Gobbler Nation

Hope for a speedy recovery. Gil

There are lots of fine call makers. It's individual's preference that fits a person's style.

Pete, I usually like to hear a distant gobble before owling, or if I hear owls or song birds first. Sometimes I've shock gobbled a bird in the dark, just before first light, but that can be overdone. Once the crows start up, time to move on. Owling can be overdone. What works preseason might not wor...

Very happy with the Fastfire 3's put one on my gun as well. both with the 3 mil dot. The battery went in fine on my daughters but was a PITA to get the cover screwed on on mine. Game changer though once sighted in which went very well on both. Next time,make sure your screwdriver blade is wider tha...

First Luna, now Mickey. Another terrible loss. Fortunately the joy of the past with them eventually overshadows the pain and sorrow of their loss. Sorry to hear of this. As Will Rogers one remarked if there are no dogs in heaven I want to go where they are. The price we pay for their unflinching loy...

I have seen a serious decline in turkey hunting manners since I began in 1977 when the first season in this part of Georgia was re-instituted after over two decades of closed seasons. In the beginning, I hunted a large tract of public land and there were few reports of crowding hunters. A wide berth...

Big difference between "best" and "heaviest". The two aren't necessarily the same. Gil

I've found crops full of gallberries which are abundant in the piney woods throughout the year. Gil

Congratulations, and I hope the puppy months race on by. Luna was a tough loss. During bird season I had my big Brittanys on Seresto collars, but take them off while hunting. Best tick preventative I've used so far. Allegedly water doesn't affect them, but a constant dose of water retrieves might be...

My uncle who was 85 when he died this past fall was a major league pitcher and had been instructed by Lucky McDaniel as part of Spring Training for hand-to-eye coordination for batting and throwing while playing baseball. My uncle always had a sightless BB gun on hand and up until his death could h...

4 years ago I had customized a Yildiz single-shot .410 with red dot for a late buddy. The gun weighed 3.25 lbs. and I loaded some 13/16 oz. sub sonic loads of #9 for him. His son called me this week to tell me he cut 2" off the stock and took his two sons, 6 and 11, for the youth opener. His 6 ...

Excellent video of the "One Shot Zero" technique. I prefer setting up for 40 rather than 30, but their point is made. Dave Owen has a video but this one is better because Dave takes the gun off the stand to make "click" adjustments. Gil

Use a compass to course the bird, especially in the dark. If he shuts up, you still know the direction. Side stepping thickets, water, etc. can get you off direction, but the compass will show the way. Gil

Use a compass to course the bird, especially in the dark. If he shuts up, you still know the direction. Side stepping thickets, water, etc. can get you off direction, but the compass will show the way. Gil

I spray clothes with Sawyers' once a season for turkeys and once during quail and woodcock season. There's some bad stuff in some tick bites. I know a woman who was in intensive care due to a bite. B-I-L has Lyme's disease contracted from a tick while working on a Georgia barrier island. Gil

Several states have made it easy when one hunter is faced with two birds. One only. Gil

I can't think of a better way to get shot than to sneak in closer to a bird you think someone else is after. Gil

Years ago I was invited by a friend to hunt an area I'd never been before on private land. Sure enough, I heard the gobble and he answered. I then heard a grinding, rattling mechanical noise behind me at about 100 years. I was between the noise and the gobbler. Shortly after the grinding stopped, th...

Why use boot leather when it's easier to cyberscout?

You aren't concerned about the foam (plastic) fouling the bore??

I have both 3 and 8 moa. Makes no difference to me. Last week I sent the below to a friend who just mounted an FF3 and he asked me how I zero: Here’s how I do it: Buy a roll of construction paper from Home Depot. Attach a piece covering a real estate banjo sign which can be harvested at night in fro...

Thorough "show and tell" about the quality of Fox Trot--outstanding. Gil

While a Stevens may be a family heirloom with sentimental value, unless it is in fine close to unused condition, its value to a collector would not be in the same range as a Parker or LC Smith in American made vintage doubles. If it is old, the wood be more fragile than newer wood and while I wouldn...

Have you eliminated the possibility that it is the rail at fault? Factory installed on what gun? Gil

Over the years there have been several authors that posted info on their muzzle loaders. Can't recall names but one fellow made some beautiful guns and he gave some loading info using tss if I recall correctly.