With spring turkey season well underway in many parts of the country, most social media feeds are blowing-up with pictures of big birds, long beards and lengthy spurs. How do these folks manage to get such magnificent birds? While there are no magic recipes for bagging a wary old tom,
It had been a couple of years since I had made the trip back to North Carolina to hunt. To say I was a little excited when I got the call from my good friend Forrest to come on down and spend the weekend chasing gobblers would be an understatement.
As winter gives way to spring, and the emergence of fresh new life dominates the countryside, I find it impossible to keep my mind off the upcoming turkey season. My thoughts are constantly drifting back and forth between successful hunts, and others that, let’s just say, didn’t go so well
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Dave Smith Decoys are widely regarded as the embodiment of perfection in a hunting decoy. No other company comes even close to producing decoys that are as realistic, let alone as durable as those bearing the DSD name. A reputation DSD is proud to have, but also a reputation that
I’m sure it has happened to you a time or two before. You are walking down the aisle at your favorite store and something just happens to catch your eye. That is exactly what happened to me as I walked down the aisles of the NWTF Convention in Nashville last
Our first full day had ended in excitement as I had finally taken my first Merriam’s. With the monkey now off of my back, all focus shifted to getting my Dad on a bird. It was still early in the week with three full days left before making the journey
If you haven’t already, go here and read Part 1 of mine and Calvin’s 2015 Nebraska Merriam’s hunt. Our first few days in Nebraska for our annual Merriam’s hunt was nothing short of frustrating. Despite the high hopes and unwavering confidence we had brought along with us, Nebraska had decided to
There is little that gets me more excited than the thought of our annual Nebraska Turkey hunt. Each year as the trip approaches, my mind cycles through endless scenarios of how I’m going to arrow my Merriam’s. We all dream of that quick slam-dunk hunt where you nail a bird
Two weeks prior to the opening weekend of the North Carolina spring wild turkey season, I was running four trail cams on three different farms and getting up early most mornings before going to work to locate birds. The past couple season I had not done my homework, and ended up having
As winter gives way to spring, I always grow antsy, waiting for the chance to sit in a ground blind. The high hopes and anticipation of arrowing a good long beard are nearly enough to keep me awake at night. This year was no exception, and after a slow start
You know what they say, “all good things must come to an end.” As spring turns into the beginnings of summer I sit back and reflect on what a great turkey season I had again this year. Did I kill a record turkey this year? No. Was I able to