When Jacob shot his first Merriam, a bird hammered off to the sound of the gun shot.  Jacob’s bird hadn’t quit flopping by the time that Philip traded Jacob the camera for the gun.  They took off for the gobbling bird and finally saw him out in a field about 600 yards away.  
Philip got [...]

The day after Philip shot his first merriam, it was Jacob’s turn to hunt.  The day before, we had seen some long beards out in a field with hens so we knew where we would be the next morning, and we knew who we were bringing…  The B-Mobile A.K.A. “Mr. Humpy”.  
Jacob got set up [...]

After tagging out in Kansas, Philip and Jacob packed up and headed to South Dakota.  Just as they got to where they were supposed to meet up with a guy to show them where to hunt, he called and said he was stuck back home in Alabama and wasn’t going to be able to make [...]

The morning after Philip and Donnie’s kill.  Jacob got set up on a bunch of gobbling birds roosted just on the edge of a field.  Donnie got behind Jacob again just like the first hunt and started calling lightly.
Just as good daylight started to break, a long beard jumped off the limb and landed 20 [...]

The morning after Jacob killed his turkey, Donnie Sr. shot a bird just off the roost that did perfect for the camera.  The bird had just quit flopping when Donnie Jr. and Philip were off to try and double up on another group of birds.
The next field over, there were eight long beards in a [...]

Mr. Donnie Fugate of Aspen Ridge Outfitters invited us out to their place to turkey hunt just outside of Hays, Kansas and to say they have birds would be an understatement.  Everywhere we went there were turkeys!
We were only on the property about an hour with winds blowing 30-40 miles/hour when Donnie let out a [...]