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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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I can’t begin to remember how many turkey hunts I’ve been a part of but it would surely have to be in the thousands. I have been blessed to call most of them “work related” which means I had no other thing to do for the whole day other than turkey hunt. Granted most of them have been while lugging a heavy camera and guiding another hunters but over the years that has become my

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Food For Thought

At 6’1 and 250 pounds I’m certainly not one to say what’s good for you and what’s not but I can promise you that many if not most of my fondest memories are centered around food. Camp food, wild game, cooking over an open fire, MRE’s on a mountain top in Colorado, vienna sausage and crackers with Dad and brother Al in the Homochitto National forest, my wife’s cheese grits served with fried turkey breast,

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Why Look for Shed Deer Antlers During Turkey Season

Searching for shed antlers and/or hunting bucks without a gun when the season is over will help you compile the most complete information about the whereabouts of deer on your hunting property.

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Taking Turkeys Strutting in the Field that Walk and Talk

The gobbler strutting in the field is often the easiest turkey to find but can be the most-difficult bird to set up on and call, due to his often having hens with him. Naturally that tom thinks a hen should come to him.

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Taking a Tom Turkey with Hens and Calling a Gobbler Across Water

One of the hardest gobblers to set-up on and call-to is the gobbler with hens. This gobbler already has what he’s looking for and is reluctant to leave his harem just to meet and mate with a new lady friend. Probably the first few times you call, he won’t come. But if you continue to call, his curiosity will get the best of him. Here are a couple of things you can try to take

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Study Turkeys to Know Where to Set Up

Mossy Oak has talked to some of the company’s professional hunters to learn how to set-up on turkeys. Here are some of their suggestions. Realize for success during this spring turkey-hunting season that you need to study a turkey’s schedule. First you need to realize that a gobbler doesn’t like to cross water – above it or in it, walk through heavy cover or downhill, go-under a fence or fly over it, move-into an area

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Tell the Hunting Story with Your Video

According to Ronnie Strickland, “One of the biggest mistakes most people make when trying to film any hunt is they don’t shoot enough footage. Everyone has gotten really-good at filming the animal on impact. But, they forget to tell the story of the hunt. I want to know who the hunter is, how he got to the hunt, where the hunt is taking place, what kind of equipment he’s using, how he’s getting into his

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Iowa's Fall Turkey Hunting Season Opens October 1

Iowa’s turkey population likely benefited from an early nesting season and dry spring and summer, which is good news for turkey hunters who should expect to see more birds when fall turkey hunting seasons open next month.

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Sportsmen's Bill held up in the Senate

One of the bills deals with polar bear hides, so of course that's what the mainstream media is focusing on--as though trophies are the only important aspect of hunting and angling. But there are 90-some million sportsmen in this country who don't have polar bear hides they'd like to bring home. Last year alone, hunting and fishing contributed $646 billion in direct spending to the economy. These bills cover far more ground than allowing a

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Indiana Poised to Make Electronic Check-In Permanent

Indiana Natural Resources commission could make electronic check-in for deer and wild turkey permanent. The CheckIN Game system has been in use under temporary rule since the spring turkey season. A public hearing October 4th in Plainfield could seal the deal. During the test period, 17% of check-ins were electronic, and hunters will still be able to report their successes at check-in stations.

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Protecting Spring Turkey Nests

One of our primary responsibilities as a GameKeeper is to be good conservationists and wildlife managers. One of the most satisfying aspects in game management is maintaining a healthy crop of turkeys to hunt every year 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

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What Item to Always Have in the Back of Your Turkey Vest

When the alarm clock went-off at the hunting camp of Mark and Terry Drury of Bloomsdale, Missouri, the founders of MAD Calls and Drury Outdoors, the roar of the rain pounded the roof. I didn’t even bother to get-up. I knew we weren’t going hunting. Then I heard Mark Drury holler, “Let’s go, Bubba. You’re not going to shoot any turkeys in that bed!” I couldn’t believe we were going-out in a driving rainstorm to

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Ram Truck CEO Shines at 2010 Gobbler Camp

I’ve been hosting hunting camps for Mossy Oak for over 20 years; after all, there is no better setting in which to get to know someone than hunting camp. This spring, turkey camp was certainly different than those of the past. Along with two Mossy Oak Productions’ field producers, I would spend a quick 36 hours with Fred Diaz, CEO of Ram trucks and a new hero of mine. Hero is a strong term, so

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Greybeard How-To Tactics for Longbeards

During the 2009 spring turkey season, New York issued 147,560 permits. But hunters only harvested 34,600 birds. "As you can see, on many public-hunting areas in New York, the turkeys have to deal with a tremendous amount of hunting pressure," Bob Wozniak explains. "But I've found very-productive turkey hunting and few hunters in the woodlots close to major highways and interstates. I know you miss some of the beauty of the silent woods. But when

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Sexy Small Talk for Gobblers

Many times subordinate gobblers won’t gobble in the place where the boss gobbler resides. But when the subordinate gobbler hears a lonesome hen feeding away from the flock, he may come in silently, hoping to breed a hen that the boss gobbler hasn't reached yet. This tactic resembles the strategy used when you call in a satellite bull when elk hunting. The herd bull will bugle and stay with a herd of cow elk; but

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