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Fellas /Ladies,

I've attached a link below for those of you interested in watching Harold Knight and Mark Prudhomme's seminar from Unicoi this year. It's a good un'. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/ShfGVsz1WZ0?si=kKasRW7RzDaGgpnM

Saved it to my desktop, thank you very much.

two great callers and hunters for sure i went to their seminar at the nwtf last year lots of good tips

Thanks for that link.  I enjoyed watching that.

I really enjoyed talking with Mr. Harold on Friday and their seminar was a good one. I would love to have that quail whistle he broke out in their presentation.

Thanks for posting the link.  Great information and tips presented, although there were a few tips revealed that I would just as soon not have been.   ;D
Also, I could be wrong, but I bet there will be a few folks here that will probably want to debate some of those tips based on past discussions on OG...    ::) ;D

Real disappointed in hearing Mr Knight's advice in a public setting. More on killing tactics than calling.

Thnx for sharing .....

Quote from: topnotch on January 15, 2024, 10:02:44 AM
Real disappointed in hearing Mr Knight's advice in a public setting. More on killing tactics than calling.

He's just an honest ol turkey hunter, and whether we agree or disagree with all tactics there is a lot of good info and guys like him won't be around forever to share stories.  I enjoyed them in Nashville last year and enjoyed this as well. 

Thanks Josh-you do such a great job of capturing and sharing meaningful content from Unicoi!

Are corn trenches being brought up again? I didn't watch the video, so I am just guessing. When you are as good looking as me, you don't have to worry about having that killer image. Being a tennis coach in the spring is always an option.

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Quote from: Happy on January 16, 2024, 06:30:28 AM
Are corn trenches being brought up again? I didn't watch the video, so I am just guessing. When you are as good looking as me, you don't have to worry about having that killer image. Being a tennis coach in the spring is always an option.

:TooFunny: :toothy12:  Just to satisfy your concern,...no, corn trenching was not brought up.  Your secrets are safe for now.   ;D
...And I will further assume you do not have any mirrors in your possession...   :toothy9:

Harold comes from the old school Hillbilly Killing University....Son put that meat on the table, I ain't asking how you got it I'm just asking if we're eatin. I was raised in the same school, poor dirt farmers that relied on wild game as a meat source. Dad literally counted the shells and if you wasted shots you didn't get more shells. That philosophy is hard to deprogram from us old hillbillies. It was later in life I learned it was about the hunt and enjoying nature. The very first gobbler I ever shot at I crippled and when I got back to the house I told dad and he lit into me and asked what the h#ll you doing back here, go look for it. So he got the beagle and back we went to recover my bird. The dog tracked it up but it had enough life to get away from him and we did loose it. He informed me to learn my range and if I crippled another one he would take my gun away. I did not cripple the next one. I was like Harold, I had a 20 gauge pump I hunted grouse with and using grouse loads, probably 7.5 lead. Heck, no one turkey hunted I didn't know any better. The next one I shot at 16 yards, no cripple there. That was over 50 years ago. Never did I imagine turkey hunting becoming what it is today. I remember Harold was up in my area hunting one year and a buddy of mine was hosting him. There was one bird had given several hunters fits and Harold calmly said, "I'll give him a try". He killed him the next morning. Everyone raved on how great Harold was. He checked the bird at my station and as we talked my buddy was crowing about how great Harold was and Harold calmly said, "I ain't no better than any of you all, I was just different". I always remembered that comment. He touches on it in this talk, when what your doing has educated a bird, do something different. I don't agree with all his opinions but I always enjoyed listening to him.

IMO, Harold's remarks on fanning were totally out of place at the show that's all about call makers and their calls. I suspect his opinion would have been much more well-received at the show in Nashville though.

I knew people would have hurt feelings but that's the difference between Hunters and Killers.

Quote from: Bedge7767 on January 17, 2024, 04:19:15 PM
I knew people would have hurt feelings but that's the difference between Hunters and Killers.

No, it's the difference between a show where reaping is and is not out of place. You can gladly put me in the hunter category and my feelings will be far from hurt.

 I consider fanning and reaping two different things. I personally don't fan. I want no part of reaping, it's just what the world is coming to.

Quote from: GobbleNut on January 16, 2024, 08:45:06 AM

Quote from: Happy on January 16, 2024, 06:30:28 AM
Are corn trenches being brought up again? I didn't watch the video, so I am just guessing. When you are as good looking as me, you don't have to worry about having that killer image. Being a tennis coach in the spring is always an option.

:TooFunny: :toothy12:  Just to satisfy your concern,...no, corn trenching was not brought up.  Your secrets are safe for now.   ;D
...And I will further assume you do not have any mirrors in your possession...   :toothy9:

Mirrors? Those are for people who need reassured. . Looks like cabin fever and the upcoming spring is fixin' to get things intristin' here.  Don't mind me, though. I will be snorting pre workout powder, hitting the gym and practicing my power clucks.

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Quote from: Bedge7767 on January 17, 2024, 04:19:15 PM
I knew people would have hurt feelings but that's the difference between Hunters and Killers.

Count me in that category, maybe not hurt feelings but disappointed and saddened.

If we're categorically separating turkey hunters then I am enlisting in the hunter group.

Doesn't this society already have enough divisiveness?

Oh yeah, I know a few hunters on here and around the country that will flat out match tag for tag with your Killers. They may not do it as quick and flashy, but when the bell rings, their tags are filled and they had just as much fun doing it. The separator is when their tags aren't filled they still had an equal amount of fun, it was never about hanging a bird in a tree and getting a picture for social media. 

It's not hurt feelings over Harold's comment, it's disappointment. Many had him in the hunter group and that single comment makes them feel like he's more in the killer group. I still think he's an icon of turkey hunting, just has his own opinion. We can agree or disagree, that's life in a nut shell. 

Quote from: eggshell on January 18, 2024, 07:44:52 AM

Quote from: Bedge7767 on January 17, 2024, 04:19:15 PM
I knew people would have hurt feelings but that's the difference between Hunters and Killers.

Count me in that category, maybe not hurt feelings but disappointed and saddened.

If we're categorically separating turkey hunters then I am enlisting in the hunter group.

Doesn't this society already have enough divisiveness?

Oh yeah, I know a few hunters on here and around the country that will flat out match tag for tag with your Killers. They may not do it as quick and flashy, but when the bell rings, their tags are filled and they had just as much fun doing it. The separator is when their tags aren't filled they still had an equal amount of fun, it was never about hanging a bird in a tree and getting a picture for social media. 

It's not hurt feelings over Harold's comment, it's disappointment. Many had him in the hunter group and that single comment makes them feel like he's more in the killer group. I still think he's an icon of turkey hunting, just has his own opinion. We can agree or disagree, that's life in a nut shell.

X2  Well said

I watched it. Seemed pretty basic advice to me.

One thing that Harold (I think) said was to learn as much as you can about the wild turkey. Their biology, habits, habitat, etc. I agree. Most guys just want to know stuff that'll help them kill turkeys. But when you know more about them, how they live, what it takes for them to survive and what it takes to just make a wild turkey, you will be a better hunter.

A side benefit for that is most guys, not all, but most will come away with a better respect for the wild turkey. And that's a good thing.