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One of My Most Favorite Hunts

Jerry Foster and Greg Butler are two of my favorite friends, and getting to spend time with them hunting turkeys always is a great pleasure and a joy for me. The turkeys were gobbling good this morning. I put Jerry and Greg out in front of me, and I called the turkeys. We had two different groups of gobblers come in to my calling. But before they could get within gun range of my hunters,

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Three Keys to Bagging More Merriam’s Gobblers

I hunt both the Black Hills and the prairie here in South Dakota, but I love to hunt the Black Hills the most. I like the terrain of the Black Hills, and I enjoy hunting mountains and hollows. Most of the prairie is private ground. I do have some private property I can hunt down there, but there seems to be less turkey hunting pressure in the Black Hills – probably because most people don’t

Big Game, Turkey

Hunting Merriam’s Gobblers When They're with Hens

When I know the gobblers are henned-up, I don’t call to them when they're on the roost. When the hens have just started to get with the gobblers early in turkey season, I’ve learned that they’ll fly out of the tree and hit the ground running the opposite way from where I’m calling and pull the gobblers with them.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

Hunting Gobblers in South Dakota

Jim Joint, a Mossy Oak pro for 2 years, names Obsession as his favorite camo pattern. Jim worked 37 years for General Electric in Nebraska. When he retired, he moved to Custer, South Dakota. He loves the area, especially the Black Hills. Jim does a lot of hunting in South Dakota, but he also hunts several other states including Pennsylvania, Missouri and Nebraska.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak

Why Soft and Low Is Deadly Turkey Calling

Another call that I use when I'm hunting that I think most other hunters don’t use as effectively as they can is soft purring. Most turkey hunters judge what a turkey can hear based on their own ability to hear. Even though we all know that a turkey’s ability to hear is much greater than our own, we don’t use that fact oftentimes when we talk to gobblers.

Big Game, Turkey, Firearm

Jesse Martin's Toughest Turkey

I'm often asked in seminars and when people meet me, “What’s the toughest turkey you’ve ever hunted and taken?” I was hunting a turkey one time in Elliott County, Kentucky. I talked to that turkey for 5 hours before I could get him within gun range and take him.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak, Firearm

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