Game & Fish West

TURKEY CALLING BASICS

It was only a few short weeks before spring turkey season opened, and Shane still hadn’t mastered the mouth calls he’d received for Christmas. “Listen to the tapes,” his father had told him, “and practice, practice, practice until you sound exactly like the guys on them.”

After dinner one Tuesday evening, Shane went to the living room, turned on the VCR and popped in the “All-Stars of

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