We BLEW IT. Turkey Hunting Mistake.

This guide details a turkey hunting strategy focused on aggressive tactics and understanding turkey behavior when faced with obstacles like creeks and fields. It emphasizes that while patience is often key, recognizing specific body language can indicate when a turkey is ready to commit to crossing, even a large field. The content highlights learning from the turkeys themselves and adapting strategies based on their responses.

This video demonstrates a big woods turkey hunting technique in New Hampshire, focusing on strategic calling and patient positioning. The hunter, Steve, utilizes a Mossberg shotgun with a red dot optic and a mouth call to locate and harvest turkeys. The guide highlights the importance of assessing turkey locations, moving stealthily, and adapting calling strategies based on responses, culminating in successful shot placement after an initial miss.

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 guide, presented by an experienced firearms instructor, details essential best practices for navigating turkey hunting properties, particularly open farmland. The core technique emphasizes staying hidden and using terrain to approach turkeys stealthily, avoiding open field travel. Visuals showcase appropriate gear like camouflage and a Mossberg Even Tide shotgun.

This video demonstrates an aggressive turkey hunting technique where the hunter actively pursues a gobbling turkey across a creek. The instructor, an experienced hunter, emphasizes that while patience is usually key, sometimes taking the fight to the bird is necessary. The hunt highlights the effectiveness of aggressive calling, including fighting purrs, to incite a gobbler's response and overcome obstacles like water. The importance of observing turkey body language and using silence strategically is also discussed.

This short clip demonstrates a hunting scenario where a gobbler reacts to an owl hooting sound. The visual shows a hunter in ghillie suit with a Mossberg shotgun, suggesting preparation for a hunt. The primary takeaway is the effectiveness of owl hoots as a turkey call.

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.