Just sitting here thinking how addicted I am to turkey hunting. This will be my 40th season God willing. We are really fortunate to have a forum like this to hang around. The knowledge with so many combined is unbelievable. When I started turkey hunting , only a few old timers chased them and they were not quick to share how to hunt them. A few magazines were circulating but for the most part you were self taught. For the most part everyone gets along great here. If you dont fit in you are weeded out unlike most other forums. I have met a lot of good folks here and made some good friends. If not for this site then that would never have happened. Thank you Shannon , mods and sponsors. Also thank you members for making this site what it is.
YELP! So true.
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MK M GOBL
I have not been on OG very long, but I am enjoying it as well!
I have to agree completely. I remember when I moved to MS back in 95. I was 18 and dying to learn how to hunt turkeys. We didnt have turkeys to speak of where I grew up in East Tennessee. I had 2 uncles that were turkeys hunters here but neither of them would offer any advice. I just started going and had a lot of hard learned lessons, mostly on public ground. I wouldn't take anything for the education, but a little help would have gone a long way back then. On this site there is always someone around willing to offer help regardless of the topic. We turkey hunters are generally a strange bunch and I have found we can be hard to get along with. For whatever reason though we seem to come together for the good of us all right here and I for one am appreciative. I have learned a great deal the few years I've been visiting and am truly thankful for that. Also recently have met a lot of great folks here and I am amazed that so many class acts have congregated in one place. Shannon and those who support this site we all owe you a great deal for the benefit of all this site offers and provides.
Buster.
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great post and I totally agree with everything said, thank to Shannon and anyone else that makes this site happen!
I agree, best by far!
Well I have mixed feelings. This site has been a great teacher. Lean something new almost every time I log on. Have some great laughs. But, boy have I spent some cash from listening to some on here :TooFunny:
Thanks to Shannon, and all members for making this a fine site to visit.
Fellow turkey men, and especially Spitting and Drummen for his putting this subject on the OG forum. I too can correlate with his subject of old timers way back in my days too; over sixty years ago. Our bonding today with the wild turkey, which so many of us share and it is unreal. We all are probably very different in our everyday lives and makeups but we have that special bond that makes us be as one when that old master warrior gathers his hen flocks and signals to them that Spring is coming. Although I don't kill gobblers anymore, I have never gotten tired of watching Real wild turkeys in their everyday life; just to film them now and put it on DVDs to share. Thanks to the people who operate the OG forum; my hat is off to them.
Great site and great bunch of fellow hunters to be sure. I have not been hunting as long as most of you but I remember when I started to turkey hunt around 96-97 there were no turkey hunters around or at least in my group of friends and they all looked at me like I was odd when I started turkey hunting (Granted I am odd but this seemed to make me even more odd in their eyes)
Loved hunting back then because there was no competition and it was easy to get permission to hunt turkey, or anything so long as it was not deer, and there were tons of turkey as compared to now. That is the one major thing I notice since being able to return to hunting after 17 years is they are just not around much like they once were.
Anyway it was nice to find this site and learn of all the neat turkey calls and ways of calling that I have never heard of before at to run into people willing to teach without busting your chops about it. Great bunch of guys and gals here, Thanks to Shannon for starting it and thanks to those of you that help to make the site great.
Could not agree more with this
Quote from: Herb McClure on February 28, 2019, 08:33:50 PM
Fellow turkey men, and especially Spitting and Drummen for his putting this subject on the OG forum. I too can correlate with his subject of old timers way back in my days too; over sixty years ago. Our bonding today with the wild turkey, which so many of us share and it is unreal. We all are probably very different in our everyday lives and makeups but we have that special bond that makes us be as one when that old master warrior gathers his hen flocks and signals to them that Spring is coming. Although I don't kill gobblers anymore, I have never gotten tired of watching Real wild turkeys in their everyday life; just to film them now and put it on DVDs to share. Thanks to the people who operate the OG forum; my hat is off to them.
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Mr. Herb. How are you sir. I read your book every year before spring turkey season. As a matter of fact I just finished it last night. You sir are what I call a great turkey man. Although I have not been at it as long as you have , i can relate. Not about mountain turkeys because I never had the opportunity to chase them , but turkeys in general. I love where you learned and perfected the leon caller. I have never seen one , but it intriges me. Anyway thank you for a great read.
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Great post. Number 1 thing this website taught me is ethics for sure which kinda goes hand in hand with my equipment. While my pop has always been an incredible turkey hunter he never really patterned and understood what his gun could do and looking back he has taken some very questionable shots over the years. Naturally this rubbed off onto me in my earlier years and it wasnt till I found this forum that I got so much more knowledge and understanding your equipment and what its capable of
Thanks for the kind words! It means alot to me.
Turkey hunters are a "cut above " in hunting circles ...they hard working, clever and when you get to know them , very down to earth "good people"
I think alot about my late father Richard Kelly and late uncle Micheal Kelly and how they would have greatly enjoyed a place like this had they been around to see it , to share stories and good times ...although 2 of some of my favorite hunting buddies are in a better place now , I and YOU now have thousands of other hunting buddies have a place to share stories , experiences and talk about Wild Turkey hunting --OG is made for folks LIKE YOU !!
