ducktape July 18th, 2011
After the overwhelming success of the Central Arkansas NWTF banquet in April, the committee has scheduled what is shaping up to be another huge success. The Wheelin’ Sportsmen Banquet and Shoot is this friday, July 22nd at Glazier’s Distributors. The doors open at 5:30 and the dinner and auction will follow afterward. Ticket prices are:
- $25 for single ticket
- $250 for table of 10
- $260 for a Wheelin’ Sportsmen sponsorship
- $500 for corporate table with 10 seats and a Wheelin’ Sportsmen sponsorship
The chapter will also be hosting a day at the Arkansas State shooting Range on the 23rd of July. Ticket prices at the banquet will include a fun filled day at the range.
Glazier’s is located at 11101 Smitty Lane in N. Little Rock off the England highway.
Arkansas State Shooting Range is located at 574 Clinton Rd. in Mayflower
You can get ticket by contacting Robert at [email protected] or Lance at [email protected] or you can buy tickets at the door! Arkansas Outdoors Online will see you there!
kevin April 11th, 2011
One of the most common and frustrating problems you’ll face as a turkey hunter is dealing with stubborn toms — those gobblers that just won’t respond to 
your calling no matter what how aggressive you go after them.
When you encounter this problem, chances are there are other hens in close proximity stealing your thunder. Because the tom your after is already grouped up with the opposite sex, there is no incentive for him to leave his current hen for you.
But don’t give up. One of the best strategies is to forget about the Tom and focus on calling-in his accompanying hens. If you can hear the other hens, try to get their attention by emulating their calls exactly — cluck for cluck and yelp for yelp. Oftentimes, this will garner the curiosity (and anger) of the hens enough that they will begin to migrate toward you. Of course, that means the tom your after will be right behind them.
If at first you don’t succeed, don’t hesitate to call more aggressively. Hawkish cuts and forceful yelps will often push the hens over the edge, making that tom as good as yours.
Remember, If you can gain the hens’ interest, you will earn that big-bearded gobbler’s interest as well.
kevin January 19th, 2011
ArkansasOutdoorsOnline.com member Mike Poor harvested the Kentucky state record turkey for archery in Livingston, KY on December 18, 2010. The monster Eastern
A-Typical wild turkey scored 109.1875 and featured four beards with a total length of 34.0625 inches, the longest beard equaling 11.5 inches. The turkey’s spurs were 1 inch long, and it weighed in at just over 20 pounds.
Below you’ll find this turkey’s place in the record books, both Kentucky and in the world. Rankings below are for an Eastern A-Typical turkey taken with a bow in the United States.
#1 Kentucky for overall score
#12 all-time for overall score
#12 all-time for spurs
#32 all-time for weight
#4 all-time for total beard length
Check out the full story on Mike’s hunt from the South Arkansas leader. Arkansas Man Takes State Record (PDF) .
Come inside the Arkansas Hunting Forum to see more photos of the record-breaking turkey.
ducktape April 9th, 2010
Alot of our visitors have asked, “What kind of choke do I need to use for turkey hunting in Arkansas?”. Well we will clear the air and give first hand experience on the choke, shells, and gun we will be using this year. Our good friends at killer kallz also make some of the best chokes on the market, more specifically designed to shoot today’s modern heavy turkey loads. 
Angle Porting is the name of the company, and they have been making chokes a lot longer than duck calls. We could discuss several more products they offer but for the sake of information we will stick to the Extreme Range Turkey Choke. I took several pictures while patterning this turkey choke, gun, and shells, but unfortunately I dropped the camera in the bar ditch right after I was done.
The gun I am using is a Remington 887 waterfowl edition, with 26 inch barrel, the Extreme Range Turkey Choke from Angle Porting, and the Federal Premium Mag Shok Hi Velocity Flitecontrol Turkey Loads, because as one review about the shells put it: “it kills everything: DEAD”.
Tests were done a couple weeks ago, temp was about 60 degrees, a light breeze out of the south at 2-3 mph, and it was 8:00 in the morning. We tried to keep it similar to a hunting situation except we were on a levee in a rice field. We patterned at 30, 40, and 50 yards, with only the 887 and the Fed Premium shells.
Read the rest of the review in the Arkansas Turkey Hunting Forum…
kevin March 8th, 2010
The 2010 Arkansas turkey hunting season is only about a month away, and now is the perfect time to fine-tuning 
your turkey hunting strategies. Certainly, the most important aspect of turkey hunting is imitating wild turkey sounds as accurately as possible. No matter what kind of call you use (box, mouth, slate, etc.) one inaccurate mimic and you’re chance at a big tom can end before you even know what happened.
With Arkansas turkey hunting just weeks away, let’s take a look at some of the most common types of turkey sounds, what they mean, and when to use them.
Yelp or Cluck – The basic sound of a hen, you’ll hear hens yelp in a number of situations. The bottom line is, this is a great general call to alert gobblers to your presence and to start drawing him in. Cluck or yelp in counts of three to five.
Hen Cut - Similar to the yelp/cluck, yet louder and more urgent. Hens use this call when they are in search of other birds, and when they are excited.
Purr – The turkey’s version of a cat’s purr. Turkey’s make this soft rolling sound signifies contentment. You can keep n incoming turkey calm by mimicking its purr. Often you’ll hear feeding turkeys add a single cluck before the purr.
Check out the rest of the most common wild turkey sounds in the Arkansas turkey hunting forum.
kevin April 9th, 2009
Did you know that your turkey decoy setup can be as big a part of your turkey hunting success as a shotgun or turkey call?
Now, no doubt you’ve heard the “horror stories” from hunters about how a gobbler “hung up” while using decoys, meaning he came in to a certain distance gobbling his head off, but just sat back and waited for the hens (your decoys) to come to him. And because of instances like this, the disgruntled hunter, which may or may not have been you, probably declared that turkey decoys simply don’t work.
But don’t let one tough turkey undermine the many advantages of turkey decoy setups.
Most hunters will tell you: oftentimes the right turkey decoy setup can be the key factor between a successful hunt and a failed hunt. Decoys can not only act as the final straw that convinces a big tom that it’s time to strut his stuff, but they can also distract a gobbler from your presence altogether, which can come in handy if you make a flawed yelp, drop your striker, or just need to reposition yourself at the last moment.
Using decoys does not guarantee that you will take a big gobbler. However, when it comes to positioning your turkey decoy setup, there are a few things you can do to increase their effectiveness …
Come inside the Arkansas Turkey Hunting Forum to see the full list of turkey decoy setup tips.
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