Been busy as all get-out since Christmas: 1) Found a Ben Lee Super Hen call– I’ve been wanting one for 20 years. Ben Jr. is now making them 2) Traded for a Transfan gobbler decoy— first gobbler deke I’ve ever had. 3) Ordered neoprene socks from Cabelas– I’m tired of … Continue reading →
My experience has been that every day and every turkey seems to demand a different call. I’ve got probably half a dozen friction pot calls that are store-bought. It’s always a guessing game. I take a couple with me each day. Some days they like one, the next day they … Continue reading →
Instead of a fancy store-bought turkey target, I still like to do it the way I was taught before folks had such things: Take a Dixie cup and put it upside down on a stick about 18″ high. Use a backing board with newspaper. Back up to the chosen distance … Continue reading →
He’d been late getting out of town, and after an endless drive it was cold and still and dead. The shaman noticed that the place had shifted again; the door didn’t stick as much as it had. He walked in and for a moment all he could see was his … Continue reading →
odis7326 from KentuckyHunting.net asks: deer hunting from blinds: would like some feed back on a idea i had the other day when i was thinking about how as a deer hunter there could be a safer way for hunters to hunt from a blind. i had a buddy that had … Continue reading →
Remember that by most professionals’ estimates calling is only about 20% of the game when it comes to turkey hunting. Scouting is by far the most important part of the game. If the birds have a mind to fly down to one side of the roost and walk off and … Continue reading →
I go with 3″ shells and here is why. Most of the time, you aren’t going to be shooting all that far, and the turkeys are not that hard to kill. When you get up into 3.5″ or 10 GA, you’re talking recoil levels like what you use on elephant. … Continue reading →
I had some more thoughts on this last night: Bum weather– the cold wave made the turkeys come to the protected narrow east-facing pastures to catch sun. I knew where they were going to be. Chest Pains– I had to be careful how I moved. That led to the following … Continue reading →
I’m going to give you a piece of advice, based on your question about flashlights that may receive some HARRUMPHS! from the others, but I think it’s valid just the same. Last year was the first time I did not bother to hunt flydowns. I’ve been hunting flydowns for 25 … Continue reading →
I would say that it’s a matter of how much flashlight and where and when. I’ve been as close as 80 yards to a gobbler and hens and not had an effect on him. I was hunting amid dense cedars and I was coming in at first light. I was … Continue reading →
Dear Santa: I’m writing late to you, but I have some ideas for turkey hunters for Christmas. See if you can cook them up: 1) A cheap pair of boots that are lightweight, warm and waterproof. Is it asking too much for a turkey hunter to have dry warm feet? … Continue reading →
I’ve got stuff still from 1982. My sons are wearing the stuff I started out with. You replace them when they stop doing the job. Some things I’ve learned over the years: 1) Rotate your clothes. To keep scent down, I always have one or more changes for the weekend … Continue reading →
Everything’s cool here. I have my food plots in. I hope the rain we had was enough to get them going. The new steering package arrived for my boat, The Floating Hole. We’ll probably have a shake down cruise on the Ohio River within the next few weeks. Mooseboy had … Continue reading →
