Industry News
- Dream Comes True for Courageous Man Injured in Afghanistan
- Mark Prudhomme champion of Owl Hooting Division at the Grand National Turkey Calling Championships
- NWTF 2011 Land Stewardship Award to the National Forest Foundation
- Stephan Richardson takes second in Gobbling Division at the Grand National Turkey Calling Championships
- Jeremy Palmer takes second in Owl Hooting Division at the Grand National Turkey Calling Championships
- The late Dick Kirby, legendary call maker, was honored with the C.B. McCleod Award
- Corey Chamberlain of PA finishes second in the Poults division at the Grand National Turkey Calling Championships
- Anna Leigh McGraw is first female to win at the Grand National Turkey Calling Championships since 1994
- Chamberlain Brothers of PA Impress at Top Turkey Calling Contest
- Jimmy Pollard crowned Intermediate Division Champion at the 2011 Grand National Turkey Calling Championships
- California Governor Signs Legislation to Protect Hunting Tag/Stamp Monies
- Arkansas NWTF to Improve Wildlife Habitat
- $175,000 Available to Nebraska Landowners
- Hunting gets Positive Publicity in Oprah's O Magazine
- NWTF Oklahoma to Invest $156,000 in Projects in 2011
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Product Reviews
How A Turkey Box Call WorksThe box call has been calling turkeys for decades, and will continue to do so for as long as there are box calls to be used, and turkeys to be called to. It's a friction style call that is very effective in the spring woods, and extremely user friendly. In fact, it's such an easy call to use, that someone that had never used one before should be able take it from its package, and be making turkey sounds within seconds. (Continue)
Pot n Peg or Slate Style Turkey Call Buyers Guide
There are many different combinations of suface and pot styles to choose from. In today's age of technology, manufacturers of turkeys calls are using all different types of materials to reproduce the vocalizations of the wild hen turkey. It is no longer just slate. Materials such as aluminum, copper, glass, crystal, are a common site, while manmade and manufacturer specific materials such as Slate-tek, and Frictionite are finding their way into the hands of turkey hunters as well.(Continue)
How To Make A Turkey Call - Diaphragm - Mouth Call
A mouth call is a fairly simplistic call, as far as construction is concerned. The science is found in both the stretch and cuts of the reeds. The stretch and cuts in the reeds are what create the tonal qualities of the call, and what differentiate one from the other. (Continue)
Latest Photo Contest Entries
Nothing Like The First Bird - This bird came the entire way gobbling and in full strut, right to 12 steps ... It was my buddy Johnny's first bird ... what a way to start.
Photo by: Matt Wettish
Photo by: Matt Wettish
Springtime Success!!! - Sitting on the stonewall that kept this bird from coming to me for over 45 minutes. I win!!!
Photo by: Matt Wettish
Photo by: Matt Wettish
The Three Amigos - Great hunt with my friends Matt Wettish and Cody Stober. Three long beards came in to the Pretty Boy Decoy and two left.
Photo by: Geoffrey English
Photo by: Geoffrey English
Turkey Hunting Articles
Turkey Grand Slam - Plan Your HuntIt’s regarded as one of the proudest accomplishments a turkey hunter can achieve—the Grand Slam. Collecting all four huntable United States subspecies—the Eastern, the Osceola, the Rio Grande and the Merriam’s—can take you virtually from coast-to-coast providing the hunter with not only an incredible variety of hunting challenges, but also an opportunity to tackle diverse terrain and conditions in pursuit of that ol’ longbeard.(Continue)
Turkey Hunting with Decoys
The morning was quickly passing me by as I drove away from the rising sun. I was late to the roost and was sick thinking about the consequences. It was my only day of hunting alone this season and it was already in the favor of Mother Nature. Upon my arrival to the site I had an incurable case of the fumbles. My shells were falling on the ground, my calls weren’t in the correct pockets, and I was doing everything in the loudest form of quiet imaginable. It reached the point where I just had to grab my gear and go. As I locked the truck and walked off, I thought of decoys. “I don’t need them; I’ve got to get goin’.” I immediately turned back knowing that if I didn’t have them I would most certainly need them. So I grabbed dekes and took to the woods.(Continue)
Turkey Hunting Product Reviews
Rocky Snake Boots: Rocky has hit the turkey woods running with their snake boots. These boots offer virtually everything the turkey hunter could ask for when chasing longbeards in the spring of the year. They offer a couple different soul designs that offer a grip on all types of terrain, whether you’re climbing loose gravel ridges, muddy swamp bottoms, or grassy hills, they can handle it. The soles hold on tight to the stuff you want and release the stuff you don't because of their self-cleaning design. The 15" Cordura uppers are backed with Gor-Tex to keep you dry on the way to the roost, especially walking through tall grass or small creeks that were deeper than you thought. All and all, these boots are lightweight, waterproof, comfortable and snakeproof, a must for the turkey hunter that doesn’t always tread lightly. (Continue)
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