When to Get Aggressive Calling Turkeys

Back in the early '90s when I drew my first Minnesota gobbler tag, turkey hunting advice was all the same: Yelp three times and shut up. Give the toms time to commit and, whatever you do, don’t over-call. This advice was mostly bullshit. You can call in toms by yelping three times every hour, but you can also just wait for them to see the decoys and commit. You can call in a tom by scratching in the leaves once in a while too, but where’s the fun...

3 Calling Mistakes Every Turkey Hunter Makes

You can kill a turkey without making a call, but that’s kind of like playing catch with yourself by tossing a tennis ball against the garage and waiting for it to bounce back. Bushwhacking a gobbler as he walks through, or not being able to muster up a single friend to toss a ball around, are both kind of a letdown. I can’t help you with the latter, but if you’re hesitant to call for any reason, there’s hope. Speaking turkey is an inexact science...

3 Reasons You Suck at Calling Ducks

It’s time to be honest with yourself. Your buddy sounds way better on a call, everyone in the blind tells you to “take it easy” when you so much as quack, your sole job in the blind is running the spinner remote, and every time you try a new duck call, it just doesn’t sound like the guy that sold it to you. You don’t have to be ready for the stage at Stuttgart, but acknowledging your poor calling and learning a few basic calling principles will...