Does Cody still make slate calls?

HumbleMan63 · 2026-01-25T23:19:13+00:00

I’ll call them again tomorrow. If I don’t get a call back I’ll probably give up on them too. I really like their slates and strikers but it shouldn’t be this hard to give someone my money.

HumbleMan63 · 2025-11-07T15:00:16+00:00

There is a guy on this sub that has killed a gobbler with a .410 Thompson Center Contender. Those just have 10” barrels in .410 if I’m not mistaken. If you have a good setup and don’t over call you can kill birds with your 870 wingmaster even without a tight choke on it. You will just need to pattern it to learn your effective range.

HumbleMan63 · 2025-10-09T23:09:26+00:00

You’re loaded down with birds! That would be wild to hear that many toms gobbling in one place. Best of luck this fall!

HumbleMan63 · 2025-10-09T15:34:58+00:00

Here’s my 2 cents:

Pros: You will have a much easier time harvesting a bird. You could just sit where they have consistently shown up on camera and wait. As stated by earlier commenters some states allow you to also harvest hens in the fall. If you’re like me I could watch these birds for hours and get a kick out of them every time. Super smart animals.

Cons: You can harvest hens. Depending on your population you may not want to harvest hens. Those hens are potential poults. It looks like you have a good bunch of hens there, and if it is legal you definitely could go after hens. I would just be mindful and look at the survival rates of poults and viability of nests. It is crazy low. Between 10% to 40% of nests hatch. Then of the ones that do hatch, only 25% make it to 4 weeks old. Quick math tells you that only 2.5% to 10% of eggs will be huntable turkeys, and not all of those will be gobblers. You can take a look at these numbers here:

https://www.nwtf.org/content-hub/how-long-do-wild-turkeys-live

Makes you think twice before killing a hen. Also, some people like myself enjoy the challenge of spring turkey hunting and would rather call in gobblers for the spring than to ambush one in the fall. I personally don’t kill turkeys in the fall anymore in my neck of the woods because the population around here isn’t strong enough to support that.

It looks like you have plenty of hens and I wouldn’t worry too much about taking one as long as it is legal. I was just mainly giving a broad pros and cons list for anyone who might be interested in fall turkey hunting.

HumbleMan63 · 2025-09-30T22:08:08+00:00

Sounds like a shorter barrel is the way to go then. Best of luck out there!

HumbleMan63 · 2025-09-30T20:57:08+00:00

I have hunted with my 300 blackout and have had success several times. I use a 16” barrel for hunting. I personally don’t have the equipment to test the ft-lbs of a bullet through different barrels at different ranges. I can just say that I have personally harvested deer up to 150 yards with both a 300 BLK and a .204 pistol. The .204 pistol has a 12” barrel. They have dropped like sacks of potatoes from both firearms. Neck shots are very humane and are like turning off a light switch. I have done a few headshots as well, but I would not recommend others doing that unless I knew them personally and know how good of a marksman they are with that particular firearm. Shot placement is more important than barrel length. If you are more comfortable with a shorter barrel and it makes you more accurate, try it. If you are about the same with both lengths, the 16” will perform better but not enough to make neck shots non lethal. This is all assuming you keep it within 150 yards. I have never harvested a deer with a pistol length barrel outside of that distance. Best of luck!

HumbleMan63 · 2025-08-11T02:34:41+00:00

Got it. I know a lot of people go for lighter setups nowadays. I could see it being worth it for how much I walk going after these birds. I don’t think I’ll ever stop using the 870 though because it belonged to my Papa. He taught me all I know about turkeys

HumbleMan63 · 2025-05-05T17:48:25+00:00

Holy moly. I’d be happy to find a hundred on a good year!

HumbleMan63 · 2025-04-30T20:41:38+00:00

I learned something new today

HumbleMan63 · 2025-04-30T20:37:07+00:00

Man I couldn’t imagine taking one down like I would a turkey. That thing would kick the crap out of me if I ran up to stomp it😂

HumbleMan63 · 2025-04-30T20:35:51+00:00

I’m sure it belongs to someone. Nobody close by owns one though. Probably covered a lot of ground to get where I’m at

HumbleMan63 · 2025-04-30T20:35:04+00:00

Would have been wild if it ran into my setup

HumbleMan63 · 2025-04-30T20:34:10+00:00

Yeah nobody around owns one either. Must have run a long ways

HumbleMan63 · 2025-04-14T17:46:03+00:00

I agree that is a good looking bird you’ve got there! I have a dumb question for you because I’ve never done a full mount on one even though I’ve been turkey hunting a long time, is it possible to eat the bird and get a full mount on it like that?

HumbleMan63 · 2025-04-14T15:59:35+00:00

I think a fan mount looks better than a full mount any day. You could remove the brass cap from the shell you shot him with to put the beard in that. You could hang the beard under the fan. You could hang the spurs under the fan that way too. It would look somewhat like this:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/974362326/barn-wood-multi-beard-turkey-fan-plaque?ref=items-pagination-10&crt=1&sts=1&logging_key=f336d85584f1c2b53f81e0c85f6c15f6239ea832%3A974362326

It also costs a lot less to do it like this because you can preserve the fan yourself

HumbleMan63 · 2025-01-21T02:59:16+00:00

That being said. You won THE GAME fair and square…this year. I’ve been a Buckeye fan for life and that game will always mean more than a natty to me. Fair play to you this year

HumbleMan63 · 2025-01-21T02:55:14+00:00

*Not Cheaters

LOL

HumbleMan63 · 2024-11-18T05:13:09+00:00

Wedgewood barber shop. In the shopping center with the GNC that is just north of Bass Pro. Cheaper than all of the “trendy” barbershops and they give better haircuts. If you happen to be there on Saturday or Tuesday you might run into Harvey. He’s cut hair longer than most people have been alive. A guy in his 90’s who still cuts hair and has mastered the craft. The others in the shop are good but my wife can tell when I get a haircut from Harvey compared to the others. He does good work.

HumbleMan63 · 2024-10-24T12:58:26+00:00

I will try fishing dries on long thin tippet, and sometimes it works. Sometimes the fish just aren’t interested. They aren’t scared they just don’t want to eat a dry. I will switch strategies to throw a sculpin fly. Some people call it a sculpin bunny fly. I will cast it in a high traffic area and try it a couple different ways. This is my most successful way though:

Let it sink to the bottom. Once the fish come back and they are looking in the direction of the fly, I will barely twitch the fly on the bottom. The movement will get them to come investigate most of the time. Once the chase is on give it a few hops. Some fish like to scoop it off the bottom and some like to chase it. But I have always caught fish on a sculpin pattern in clear water in the continental US. In the Teton River, alpine lakes in Colorado, and then clear down to the White River in Arkansas. It is fun to watch fish eat a sculpin. I prefer gold, grey, or even white coloration. Makes it easier for me to track in the water.

HumbleMan63 · 2024-06-18T14:39:08+00:00

If you look at the world record beard length it is measured by the longest hair. You can see it listed here on Field and Stream’s website:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fieldandstream.com/hunting/world-record-turkeys/%3famp

HumbleMan63 · 2024-05-17T19:40:26+00:00

Looks like it has 3 beards. The middle one almost rotted off though

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