Silence Is Golden

LIVINGSTON, Ala. -- George Mayfield has seen the evolution of turkey calling in his 40 plus years of turkey hunting.

He started hunting under the tutelage of the late Ben Rogers Lee, who won a long list of turkey calling championships and is often referred to as a “pioneer in modern-day turkey hunting.”

Mayfield learned a lot about calling, but more about turkey hunting from Lee. One of those first lessons has always stuck for decades: “Don’t get in a turkey calling contest with a turkey.”

It’s a mantra that Mayfield lives by. As a matter of fact, he believes silence is a hunter’s best weapon.

“People get all fired...