Hello fellow feather chasers!!
I was in a wreck Monday and will be laid up for sometime..Was wondering if someone could recommend me a good book or two.
Any feed back on the turkey men book ?
Thanks ahead of time
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The Old Pro Turkey Hunter
Illumination in the Flatwoods
One Man Game
If you've read those 3, start over lol.
Find Deep enough for Ivorybills, by James Kilgo. It's a fine read. Not about turkey hunting specifically, just hunting tradition in the south.
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To add to ccleroy's list:
The Art and Science of Turkey Hunting
The Turkey Hunting World of Ben Lee
Turkey hunting digest by Jim Spencer was a pretty good read
I enjoyed the Turkey Men, both volumes. To those above I'd add a few more good reads
America, Wild Turkeys, & Mongrel dogs (Kenny Morgan)
Turkey Tails and Tales from Across the USA, both volumes (Doc Weddle)
Bad Birds (Jim Spencer)
Spring Gobblers
By one of your fellow mountaineers, John Lowther, from Lost Creek.
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Find 'Letters to my Grandsons' by Larry Proffitt a turkey hunter who hunted with the likes of Dwain Bland Ralph Permar, learned from Wingbone (Wylie) Cryer, Zach Farmer, Lamar Williams, Billy Buice among others. A great read. Once I started I couldn't put it down.
One man game and old pro turkey . 2 of the best reads about turkey hunting.
All the above of course. I like Dr. Lovett Williams for the science and Wayne Bailey for just a good read
if you like to fall hunt a good book is "Education of a turkey hunter" by Frank Hankerat
on the Lovett Williams website there are reprints of 4 of the old classics, Davis, Jordan, Everett and Tom Turpin, all good books to read
The Wild Turkey and it's Hunting By McIlhenny. The first book written on the sport of turkey hunting using the journals of Charles L Jordan himself, probably the greatest turkey hunter that ever lived,a lot of his theories and hunting strategies are still relevant even after over a 110 years.
I am not a person who reads much, outside of the Bible, but one of the best books I ever read was A walk Across America and A walk west. It is a chronicle of Peter Jenkins walk across America to find himself. He records all the people he met and stayed with and the jobs he done. As an outdoorsman you will enjoy his escapades. The sequel is A Walk West. It's an older book, but still available.
https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Across-America-Peter-Jenkins/dp/006095955X
Somewhere Along The Way by Johnson, Andy was very good. Short stories of his life out hunting but told in a way that it's not a "look at me" or product pusher book. Made me feel like I was there with him.
X2 for Bad Birds (Jim Spencer) I am reading it along with a couple others including Dr. Lovett Williams The Book of the Wild Turkey which is also very good if you are like me and like biology though that is not all he does.
Oh by the way I hope you heal up quickly, been in a few of those myself.
Thanks for the replies everyone!!
I believe I'm going to start with a one man game
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Quote from: WV Ridge Reaper on June 14, 2019, 11:04:44 PM
I believe I'm going to start with a one man game
Just don't pay any attention to anything in the forward.
Reflections,Wild Turkeys, And Public Lands is a good one.
Quote from: silvestris on June 14, 2019, 11:33:34 PM
Quote from: WV Ridge Reaper on June 14, 2019, 11:04:44 PM
I believe I'm going to start with a one man game
Just don't pay any attention to anything in the forward.
Why do you say that?
Pay close attention to it. Mr. Yarbrough (Silvestris) wrote it.
A lot of great turkey hunting books out there. Jim Spencer's books and anything from Tom Kelly,Hunting the American Wild Turkey by Dave Harbour is a good one I just read. The Old Pro by Nunnery, Bearded Bird by Larry Hudson too many to list. If you haven't yet go to Jim Casada's book site he has a list of most of the Turkey hunting titles,you can usually find them cheaper but it is a good reference.
Lone Survivor, and The outpost...
The 'Horse Soldiers' also in that genre fullfan.......
Have to say through the years One Man Game and Old Pro are in a league of their own. East of the Slash is also in that special class, but Nunnery knows the battle like no other it seems and Ken Morgan wants you to kill the bastard
Going to brink thing you a couple this evening!!
"The Old Man and the Boy" By Robert Ruark. My all time favorite book.
Jim
Quote from: Cut N Run on June 18, 2019, 10:49:43 PM
"The Old Man and the Boy" By Robert Ruark. My all time favorite book.
