Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
About the Authors ix
Introduction xv
Section I Calls and Calling 1
Chapter 1 Putting Calls in Their Place 3
Chapter 2 The Three-Way Yelp 11
Chapter 3 Locator Calls 15
Chapter 4 Sweet Talk 25
Chapter 5 Calling Late-Spring Toms 31
Chapter 6 Confidence Calls 37
Chapter 7 Can You Yelp Too Much? 43
Chapter 8 Mouth Calls Simplified 47
Chapter 9 Odd Sounds 55
Chapter 10 The Finer Points of Pot Calls 59
Chapter 11 Turkey Call Locators 65
Chapter 12 Gobble Up a Tom 71
Section II Fall Tactics 77
Chapter 13 Fall Calling 79
Chapter 14 Perfecting the Fall Scatter 87
Section III Behavior 93
Chapter 15 Silence of the Toms 95
Chapter 16 Now He's Coming, Now He's Not! 105
Chapter 17 God Bless Aggressive Hens 111
Chapter 18 Roadblocked Toms 115
Section IV Woodmanshlp 121
Chapter 19 Always Be Prepared 123
Chapter 20 Run and Gun or Sit and Wait 127
Chapter 21 Critical Listening 131
Chapter 22 Catch-and-Release Gobblers 137
Chapter 23 Teamwork Toms 143
Chapter 24 Weathered Toms 149
Chapter 25 The Unintentional Scatter 157
Chapter 26 Shock Call Follow-Up 161
Chapter 27 Back Off! 165
Chapter 28 Getting Closer 171
Chapter 29 Calling in the Wind 175
Chapter 30 Choose a Setup 179
Chapter 31 Start Early, Stay Late 185
Chapter 32 Scouting Basics 191
Section V Good Stuff 201
Chapter 33 The Decoy Advantage 203
Chapter 34 Camo, Camo Everywhere 211
Chapter 35 What's in Your Vest? 217
Chapter 36 Hideouts 221
Chapter 37 How Old Is that Gobbler? 227
Chapter 38 From Woods to Rec Room 231
Section VI Wrapping Up 239
Chapter 39 Stories from the Past 241
Chapter 40 Looking Back, Looking Ahead 275
