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Title: Season over time to start reading..
Post by: tha bugman on May 03, 2016, 04:41:01 PM
What is your favorite non tom kelly, kenny morgan, or gene nunnery book?  I am going to get "Native Turkeys and a Georgia Mountain Hunter" by Herb McClure
Title: Re: Season over time to start reading..
Post by: Rapscallion Vermilion on May 03, 2016, 05:56:20 PM
Lots of good stuff out there.  I prefer the stories over the how-to, generally.
I enjoyed McClure's Native Turkeys

Here is a short list, and not including the Everitt (Jordan), Davis, Turpin classics.  I don't think I could say one stands out as the favorite.

East of the Slash - Wade Wineman Jr.
Turkey Tails and Tales from Across the USA - Tom "Doc" Weddle
Double Gobble - Bobby Dale
Turkey Hunting with Charlie Elliott - Charlie Elliott
Illumination in the Flatwoods - Joe Hutto
Bad Birds - Jim Spencer

Title: Re: Season over time to start reading..
Post by: LaLongbeard on May 03, 2016, 06:07:41 PM
I'm with you my season is over and reading is my only way to stay in the game.I read everything I can find on turkeys and have a couple  books on the way
Modern TH by James Brady (1973)
TH with Gerry Blair (1981)
I really prefer the older books to the new run and gun magazine articles
Title: Re: Season over time to start reading..
Post by: 2eagles on May 03, 2016, 06:14:38 PM
Shades of Ecclesiastes by John Patterson
Stories of a Texas hunter. Stories about hunting ducks and other fun stuff. Get e-book at Amazon. $3.99 I think.
Title: Re: Season over time to start reading..
Post by: J-Shaped on May 03, 2016, 08:18:47 PM
Not a turkey book, but over the winter I read Crow Killer - The Saga of Liver Eating Johnson, which is the character upon which the movie Jeremiah Johnson was based. If you're into Mountain Man legend, it's pretty interesting.
Title: Re: Season over time to start reading..
Post by: mgm1955 on May 03, 2016, 09:44:34 PM
Illumination in the Flatwoods
Title: Season over time to start reading..
Post by: Spurs on May 03, 2016, 10:27:36 PM
The Greatest Wild Gobbler
By: Larry Dabblemont

This is a great story about North Arkansas and S Missouri when the turkey population first began to rebound.  He has some great stories about the differences of the "old" and "new" turkey after repopulating.

Also, some tips from an the old school ways of hunting.


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Title: Re: Season over time to start reading..
Post by: Izzyjoe on May 04, 2016, 12:32:41 AM
I love anything by Tom Kelly, he just has a way with words. Ray Eye has some good books as well.
Title: Season over time to start reading..
Post by: Happy on May 04, 2016, 06:19:07 AM
Personally I like picture books on turkey hunting. Doesn't take a week to read them and I am not sitting there for an hour trying to sound out the big words.