When it comes to turkey hunting and calling, options abound for making sounds to entice a big gobbler but few things work their magic like a slate call. Read
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What are Some Good Decoy Deployment Tactics?
Turkey decoys provide the eye candy that mature gobblers find hard to resist. They add realism to any good setup and close the information gap for toms that are coming to the call. They heard a hen — and now they see one. Read
How Can I Attract More Turkeys to My Land?
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How to Preserve, Display a Turkey’s Trophy Parts
A wild turkey’s legs, spurs, beard and plumage are decorative when properly preserved and require minimal space for displaying. Spread tails and wings look good on a den wall and small parts such as spurs and beards can be preserved and put away for safekeeping in display boxes or displayed in shadow boxes. But don’t hide your trophies — it is easy to make them worthy additions to your home or lodge decor. Read
How Can I Get Tighter Patterns?
Turn a good turkey gun into a great turkey gun by using the perfect shotshell/choke combination. Read
Where Do Those Large Winter Flocks of Gobblers Go Come Spring?
Turkeys congregated in large, same-sex flocks during the winter begin to disperse when spring arrives. Some gobblers go it alone while others remain in small — often related — bachelor groups. Read