Surprise! Most people want to see a gobbler approach from a long distance, but that's a mistake. Read
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Salter and Culpepper Win Beards or Bust
Eddie Salter and Phillip Culpepper, Team APG, recently won Realtree's Beards or Bust turkey competition, defeating Jeff Shepard and Daniel Thomas, Team AP. Read
20 Turkey Tips in 20 Days: #18 Flow Time
Moving with birds as they approach is called "flowing with the turkey." Editor Brian Lovett explains this technique.
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20 Turkey Tips in 20 Days: #17 Easy on the Shoulder
Turkey loads kick like a Missouri mule. Here's how to avoid a sore shoulder.
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The Spurless Gobbler
The Kansas gobbler I shot had no spurs. They weren't broken off, either. The bird never grew them.
Only the small bumps of the spur caps were visible on its legs. Read
Going Two for Two With One
Turkeys gobbled like nuts on the ridge above us, and soon after flydown, a parade of hens and strutters passed along the far edge of the field and into a creek bottom. Soon, however, two black forms slithered down the ridge, and raucous gobbling followed. Read