Hunt and Take a Hand-Me-Down Turkey with Preston Pittman

By Ammoland

By John E. Phillips

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- My longtime friend, Preston Pittman of Pickens, Mississippi, one of the nation’s top competitive turkey callers, has won five turkey-calling championships. Not only is Pittman a contest winner, Preston Pittman actually becomes the turkey when hunting.

On a “David Letterman Show” some years ago, Pittman strutted and gobbled and preened himself just like a wild turkey would. According to Pittman, if you’re hoping to take turkeys in the spring, you must observe turkey body language with your binoculars and use that knowledge to become the turkey.

John E. Phillips Question: Preston, are you using other calls besides turkey, crow and squirrel calls when you’re trying to call gobblers in during the spring?

Pittman: Yes, I am. I’ll often take a quail whistle with me and blow the quail whistle after I’ve given a series of yelps and clucks, or after I’ve cut to a gobbler with a cutting call. …Read the Rest

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