Author: BossGobbler

  • Scouting Using Technology

    Scouting Using Technology

    I have three daughters, two of which hunt with me.  The first time I took them hunting, I declared that there would be no electronic devices allowed on our hunt. This was a time for bonding not texting, observing nature and not pinning new shoes, and certainly the only angry birds I wanted to see…

  • Turkey Hunting Legends and Tag Sammiches

    Turkey Hunting Legends and Tag Sammiches

    Legends are everywhere.  The NFL has them in Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Joe Montana, George Halas, and a hundred others.  The business world has them in Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, John D. Rockefeller, and Warren Buffett.  The cooking world has them in Emeril Lagasse and Julia Childs, and baseball has them in Babe Ruth, Hank…

  • Be a Good Turkey Hunter

    Be a Good Turkey Hunter

    I am not the best turkey caller in the world – not by any means.  In fact, I’ll put myself in the bottom two thirds of the turkey hunters that I have hunted with.  Despite the fact that I am not a very good turkey caller, I kill turkeys!  I kill turkeys because I take…

  • Stand Up and Shoot – Turkey Hunting Tips

    Stand Up and Shoot – Turkey Hunting Tips

    There are a few turkey hunting tips that I have to continually remind myself of at the beginning of each turkey season.  A few of those tips are as follows… A roll of toilet paper is just as important as your shotgun.  A shotgun without shotgun shells is just a very heavy stick.  Commerically manufactured…

  • My Turkey Hunting Quest

    My Turkey Hunting Quest

    I love to travel!  About the only thing I love more than traveling is eating, breathing, sleeping, and drinking.  About the only thing I love more than all of those is turkey hunting.  In 2003, I went on my first out of state turkey hunt to Texas and to Nebraska to begin my quest for…