Ideally, you are looking for a lone longbeard or a small bachelor group of two or three toms. |
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For those fortunate enough to hunt private land, aggressive calling in a run-and-gun approach can be the quickest way to tagging a longbeard. |
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From then to May 22, our forests will be occupied by deceivers, or at least wanna-be deceivers, hoping to attract a big longbeard. |
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All the commotion from the first bird flopping brought the immediate attention of a second longbeard. |
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It took nearly an hour to get close enough to the longbeard to start calling. |
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Mickelson, also 29, has won 13 times as the longbeard of this group, with eight seasons of tour tenure. |
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In my Dad's eyes, a doe or a Jake turkey was just as much a trophy as a big buck or huge old longbeard. |
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I call birds in during the fall, and getting a longbeard or even a hen within bow range by calling is much more difficult in the fall than it is in the spring. |
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In it's debut year, the Longbeard placed 54 pellets in a 3-inch circle at 40 yards. |
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