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When to Use or Ditch Your Turkey Decoys
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Turkey

When to Use or Ditch Your Turkey Decoys

Alice Jones Webb
I’d been having a back-and-forth with a bird since he flew down from the roost. I would stroke a few whispered yelps on my pot call, and he’d thunder back a response that echoed off the hardwoods. He was working his way toward me, but it was slow going. It was obvious he wanted the hen he thought I...

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