Forming a turkey cooperative

Without doing a thing, nature always provided us with three to four gobblers to chase. Those were the good old days at Dad’s place and I’ll admit, I took it for granted that it would always be that way. By now it is no secret that turkey numbers are declining in many...

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Dominating the late season

This entire topic, like the rest of turkey hunting, is fluid. I think it’s because it’s not only situationally relegated to the property you’re hunting and the hunting pressure it took, but it’s also dependent on the phase the turkeys are in in your region, and the...

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There’s turkey in them there hills

Jim and I were expecting the same flat terrain as last year Nothing can make a 15-hour drive fly by more than the anticipation of chasing the Rio Grande subspecies in South Texas, but it is a haul from Missouri. Last year, Jim and I hunted a 1700-acre ranch that was...

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Location and Population

Are you calling to ghosts? That is how I felt the last several years during turkey season, and unless you have been living under a rock, we are well aware that turkey populations have been on the decline for several years. I live and hunt in Missouri and have felt the...

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Habitat work is hard

I was working out last night with Zack from Whetstone Habitat who was in town to do a consult for a new client. Zack is a wildlife biologist and if you are not familiar with his work, he travels the county creating in-depth, habitat improvement plans for whitetail...

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