The author’s ’26 Georgia bird was a big gobbler, 23 pounds with 12-inch beard, flatted with a Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 in 28-gauge 3-inch, 1 5/8-ounce payload of No. 9 TSS shot. (Photo courtesy of Craig Boddington)
April 30, 2026
By Craig Boddington
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Zack Aultman and I were turkey hunting in a pop-up on the edge of one of his long, narrow south Georgia food plots. Pine forest on the far side, 30 yards away. Zack took his bird a few days earlier, so he was along to supervise and call. Fine with me. I need supervision, and, since I may be the world’s worst turkey caller, I needed that even more.
It seemed like a perfect early April morning, slightly cool, a bit cloudy, not much wind, but the birds were strangely...
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