Laser rangefinders remove the guess work. Although shotgunning for wild turkeys is a short-range sport, relatively speaking, precisely determining the distance between the muzzle and the bird at extended ranges leaves little margin for error. Under estimating range can lead to misses, or worse, crippled birds, and holding fire when a bird is well within […]
Turkey Hunters’ Range Estimation Tune-Up Read More »
The author and his West Virginia hunting guide Eric Cormac admire the old gobbler that ranged the mountains above the New River Gorge. It took a “keyhole” shot to bring the gobbler down. Turkey guns shoot tight patterns. It’s a given. Practically all of the conversation about tight patterning shotguns surrounds the idea that a
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After a day and a half trying to double-team a particular Arkansas tom we nicknamed “Old Long-gobble,” Roger Hook and I advanced up the spine of a ridge to get closer to the bird’s strut zone. Listening to the distinctively voiced bird advance and retreat along the ridgetop gave me audible clues as to what
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Turkey hunting equipment has evolved dramatically over the past four decades. Guns, loads, calls and more have improved to the point that some veterans marvel at the change. But, they don’t necessarily fondly refer to “the good old days.” One of the many thing that has appeared on the market in the past quarter century
Today’s Turkey Vest Technology Provides More Storage and Comfort Read More »
“All a guy needs to have fun is a mouth call in his shirt pocket, a box call, head net, gloves and some shells for his gun.” Tad Brown, veteran turkey hunter. A few years ago I sat with my laptop computer propped on my knees, staring out the window of a speeding Amtrak train
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