Turkey Call Magazine

Burt Carey, Editor
(803) 637-3106
bcarey@nwtf.net

Gregg Powers, Managing Editor
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gpowers@nwtf.net

Answer the Call

What turkey tactic did you learn from Turkey Call magazine, "Turkey Call" or "Turkey Country" television that helped you bag a bird this spring?

Send us your reply, and if it gets published, we'll send you an NWTF hat. Readers are invited to respond to the question or voice other opinions. Replies to appear in the September/October 2009 issue of Turkey Call.

Send replies to Fan Mail, NWTF, P.O. Box 530, Edgefield, SC 29824, or e-mail turkeycall@nwtf.net.

NWTF Photo Contest

If you enjoy shooting turkeys with a camera as well as a gun, the NWTF has a contest for you. Submit your photos for the NWTF's annual photography contest.

Top entries also will be displayed at the NWTF national convention in February, 2009. Prizes will be awarded for the top three photos.

Click here for more details.

In This Issue

High Pressure Toms — Tron Peterson
Phillip Vanderpool's tips and tactics for wary gobblers.

Bike to Your High-Pressure Bird — Steve Hickoff
Put some pedal power into your pursuit of that skittish gobbler.

Reclusive Gobblers: They Aren't Made That Way — Gary Sefton
You know they are out there. You see them strutting their stuff in the fields. Call to them and they tuck their tails and head for the woods.

2009 NWTF Convention: Year of the Volunteer — NWTF Staff
News, notes, photographs and more from the 33rd annual NWTF Convention and Sport Show in Nashville.

Planning a Hold Up — Bruce Ingram
The odds were that this whole affair was going to end badly, and I knew it. For some 50 minutes, I had held up the 12-gauge and even though both elbows rested on my knees, my arms ached.

Livin' on Turkey Time — Bob Humphrey
When it comes to calling wild turkeys, timing is everything.

Turkey Hunters Beware: Lyme disease Out West — Robert Lane
What every hunter needs to know about ticks.

///Notes

CEO Notes
Keeping pace in trying times

Editor's Notes
NWTF's Nashville bash

Fan Mail
Letters from, to and about NWTF members and wild turkeys

Showcase
News, notes, quips, quotes, stats, photos and more

Snapshots
Reader photos

New Products
You won't want to start a new turkey season without them

Licensees
Official NWTF-licensed products — find out where to get them

Faces in the Field
Matt Burtin: Commando Hunting Products

///Skills

Calling Wild Turkeys
God bless aggressive hens — John Higley

Shooting Savvy
What's new in turkey guns for 2009 — J. Wayne Fears

Turkey Calls
Inside a designer's mind — J.J. Reich

Do It Yourself
Displaying multiple beards — J.J. Reich

Biospeaking
Burning in the Piney Woods

Ask Dr. Tom

///Destinations

Eastern Notebook
Virginia's Big Survey WMA — Travis Faulkner

From the Heartland
Kansas' Clinton Wildlife Area, Illinois improvements — James Powell

Out West
Cast and Blast in Texas, Chase Oklahoma Rios or Take to the Air in Arizona — Barbara Baird