Turkey Hunting: Mastering Silence

Instruction from Jason Cruise on improving hen turkey calls for hunting. The video emphasizes listening to real hen turkeys to understand their natural, quick cadence, contrasting it with slower, less authentic yelps. By adopting a faster, cleaner, and slightly raspy vocalization, hunters can more effectively attract gobblers by sounding like a genuine hen.

This video focuses on late-season turkey hunting strategies, emphasizing how wild turkeys become more wary and educated after being exposed to various hunting tactics. Host Jason Cruise, from Mossberg's Rugged American Hunter Series, shares insights on adapting calling techniques, the importance of mobility, patience, and timing. The video showcases the Mossberg 940 Pro Turkey shotgun and discusses strategies like toning down calls, using passive hunting methods, and minimal decoy use to outsmart pressured birds.

This guide, drawing on the wisdom of Tom Kelly and demonstrated by a Mossberg instructor, focuses on the three essential turkey calls: the Yelp, Cluck, and Cut. It emphasizes that effective turkey hunting relies heavily on woodsmanship and understanding turkey behavior, rather than perfect call execution. Mastering silence and knowing when to stop calling are highlighted as critical skills for success.

This video from Mossberg emphasizes the critical role of patience in successful turkey hunting, particularly in the Northeast. The instructor, drawing from personal experience, highlights how impatience can lead to missed opportunities. Key takeaways include waiting at least 30 minutes after the final call and understanding that strategic repositioning requires significant time, often revealing that patience would have yielded the desired result.

This YouTube video discusses a crucial aspect of turkey hunting: knowing when to stop calling. It debunks the misconception that constant calling is always effective, explaining that turkeys have acute hearing and can identify threats. The video highlights scenarios where ceasing calls is beneficial, such as when a turkey is still on the roost, gets hung up, or when hunting with inadequate cover. It emphasizes the importance of patience, strategic positioning, and making turkeys come to the hunter, rather than trying to call them into unfavorable locations. The content aims to enhance turkey hunting success for both novice and experienced hunters.

This video from Jared Mills provides essential techniques for deer hunters on how to enter and exit hunting stands without being detected. The focus is on stealth and minimizing disturbance to ensure successful hunts and the ability to return to productive spots repeatedly. The content aims to help hunters improve their overall hunting strategy by mastering the crucial element of remaining unseen and unheard in the field.

The Mossberg 590M is a new-for-2018 magazine-fed pump-action shotgun chambered in 12 Gauge. It features double-stack magazines available in 5, 10, 15, and 20-round capacities, offering significant tactical advantages for quick ammunition type switching. The design incorporates milled receiver lugs and dual extractors for enhanced reliability, and its ergonomics include an ambidextrous safety and a unique helical magazine release.

The Mossberg 990 AfterShock is a compact, semi-automatic 12 Gauge shotgun designed for tactical applications and home defense. Key features include an enlarged loading port, oversized safety, M-LOK attachment points, and the specialized AfterShock grip. It offers a 5+1 capacity and demonstrates rapid cycling during live fire.

Learn a crucial duck hunting decoy mistake: ducks spooking when all decoys face the same direction. Jason Cruise demonstrates how real ducks orient uniformly before fleeing. To avoid this, vary decoy keel weight placement, causing them to face different directions and mimic a relaxed flock.

This video provides a detailed 3D animation of the Mossberg 500/590 pump-action shotgun's internal mechanics. It breaks down the complete firing cycle, from loading shells into the magazine tube to extraction and cocking. Key components like the bolt lock, elevator, hammer, and sear are explained in relation to their function during each stage of operation.