Turkey Hunting
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Any turkey hunter will tell you there’s no greater thrill than convincing a stubborn gobbler to come your way when every instinct tells him to stay put. And after decades of listening and calling to the Osceolas of the southern Florida swamps, the hard headed Easterns of the Mississippi hardwoods, the loudmouth Rios of the heartland, to the majestic mountain Merriams, we’ve mastered the art of making the clucks, purrs, cuts, yelps, and gobbles that get longbeards close. With these lessons and a little practice, so can you!
Hunting turkeys in fields and woods varies in the way you call and the way you setup. Decoys can mean the difference in killing and not killing. In this video, Brad Farris will help you learn a thing or two on using turkey decoys in the woods.
Being able to yelp, cut, purr, and create other turkey sounds with one call helps you remain stealthy and convincing to that ole long beard. Mouth calls are a great way to cover a large vocal range and still be cost effective.
Troy Ruiz teaches you the very basics of using a mouth, or diaphragm turkey call in this step by step tutorial. Follow along in this video, grab you a mouth call and stick around to learn how to really master a turkey mouth call.
Troy Ruiz will take you to the next step of learning and mastering the mouth call. One of the most fundamental noises you can make as a turkey caller is a hen yelp. Troy will get you started on yelping with a mouth call.
Turkey box calls have been around for almost 125 years, they are one of the easier turkey calls to learn how to use. Will Primos began making turkey calls in 1976, not much more than a decade later, Primos hunting was born.
The slate call, also called a Pot and Peg call is a very popular call used in the Turkey woods. It's an abrasive surface attached to a hollow pot chamber, and creates an excellent reproduction of many turkey vocalizations. Will Primos will show to what they are and how they came about.
Hunting turkeys in fields and woods varies in the way you call and the way you setup. Decoys can mean the difference in killing and not killing. In this video, Brad Farris will help you learn a thing or two on using turkey decoys in the woods.