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Dr. Seth Bynum

Dr. Seth Bynum

Dr. Seth Bynum is a North Carolina native but has lived in the northwest for more than 15 years.  He is a second-career veterinarian, having spent more than a decade as a writer and photographer for newspapers and magazines in Montana and Washington.  When he’s not in the clinic, you’ll find Dr. Bynum outdoors with a shotgun or fly rod, accompanied by his two rambunctious German Shorthairs, River and Shine.

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Will Western Turkey Flocks Suffer the Same Fate as Those Back East?

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Will Western Turkey Flocks Suffer the Same Fate as Those Back East?

I vividly remember how that spring morning broke over the Ouchita National Forest. Still darkness gave way to dark blue as the predawn light slowly snuffed out the starlight sprinkled above the creek drainage below. The shriek of the morning’s first bird call disrupted the tranquility—a piercing...
Dr. Seth Bynum May 27, 2022
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Tungsten Turkey Loads Don't Make Up for Bad Hunting

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Tungsten Turkey Loads Don't Make Up for Bad Hunting

Supply chain shortages aside, we live in the golden age of turkey hunting ammunition. The integration of tungsten super shot (TSS) into the lineup of longbeard loads has revolutionized the sport immeasurably from those early days of finicky paper shells and fixed chokes. Tungsten’s incredible...
Dr. Seth Bynum Apr 29, 2022
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How to Choose the Right Turkey Call for the Conditions

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How to Choose the Right Turkey Call for the Conditions

With enough time in the woods, you’ll eventually meet that one gobbler who keeps his beak clinched to one style of call but then turns suicidal following a few yelps from another. Frequency, volume, and pitch matter when trying to unlock what sounds sexy to a longbeard. And you need numerous options...
Dr. Seth Bynum Apr 14, 2022
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If You Want to Kill a Tom, Think Like a Hen

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If You Want to Kill a Tom, Think Like a Hen

While a few memorable longbeards have left me in awe of their survival savvy, it’s easy to give that old tom more credit for higher thought than his pea-sized brain deserves. In retrospect, most of my missed opportunities transpired because I miscalculated the myopic focus driving his behavior in...
Dr. Seth Bynum Apr 6, 2022
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