Jim
The old man's boy grows older is good as well.
The Tenth Legion
The Old Pro turkey hunter
Turkey hunters digest by Dwain Bland
Turkey Hunters Digest by Dwain Bland. Has chapters devoted to specific sub-species including the Gould's. It can be found on EBay or Amazon I'm sure. Get well soon!
I bought Turkey hunting, a one man game off a recommendation of this tread and can't seem to put the book down, it's easily worth the 20 bucks. Its got a southern theme that I enjoy.
Quote from: Southerngobbler on June 22, 2019, 10:24:27 PM
I bought Turkey hunting, a one man game off a recommendation of this tread and can't seem to put the book down, it's easily worth the 20 bucks. Its got a southern theme that I enjoy.
I finished mine in 3 days..Ordered the old pro turkey hunter...Since this thread I've found a few others that I would like to get ahold of at some point.
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Quote from: WV Ridge Reaper on June 23, 2019, 03:49:58 PM
Quote from: Southerngobbler on June 22, 2019, 10:24:27 PM
I bought Turkey hunting, a one man game off a recommendation of this tread and can't seem to put the book down, it's easily worth the 20 bucks. Its got a southern theme that I enjoy.
I finished mine in 3 days..Ordered the old pro turkey hunter...Since this thread I've found a few others that I would like to get ahold of at some point.
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Thats how i started and now its another collection I have. I think I'm somewhere around 200 books turkey related.
And if Southern and Spiritual is your thing, East of the Slash needs to be your next book. I want to try Bobby Coles books next, hear they're good. Best Southern Lit I could recommend: Harry Crews A CHILDHOOD BIOGRAPHY OF A PLACE. Cormac McCarthy BLOOD MERIDIAN
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Not turkey related, but if you like historical mountain men type stories, get Crow Killer: The saga of Liver Eating Johnson.
Its the true story that the movie Jeremiah Johnson is based off.
I've read it several times and it's an incredible tale
So I have just about finished the old pro...Wow what a book!
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Great books here alrready ..
I will add-
Charles Elliott " Hunting with the old Professor"
Dr. Bobby Dale - " Turkey Roost Tales" or more special his first book " Double Gobble"
Earl Groves- " Talking tomfoolery"
Dr Lovett Williams - anything he wrote is excellent.
Doug Camp - " Turkey hunting Spring and Fall"
Jim Casada - Remembering the Greats
Fantastic book .. was privileged to meet him at UGA. Incredibly underrated author. I guarantee you " Ivorybills" will make you stop and think about your relationship to the world, God and many other things.
Highly recommended.
Quote from: NC pine chicken on June 14, 2019, 09:36:07 AM
Find Deep enough for Ivorybills, by James Kilgo. It's a fine read. Not about turkey hunting specifically, just hunting tradition in the south.
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Ridge Reaper I enjoyed your post and hope you are 100% soon. Gene's was the first book I ever read on turkeys. Sadly a stopped up basement drain allowed a couple of inches of water to back up and ruined several books I had in boxes. I need another copy...
Quote from: nitro on June 29, 2019, 05:55:34 PM
Fantastic book .. was privileged to meet him at UGA. Incredibly underrated author. I guarantee you " Ivorybills" will make you stop and think about your relationship to the world, God and many other things.
Highly recommended.
Quote from: NC pine chicken on June 14, 2019, 09:36:07 AM
Find Deep enough for Ivorybills, by James Kilgo. It's a fine read. Not about turkey hunting specifically, just hunting tradition in the south.
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got it ordered...looking forward to reading it
Quote from: gaswamp on July 14, 2019, 08:42:28 AM
Quote from: nitro on June 29, 2019, 05:55:34 PM
Fantastic book .. was privileged to meet him at UGA. Incredibly underrated author. I guarantee you " Ivorybills" will make you stop and think about your relationship to the world, God and many other things.
Highly recommended.
Quote from: NC pine chicken on June 14, 2019, 09:36:07 AM
Find Deep enough for Ivorybills, by James Kilgo. It's a fine read. Not about turkey hunting specifically, just hunting tradition in the south.
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got it ordered...looking forward to reading it
Same here, based on these recommendations, and it is next up on my list. Also ordered Stephen Bodio's first novel, Tiger Country: A Novel of the Wild Southwest.