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Eddie Salter Explains What Makes Southern Turkeys So Tough to Take

This field where this turkey was living had big terraces. When I got out that morning, I saw this bird strutting in the middle of the field on top of one of those terraces. I got on the terrace below him and belly-crawled, peeping over the lip of the terrace to see where he was. Finally, when I got close to the turkey, a hen walked past me within shooting distance.

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Tough Turkeys with Eddie Salter

I’ve learned my best turkey-hunting strategies from some of the baddest birds on the planet. The Bad Foot Gobbler lived on a 730-acre tract of land where I had permission to hunt. I had seen this bird and his tracks, while deer hunting in the fall, and I knew he was a big old gobbler. I was supposed to be the only one with the rights to hunt turkeys on this property.

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In just a few weeks, many of us will be chasing longbeards in certain parts of the country. I myself will be in South Carolina kicking off the Spring Turkey Season filming for our second year of Ultimate Bowhunting TV. Last year we used the Avian-X feeder hen decoy and loved it. The realism is unbelievable! This year we plan on using several of the Avian-X hen turkey decoys and add the new Quarter Strut

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Hank Parker Wears Mossy Oak to Hunt Turkeys and Squirrels

You may not believe this, but when I’ve been sitting still in a tree wearing Break-Up Infinity, I’ve actually had squirrels jump on my shoulder. Evidently they’ve thought I’m a tree limb. If I can fool a squirrel from up close, I’m pretty sure a deer can’t recognize me from far off.

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Ernie Callandrelli on Taking the Missed Turkeys

No one likes to miss or wound a turkey, but if you hunt long enough, it’ll happen. If you shoot and miss a turkey, and if that gobbler starts running or flying away, sit still until you know for certain he’s all the way out of sight. Then, sit still for another 30 minutes or an hour to see if that turkey will start gobbling again.

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MAD MAX Portable Ground Blind

As a gear junkie, I’m always looking for new ways to help get an edge on a gobbler when turkey hunting. Just when you think you have that old long beard figured out, he is going to humble you, sending you back to the truck frustrated. A new hunting product that I am really excited to use in the woods is the new MAD MAX Portable Ground Blind.

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Ernie Callandrelli Explains What to Do when a Turkey Has You

There’s one thing I know for certain. If a turkey hunter tells you he’s never fallen asleep on a hunt, you know one of several things. He hasn’t been turkey hunting very long, he doesn’t hunt turkeys all day, or he’s lying to you. One of the most-terrifying things a turkey hunter has to deal with is being sound asleep and hearing a turkey drumming right behind him.

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Taking Gobblers When There’s No Noise

Most turkey hunters prefer to hunt on days when there’s no wind, no rain and no noise. But any day you wear your Mossy Oak camouflage, it will keep you from being seen. But those are also the days when turkeys seem to be able to hear you scratch your head. More than likely, when you’re trying to call turkeys, you’ll have to move at some point.

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Ernie Callandrelli Explains How to Take a Gobbler on a Windy Day

I hunt turkeys in big-sky states like Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, where the wind really howls. If you’re hunting under really-windy conditions, you have to start with a really-loud turkey call, like one of the Turkey Thug calls from Quaker Boy Game Calls. The real secret to taking turkeys on windy days is to call loudly, call often and keep your movement to a minimum.

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How to Take Tough Toms

I don’t call as much on rainy days, because turkeys don’t gobble as well when rain’s falling. I’ve had turkeys gobbling from the ground, and then they’ll shut-up as soon rain starts. Remember, when a turkey gobbles, he’s not only calling-in hens. He’s also notifying predators where he is located.

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2013 NWTF Convention Pictures

Mossy Oak was pleased to be at the 37th Annual NWTF Convention and Sport Show and has a lot of pictures to share!

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2013 Turkey Call Round Up

Check out this year's line up of new turkey calls from Quaker Boy, Primos and M.A.D. From friction calls to mouth calls to box calls and even some accessories, there's bound to be something to add to your vest for more turkey hunting success.

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Ladies Dressed in Mossy Oak Took Longbeards with Lew Deal of the PVA-ORHF

This past spring, we put on an all-ladies turkey hunt at Dee DOT Timberland near Jacksonville, Florida. The picture in most people’s minds of a wounded veteran is a man who’s been in combat and suffered a life-changing injury. But on this turkey hunt, we had one lady who had fought in the war, one whose husband had fought and died for his country and the spouses of two severely-wounded soldiers.

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Day 5: Alex Rutledge Explains the Shot and the Missed Turkey

One of the toughest turkeys of the entire hunt is the gobbler that you’ve shot at and missed, or the gobbler that someone else has shot at and missed. To take this bird, you have to pay attention to what you’re doing, realize what’s happened before and after the shot, and understand where you think the turkey has gone after you’ve pulled the trigger, and he hasn’t fallen over dead.

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Explaining the Addiction

My wife has always been one of those people who will pretty much speak her mind, at least in matters concerning me. Once after a tough turkey hunt that required lots of driving to, walking and calling and then more driving back, I came back home mid-day and fell asleep in the middle of the den floor. I awoke still in full camo, hat still on and boots laced. Pam was running the vacuum, probably

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