http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com Comprehensive Information for Wild Turkey Hunters Fri, 24 May 2013 16:11:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TurkeyAndTurkeyHunting/~3/Urs6veVZyes/the-fool-returneth-to-folly-ridge http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/the-fool-returneth-to-folly-ridge#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 16:11:02 +0000 Brian Lovett http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/?p=17938
The previous day hadn't been good, so why was I contemplating returning to the scene of the crime? Read]]>
Turkey hunters mess up. It's part of the deal. We still get upset about it, of course, but you really can't. Without blunders and low points during a spring season, you can't have deft maneuvers and apex moments.During the final week of Wisconsin's season, I experienced a blunder-filled low point. I would say I won't bore you with the details, but that'd be a lie. Basically, I still don't want to relive it. Let's just say it involved a boogered gobbler and, 10 minutes later, a missed gobbler. And flying turkeys. And hyphenated cuss words. And possibly the contemplation of a classified ad selling turkey hunting equipment.The next morning, I vowed to do better. And I did. Still, by midmorning, I had an open tag, and the turkeys at my little hotspot had quieted down and wandered off. As I walked back to my truck, I considered returning to the pretty ridge where I'd messed up so badly the previous day."You're being stubborn," I thought. "Those turkeys won't be right again for a while."But then I reconsidered. I've seen turkeys gobble their heads off 30 minutes after a coyote attack. Being spooked once by a clumsy hunter shouldn't have affected the ridge turkeys too much.A half-hour later, I stood atop the ridge and yelped. To my surprise, a gobbler responded, albeit at the edge of my hearing ability. I sat and yelped some more. The gobbler responded and seemed to move closer.Realizing I was in a poor position to work the turkey, I slipped 100 yards down the ridge and found a good setup. When I sat and yelped again, there was no doubt the turkey was coming.Five minutes of ferocious gobbling later, drumming filled the air, and the tips of a tail fan appeared over the top of the ridge. When the bird's white head popped up at 15 steps, the shot met it almost instantly. Turkey down. Redemption accomplished.Was my bird the one I'd spooked the previous day? Maybe the one I missed? Perhaps. I don't know. It was a red-hot midmorning gobbler on a gorgeous May day. That was all I cared about.Oh, and perhaps the realization that low points often bring great moments to persistent turkey hunters.]]> http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/the-fool-returneth-to-folly-ridge/feed 0 http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/the-fool-returneth-to-folly-ridge http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TurkeyAndTurkeyHunting/~3/uwrrSfkLFo8/great-cutting-courtesy-of-a-hen-and-calling-all-turkeys http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/great-cutting-courtesy-of-a-hen-and-calling-all-turkeys#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 17:04:09 +0000 Brian Lovett http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/?p=17932 Read]]> ]]> http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/great-cutting-courtesy-of-a-hen-and-calling-all-turkeys/feed 0 http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/great-cutting-courtesy-of-a-hen-and-calling-all-turkeys http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TurkeyAndTurkeyHunting/~3/xFiElusc1mw/product-review-m-a-d-max-blind http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/product-review/product-review-m-a-d-max-blind#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 16:19:20 +0000 Brian Lovett http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/?p=17928
This portable concealment system is the ultimate run-and-gun turkey hunting blind. Read]]>
Don’t like sitting in a blind but love the cover they provide? Check out the M.A.D. Max Blind, a mobile concealment system.The M.A.D. Max Blind consists of a shooting stick covered with die-cut blind material. You can sit on the ground, place your gun in the sticks and then pull up each fork of the shooting stick, creating a fully extended blind in an X configuration. The internal rods and fabric create a taught, rigid, totally concealing blind. It comes in Mossy Oak camouflage.The blind can be collapsed and taken down in seconds. It’s very light, about 40 inches long and, when collapsed, about the circumference of a pop can. It can be stowed in a turkey vest or carried. When deployed, the blind is 47 inches at its widest point and 35 inches tall.Contact M.A.D. at www.flambeauoutdoors.com/mad]]> http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/product-review/product-review-m-a-d-max-blind/feed 0 http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/product-review/product-review-m-a-d-max-blind http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TurkeyAndTurkeyHunting/~3/oU02Uo7fep0/calling-all-turkeys-south-dakota-merriams-turkey-hunt http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/calling-all-turkeys-south-dakota-merriams-turkey-hunt#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 15:05:11 +0000 Brian Lovett http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/?p=17916 Read]]> ]]> http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/calling-all-turkeys-south-dakota-merriams-turkey-hunt/feed 0 http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/calling-all-turkeys-south-dakota-merriams-turkey-hunt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TurkeyAndTurkeyHunting/~3/dtyZQg0feFY/can-turkey-hunting-make-you-go-insane http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/can-turkey-hunting-make-you-go-insane#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 15:02:53 +0000 Brian Lovett http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/?p=17906
One hunt, two versions. Evidence suggests that Turkey & Turkey Hunting Editor Brian Lovett has finally lost it. Read]]>
I like Randy (Ticklishtompro) from the Turkey & Turkey Hunting forums. Nice guy. Went hunting with him this past weekend.Thing is, I wish we'd have heard or seen some turkeys. Beautiful woods, sure, but it was deathly quiet that morning, and we couldn't get anything going. Finally, we just gave up and went home.I'm not sure what the deal was. Maybe we just couldn't get close to any. Could we have spooked them on the limb? I suppose. And it was bad weather. That must be it. Rain and wind will shut them up like nothing else. Ah, whatever it was, the day was just unmemorable.Editor's note: This is the T&TH medical staff. Regretfully, we must inform readers that Mr. Lovett is suffering from a combination of sleep deprivation and post-traumatic stress disorder, which has caused temporary amnesia and severe delusions. A source close to Saturday's events has informed us that Mr. Lovett and Mr. Ticklishtompro were within spitting distance of a pepper-hot gobbler that morning. The source further informs us the longbeard gobbled more than 100 times on the limb, continued gobbling well on the ground and strutted his way to within 40 yards, putting on a show worthy of any television program. The source then said that Mr. Lovett deftly flowed his gun with the gobbler and, at the opportune moment, centered 2 ounces of Hevi-13 shot directly in a small maple tree, sending the turkey running and flying somewhere ... probably over Lake Michigan. And, according to the source, Mr. Ticklishtompro recorded these sad events on video, which he might be willing to sell for the right price. Because of the sensitive nature of Mr. Lovett's illness, we have decided to let him continue believing that Saturday was just another uneventful day in the woods. At some point, his feeble brain will right itself, and Mr. Lovett will come to the horrific realization that he probably screwed up the best hunt of spring. Until that time, please bear with Mr. Lovett's hallucinations.At any rate, Randy said we can go again next year. I'll probably take him up on it. Hey, what's the worst that could happen?]]> http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/can-turkey-hunting-make-you-go-insane/feed 1 http://www.turkeyandturkeyhunting.com/turkey-scratchings/brian-lovett-blog/can-turkey-hunting-make-you-go-insane