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Turkey Hunters Are Our Own Worst Enemies
We turkey hunters are our own worst enemies. We tend to make our sport much more difficult than it really has to be. I certainly made the sport much harder than I should have for years. I put turkeys on a pedestal because all of the old timers told me how difficult turkey hunting is.…
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Patterning Your Turkey Gun
Patterning your turkey gun before season or when you buy new shells can be a very expensive pain in the… shoulder. With turkey hunting shotgun shells costing upwards of $8 t0 $10 per shell, finding the right turkey loads with the right choke for your gun can cost you a fortune in shotgun shells alone.…
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What Time of Day Should I Hunt Turkeys?
Lots of first time and newbie turkey hunters want to know what time of day is the best time for turkey hunting. I could answer that question in one sentence and end this post right now, but I’m only going to do one of those right now. The best time of day to turkey hunt…
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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…
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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…