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Become a Better Turkey Hunter with the Help of Mentors

I was 10 years old the first year I won the NWTF Grand National Calling Championship in the Junior Division, and I met Nate Hosie who lives about 10 minutes from my house. Nate and I have been friends ever since I was really young. He's always helped me with my turkey calling, and I've bagged a couple of gobblers with Nate. He got me to the point that I had a pretty good calling

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Trailcrest Offers NEW Mossy Oak Clothing Collection

Trailcrest offers style, comfort and camo in their new Mossy Oak Collection of active, casual and outerwear. When in the woods or heading to town, you want to be comfortable yet still look good.

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The Best Time To Call For Turkeys: Making Gobblers Respond

Timing is important in so many things we do, from a musical beat to hitting a baseball to timing the stock market. The better you can anticipate the pulse, peak or sweet spot the better you’ll do. This holds true in turkey hunting, possibly more so than when hunting other game. From knowing when the gobblers will respond the best to your tactics, to knowing when to call on a specific hunt, as they say,

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Getting Started as a Turkey Hunter and a Contest Caller

Twenty-year-old Hunter Wallis of Greenfield Township, Pennsylvania, started hunting turkeys when he was 4 years old and won the 2018 Intermediate Division of the National Wild Turkey Federation Grand National Calling Contest. This was the last year for him to compete in the Intermediate Division. He won the Intermediate Division four times, and the Junior Division three times in the Grand Nationals. He also won the Senior Division of the U.S. Open, the World Junior

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Justin Shrublands Snake Boot Available in Mossy Oak Break-Up Country

The 17-inch Shrublands Square Toe boot from the Justin Stampede™ Collection, designed for keeping your feet dry and protected in any conditions, is equipped with a full waterproof bootie construction and Justin’s Snake Guard technology.

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Coaching a New Turkey Hunter

Each year I take quite a few people hunting. Often my hunter is someone who has never killed a turkey before. One of the big problems that most seasoned turkey hunters have when they take a newbie hunting is the new hunter will spook a gobbler that’s coming in, but that rarely ever happens when I take a new turkey hunter.

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Calling Other Birds to Locate a Turkey

Owl hooting is my locator call. I use an owl hooter in the morning at daybreak. I owl hoot in the middle of the day, and I use an owl hooter when I'm roosting birds in the evening. Occasionally, I’ll use a goose call. Every now and then I’ll use a crow call to locate turkeys. When I'm locating turkeys, I would say that 80 percent of the time I'm using a barred owl call.

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How to Locate Turkeys on Public Lands

I usually study maps of public lands before I hunt there. For instance, I've learned that in Florida turkeys like to roost and stay in cypress heads. So, when I'm going to hunt public lands in Florida, I pinpoint those cypress heads on a map, and that’s where I go to listen for turkeys. Most of the time, I’ll hear turkeys gobbling there. Other times, I’ll look for water, roost trees, fields and other places

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Fishing an Unfamiliar Lake

Planning and research are the biggest keys to being successful on an unfamiliar lake. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to do much of either before a recent trip to Beaver Lake in Arkansas. I backed the boat down the ramp with little to no knowledge of the fishery, so as I ran across the lake I had to rely on my previous knowledge and my fish finder. As I darted around the lake I fished everything

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Bowhunting Turkeys

Bowhunting turkeys is a test of all of your skills including mentally setting up a decoy scenario to fool the wariest of game. It’s also just a great excuse to enjoy spring after a long, cold winter. According to the National Wild Turkey Federation, the largest on record is a 37.6-pound goliath taken in Kentucky during the 2015 season. That’s a lot of turkey and the reason you need to have the right gear and

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Keep Your Legs From Falling Asleep While Turkey Hunting

Holding still, ready for an opportunity to shoot as you enjoy his performance, you begin to feel a sharp pins and needles sensation increasing in your legs. This intensifies to a painful burn. Soon you realize that you are unable to move your legs. They are asleep. Paresthesia has set in. This is not an emergency, but sure can feel like it, especially if that tom turns and you need to scurry around like a

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Calling All Turkeys

Each year I hunt in about nine or 10 states. This season I have 10 states on my schedule. I produce a web show for Mossberg titled, “Calling All Turkeys.” The show has a quick turnaround. I have four cameras running at all times with multiple angles. So, during the season, you'll be able to follow me a week behind where I’ve been hunting. After we film a show, we head for the next state,

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A Self-Taught Turkey Hunter

I took my first turkey when I was 14. I was basically self-taught. No one ever took me turkey hunting. My dad didn’t hunt, so I always hunted by myself. My dad wanted to know that I knew how to handle a gun safely, then he more or less turned me loose in the woods to go find a turkey.

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Robinson And Fulmer Win Bassmaster High School Eastern Open On Lake Hartwell

Planning for the herring spawn that they thought could happen positioned them around quality bass in the lower part of Lake Hartwell, in the same area where Jordan Lee defended his Classic title.

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Owl Hooting to Turkey Calling

When I first started turkey hunting, I played around with an owl hooter and got fairly good at using it. When I entered my first calling contest in 2009, I learned that the contest had an owl-hooting division. I quickly learned that my owl hooting was much better than my turkey calling, and I began winning owl-hooting contests and placing well in them. As I got better at owl hooting, my turkey calling got better

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