10 Turkey-Taking Tips

Learn how to read a gobbler’s ‘temperature’ before deciding whether or not to call to him aggressively or quietly.

Follow these instructions, and tagging an old tom will become much easier.

A grand old South Carolina turkey hunter from yesteryear, Archibald Rutledge, once wrote: “Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters.”

Those who belong to the latter clan recognize that it is a sport chock full of mishaps, miscues, mistakes, mischances, misses and pure misery. In no other sport do participants actually revel in misfortune, but spend any time in a turkey camp, and it’s a virtual guarantee that you’ll hear at least as many tales involving words and phrases such as “hung up,” “henned up,” “call shy,” and “walk-away gobblers” as you will accounts of success.

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