Hope all you guys call in nice ones this spring and have very safe and enjoyable hunts for many years to come.
--Shannon Kelly
Good thread. Thank you Shannon for creating and running this place. Thanks to all the contributing members for sharing knowledge and lessons learned so others can benefit from it. Muchas gracias to the moderators who keep this place from coming off the rails.
I love reading about gear, experiences, and techniques others share here used in pursuing America's greatest game bird. It helps make me a better hunter and got me outfitted in the best equipment I can afford. Being able to check in here any time of day from anywhere I happen to be and find others who share the addiction more than willing to keep a topic flowing is a great thing. It takes one to know one.
Jim
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Hate to break up the lovefest, but you guys really suck! If this place wasn't here, I would have had hunnerts of hours to do something constructive with my life rather than come here and listen to you all yack about turkey huntin'. I could have led a perfectly productive life,....but NOOOOO! Here I am spendin' way too many hours on yet another day associatin' with a bunch of societal misfits. Thanks a lot, YA'LL!!,...and especially to Shannon for startin' up all this mess!
Oh,...and I could name a whole bunch of you that have been a real pain in the a$$ (some more than others), but I don't want to go and hurt your wittle feelers! !*&$*£&"! Old Gobbler! Heck, I could'a been president if it weren't fir you guys!! ;D :toothy12: :toothy9:
Learned and laughed a lot. Met some great people and made a few friends here. Great place for all levels, even mine, of turkey hunters to share info. I just got to teach a certain Georgia brother how to put his gun back in the truck before we go home. Thank you Shannon. You are a class guy with a great product here. Al Baker
Seldom is heard a discouraging word....
I have had these sames thoughts throughout the past year. I found OG just about a year ago when I was looking for information on conditioning a call and now I spend every morning here. The thing that most impresses me, actually there are several instances, but the most is how mellow the conversations are and that there is only minor squabbles on very rare occasions. I am a moderator on a fly fishing site and there is constant conflict, so the lack of rancor is very impressive and I tribute to all who frequent OG. Thank you all all contributors, I have learned much, thank you the S and D for bringing up the subject and thank you to Shannon for the opportunity to be a guess here.
We ARE The Old Gobbler Family! ;D :you_rock:
It's a great site. Everyone is helpful, very seldom that anyone is rude ( rare now a days).
Great forum,been a member for 7 years and enjoy it more than any forum during the turkey off season. Lots of great call makers and some interesting stories.Nothing beats turkey hunting.Thanks.
Gobblenut, thanks for not mentioning any names.
Yep OG is home! I have always enjoyed this place!
LOVE this site. Started at T&TH. Still miss there magazine.
Great site that keeps the passion going from spring season to fall season and back to spring again. Alot of great, knowleagable,like minded members than are willing to help each other out. Not to mention all the good turkey hunting items you can pick up!!!
Thanks for all the work and time you put into this Shannon & Crew...
I gotta be honest, when I first signed up, after being directed here from a duck hunting site that I know a bunch of folks on, I was a little discouraged. I checked in on the folks I knew, but there was some negativity and some folks lecturing others on their method of hunting. I am proud to say that I stuck it out and let Mr. Shannon do his thing and weed out those folks (like 3 of them that irritated me to no end, all 3 are now long gone). I enjoy the heck out of checking in here and have learned a bunch. It is a positive and mostly supportive site. Well done OG and without the core group of good folks posting, it would not be what it is, which is the best site on the internet for turkey hunting.
Now, let me tell you about a good load for shooting at birds at 60+ yards.................................................................................THERE AIN'T ONE! :drool: :z-winnersmiley:
Quote from: Spitten and drummen on February 28, 2019, 07:06:19 PM
Just sitting here thinking how addicted I am to turkey hunting. This will be my 40th season God willing. We are really fortunate to have a forum like this to hang around. The knowledge with so many combined is unbelievable. When I started turkey hunting , only a few old timers chased them and they were not quick to share how to hunt them. A few magazines were circulating but for the most part you were self taught. For the most part everyone gets along great here. If you dont fit in you are weeded out unlike most other forums. I have met a lot of good folks here and made some good friends. If not for this site then that would never have happened. Thank you Shannon , mods and sponsors. Also thank you members for making this site what it is.
Amen!! this is a great place!!!!
I have only been a part time member and decided this year to be more active and maybe learn how to build my own shotguns and make some calls. The invaluable information shared on here is just not available no how many sportswriters take the 2 months to write something every year. The responses on here are fast , open, brutally honest, and perpetuate what hunting is to all of us. I applaud OG and all of the members to assisting this forum provide value.
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If not for OG I'd be shooting Winchester double x through a factor extra full in a gun that had never been deep cleaned. And calling with Walmart calls. It don't have to be all about turkeys either. Twice over the years I found plants I had never saw and couldn't find info on. Posted up a pic and bingo, somebody knew what it was. Found things in my grandpas old barn that he had made and I had no clue what it was for. Somebody told me in no time. Just this year I got much help picking out some binoculars and a harness for them. No other hunting site can compare to this. I don't talk much because I don't articulate well especially online. Been taking wrong a few times and posted sarcasm that was taken serious. Been in trouble for talking about how "close" a turkey was when I shot. :OGturkeyhead: I'm still here every day. Many thanks to everyone involved.