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Six Tips for Rainy Day Gobblers

Knowing how to hunt turkeys in damp weather is a must.

Six Tips for Rainy Day Gobblers
(Photo courtesy of Lynn Burkhead)

"Any turkey hunting luck?"

That's how a text message left my smartphone earlier this week during the middle of the current spring turkey hunting season going on in the southern Great Plains.

What was the response I received back from J.J. Kent, Mossy Oak pro staff manager for the North Texas region?

"A little," said Kent, also the owner and operator of Kent Outdoors (www.kentoutdoors.com). "But a duck boat is required for admission."

Kent isn't kidding either since as of the writing of this article a total of 8.46 inches of rain has fallen in the month of April in the Rio Grande gobbler country where I live.

Which brings to mind the often quoted statement...

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