Hunter Wallis for their top finishes in the 2017 NWTF Grand National Calling Championships.

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Learning More Public Land Turkey Hunting Tips

I’m often asked, “What do you do after opening morning or any time during turkey season when another turkey hunter sees your truck and realizes where you’re hunting?” I’m not really concerned if another hunter spots my truck. Most turkey hunters – probably 90% - when they see another turkey hunter parked at a certain spot on public lands, will go to another place and hunt.

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Hunting the 1,000 Yard Toms

There’s a place in Maryland I hunt that I call the Rock Ledge. The front of the mountain has a straight rock ledge drop-off. A group of turkeys roost on that Rock Ledge. When they fly from the roost, they glide for about 1,000 yards and land in an agricultural field. When I first discovered those turkeys, I set up about 100 yards away from them and started calling.

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Finding Somewhere to Hunt on 2017’s Opening Day

I’d identified a place last year, made a note of it and marked the spot where I saw a turkey run across the road on one of my scouting trips before opening day. I’d never heard a turkey gobble in this place, never had seen one there and never had spotted a vehicle parked in this location. But I watched a turkey cross the road there, and I was very amazed. Previously I’d never seen

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Picking a Place for an Opening Morning Public Land Hunt

I ride the road listening for turkeys and looking for other people listening for turkeys. If I go by a spot two or three consecutive mornings where I’ve heard a turkey gobble and don’t see or hear anyone else’s vehicle parked there, then I know this is a good place to start my early-morning, public-land turkey hunt.

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Tracy Groves: Secrets to Public Land Gobblers

Mossy Oak Pro Tracy Groves, from Eldersburg, Maryland, takes on the toughest turkeys there are to hunt in the United States – public-land gobblers. If you’ve ever hunted turkeys for very long on public lands, you know all those turkeys are bad. But this week we’ve asked Groves to solve the mysteries of public-land gobblers.

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BioLogic’s Non-typical Clover Is Very Effective

Mossy Oak BioLogic has one wildlife planting that attracts turkeys as well as deer, and it’s relatively new for BioLogic – Non-Typical Clover. This new blend of clover has been found suitable for food plot plantings from New York to Georgia and from east Texas north. Non-Typical Clover is late to flower, so you'll get 6-8 more weeks of good, quality deer and turkey forage before the clover begins to flower.

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Mossy Oak Receives NWTF Corporate Achievement Award

For unmatched support of the National Wild Turkey Federation’s efforts to recruit hunters and conserve critical wildlife habitat, Mossy Oak recently earned the NWTF’s Corporate Achievement Award during the 41st annual NWTF Convention and Sport Show in Nashville.

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Bobby Cole Tells Us How to Grow Game

Bobby Cole is the president of Mossy Oak BioLogic. Mossy Oak BioLogic started working with improved seeds for planting for wildlife, including turkeys, waterfowl, upland birds and deer, about 20 years ago. Some of these super seeds, especially for deer, are imported from New Zealand. With turkey season just around the corner, many hunters want to know, “What’s the most effective tool I can use to draw longbeards to my property?”

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NWTF Partners with Mossy Oak Biologic

The National Wild Turkey Federation and Mossy Oak BioLogic have partnered to provide the outdoor community the best possible products for conservation efforts and hunting pursuits. NWTF members will have access to the full line of BioLogic and Nativ Nurseries seed, seedlings and fertilizers at a discounted rate. Additionally, all NWTF retail seeds and seedlings will be offered through BioLogic from a dedicated website beginning this spring.

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