30 Mississippi Sportsman^ | April 2015
It’s an argument as old as the sport of turkey hunting, one that
sparks a fiery debate whenever it surfaces, which is becoming
more frequent with the growth and popularity of high-tech
gobbler decoys.
Is the gobble call safe?
It is certainly a call that, in the right situation, can close the deal
on even the wiliest of old toms. However, in the wrong situation,
such as crowded public lands and even private lands where mul-
tiple hunters can be working an area, it is flat out dangerous and
should be avoided.
Veteran hunter George Mayfield of Macon describes one such
incident that got his attention after accepting an invitation tohunt a new place.
“We got out of the truck and headed to the edge of the woods
well ahead of daylight,” Mayfield said. “I had permission to hunt
the place so the last thing I expected was to run into another
hunter. That was a lesson
learned the hard way.
“We no sooner reached the
barbed-wire fence when we
heard a gobble. I looked back
at the guy I was guiding and
a cameraman following him.
I motioned the direction we
would move. Just 50 yards
through the woods was a food
plot that turkeys favored.”
Mayfield quickly positioned
his team for the hunt.
“I sat the cameraman down
first, and then moved the
hunter up just ahead of me
where we could see into the
food plot,” he said. “We heard
the gobble again. It was not
far off and in the edge of the
woods where we sat. Some-
thing about it just did not
sound right.
“After a couple of more calls,
I got suspicious, so I eased up
along the edge of the woods
and up jumped another
hunter. He started an inquiry
as to why I was there. I did the
same. I also counseled him
without mercy about using a
gobble call. He cussed me and
departed. We did, too.”
Mayfield’s story touches close
to home — I was the hunter
being guided that day. The
whole thing scared me.
Using a gobble call without
knowing others are around was
a mistake. It was dangerous. It’s
just not smart turkey hunting. ■Gobble call:
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