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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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The Turkey Calling Calendar

Varying your calling through the season could earn you a successful date with a big gobbler this spring. Turkey behavior, including how they call and how they respond to calls has a certain chronology to it. While there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to turkeys, there are some generalities that seem to hold true more often than not.

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After You Bring Your Puppy Home: Pre-Training

What do you do once you get your new hunting dog home? Training your puppy should begin immediately. Find out how, when and where to start from Mossy Oak GameKeeper Kennels' head dog trainer, Bill Gibson.

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Public Land Turkey Hunting for Osceolas

One of the real secrets to hunting multiple states for different species of wild turkeys is the hunter’s ability to adapt to various conditions like terrain, weather and habitat. You’ve got to be willing to face turkey-hunting situations that you never may face if you hunt in your home state.

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Tips for Patterning Your Turkey Gun

Have you ever patterned your turkey shotgun? I mean really put it through the paces with several different manufacturers’ loads and shot sizes to determine what shoots the best through your gun? I can tell you that each gun is a bit different and something is going to perform best. Don’t just shoot what your local sporting goods store has on sale. Take an hour, some butcher paper or targets, cardboard boxes, maybe a realty

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What Goes Into a Turkey Calling Championship?

David Owens from Acworth, Georgia, is the 2018 National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) Grand National Senior Open Division turkey-calling champion. In 2017, he completed an almost unbelievable feat by completing the U.S. Super Slam of wild turkeys, taking 49 gobblers in the 49 states with 90 percent of those birds harvested on public lands. Owens started hunting turkeys when he was 13 and has been hunting them for 20 years. He’s only been entering turkey-calling

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