by Gary Howey | Apr 3, 2025 | Turkey, Turkey Decoys, Turkey Hunting, Uncategorized
With the Spring Turkey season coming up soon, it won’t be long before the gobble of the Tom turkey will echo across the location I plan to hunt. I’ve already gotten permission to hunt the land, and according to the brothers that work the land, there’s a good number of...
by Gary Howey | May 4, 2022 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field, Uncategorized
I find nothing more exciting than introducing someone to the outdoors. Howey called in a gobbler for this new hunter, with the first time he shot a shotgun, he took his first spring gobbler. (Gary Howey Photo) Turkey season is underway, running through the end of...
by Gary Howey | Mar 20, 2022 | THE GAMEKEEPERS OF MOSSY OAK
Good communication skills are a big part of success in the human world, and likewise when turkey hunting. If there’s one facet of hunting the grand bird that thrills hunters most, it’s being able to “talk turkey” with wild turkeys. The term actually originated with...
by Gary Howey | May 3, 2021 | Larry Myhre-IA
The slate call is one of the most effective turkey calls out there. It should definitely be part of your turkey calling arsenal. However, like most friction calls, it takes two hands to operate and tom turkeys can spot unnatural movement and run away. When a tom...