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#81

General Forum / Re: Word Association Game

Last post by War Eagle - February 25, 2026, 09:38:38 AM

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#82

Recipes etc... / Re: Sour Cream Turkey Enchilad...

Last post by Mini me - February 25, 2026, 09:09:20 AM

Man I don't know what to use my turkeys for this year

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#83

General Forum / Re: TSS article Outddoor Life

Last post by tracker#1 - February 25, 2026, 08:55:09 AM

Good article. I'm in my seventies now, and I leave my 12s behind in the safe. I just find hauling my 20s around more comfortable. I carry an O/U mostly, which allows me the option to shoot tss or lead depending on the distance. I cut the cost of tss shells down by rolling my own shells with the help of members' recipes on this forum. I built a "trap" for patterning and retrieving tss. Some turkey buds ask me why I roll my own. My reply is, "It's kinda like tying your own trout flies."

#84

Turkey Hunting Tips ,Strategies & Methods / Re: Never Fail Terrain Feature...

Last post by GobbleNut - February 25, 2026, 08:47:43 AM

Never fail and turkeys ----- hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, those things don't go together.

I'm glad I was able to give you some comical relief.

Still learning even after 5 years but comments like this show why people don't ask for help or insight and don't want to be one these forums.

Preface: I don't think the comment was in any way meant to be a dig at your question. I wouldn't read anything into it other than pointing out that it is often hard to figure out turkeys and what is going on in their little pea brains. 

Getting back to the point of your thread, regardless of where I have hunted, finding turkeys to hunt has always come down to doing one single thing. That is being out at the first hint of daylight in the morning, and the last hint of daylight in the evening...and listening for gobbling. You can do that passively by just being quiet and listening at places...or you can do it actively by using a "tool" to encourage that gobbling.

I have hunted quite a few places, and I have very rarely hunted anywhere that doing the above is not the best way to find gobblers to hunt. That includes doing it while scouting...or doing it when hunting and trying to find a gobbler.

In my opinion, the best thing you can do is spend as many mornings...from that first hint of daylight until sun-up...as you can in as many areas as you can prior to the season. If you have gobblers around, you are very likely going to find them by hearing them tell you where they are. 

Once you hear them, you can evaluate all of the other factors relating to habitat and terrain...and make a plan to go after them. In addition, you will often find that the habitat/terrain features that you find one gobbler in are also the features that you will find gobblers in other similar locations.

#85

General Forum / Re: Word Association Game

Last post by Lcmacd 58 - February 25, 2026, 08:44:34 AM

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#86

Turkey Call Classifieds / Re: Padgett trumpet

Last post by crdierlam - February 25, 2026, 08:42:51 AM

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#87

Turkey Call Classifieds / Re: Padgett trumpet

Last post by SwampRooster17 - February 25, 2026, 08:41:25 AM

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#88

Box Calls / Re: What Style Box(es) Do You ...

Last post by crdierlam - February 25, 2026, 08:39:22 AM

I have a Matt Van Cise short box with me every day. I also have a Marlin Watkins longbox that comes most days. The short box fits in my vest a little easier so its always there. I also just picked up a Fulkerson hen box at UNICOI and it will be placed in the rotation once I get it figured out a little bit better. Its my first hen box so there is definitely a learning curve.

#89

Turkey Call Classifieds / Padgett trumpet

Last post by NYturkey - February 25, 2026, 08:38:50 AM

*****SOLD*****Argentine Lignum Vitae trumpet with PPSU mouthpiece by Ricky Padgett, his short version. New condition. Asking $sold shipped




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#90

General Forum / Re: If you could hunt 1 day wi...

Last post by Cut N Run - February 25, 2026, 08:26:36 AM

My best friend, E.P..  He just moved up to Virginia.  We didn't get the chance to hunt together once last year.  Whenever we hunt together, one or both of us is going to get a crack at a grown gobbler. He was my turkey hunting mentor and if I can kill half the turkeys he has, I'll be doing great. We've been friends for 55 years and almost had too much fun.

Jim