Turkey Hunting

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Early Birds? No Problem!

Jim Casada

At long last, after what seems an eternity of cabin fever, messy weather, and weeks my Grandpa Joe characterized as “a time when a man has the miseries,” the rites of spring arrive. […]

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Game, Set, Match

Mike Marsh

Basil Watts heard a turkey gobbler calling in the distance. It was early in the morning in a location where he had seen a gobbler the afternoon before. […]

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Turkey harvest down, reproduction only fair

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Things don’t look terribly promising for turkey hunters in South Carolina.
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources reported earlier this month that the harvest for the spring wild turkey season was off almost 10 percent from 2007 levels, and that reproduction this past summer was nothing to brag about.
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S.C Has New State Record Gobbler

Dan Kibler

South Carolina has a new state-record wild turkey, with the National Wild Turkey Federation certifying earlier this month a huge gobbler killed this past March in Orangeburg Co., as the state’s best bird ever.
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Tom Foolery

Terry Madewell

Chasing late-season gobblers can be one of the sport’s greatest challenges. It also can be productive and rewarding, despite popular sentiment among many turkey hunters. […]

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Turkey Business

Walt Rhodes

Standing on the edge of newly-plowed field, the aroma of fresh dirt sent a message that spring was in full swing in rural Bamberg County. […]

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All-Day Gobblers

Dan Kibler

Charles Grantham is no rural mail carrier, but he knows where most of the “tenants” live on the thousand or so acres that make up Lynches River Outfitters near Friendfield in Florence County. […]

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Gone Wild for Gobblers

Craig Holt

Residents of the tiny western North Carolina town of Franklin can tell visitors where to find wild turkeys — just go to a local fast-food restaurant. […]