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Mitchell Johnston puts a turkey call in his mouth and makes trilling, clucking sounds that rise and fall in musical bursts of volume, rhythm and cadence. His five-minute competitive presentation ...

August is the time for turkey calling in Oklahoma this year. For the first time since six-time winner Tres Phipps last won the Oklahoma state turkey–calling championship in January 2014, the Oklahoma ...

CASTLETON — A record number of 33 participants, ranging in age from 2 to 18, took part in the 19th annual Bart Jacob Memorial Youth Turkey Calling Contest on April 12 at Kehoe Conservation Camp in ...

CASTLETON — A record number of 33 participants, ranging in age from 2 to 18, took part in the 19th annual Bart Jacob Memorial Youth Turkey Calling Contest on April 12 at Kehoe Conservation Camp in ...

A 12-year-old Hillsboro boy has been gobbling up national attention lately thanks to his turkey calling skills. Cody Harrison appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show Nov. 20 to talk turkey—including ...

Phipps second in turkey call competition: A multiple winner of Oklahoma’s state turkey calling championships, Clinton “Tres” Phipps strutted his stuff on a national stage for the first time this month ...

Joe Kuechle, 17, slides the wafer-like slip of plastic into his mouth, carefully purses his lips and cocks his head like a jazz trumpeter ready for a big solo. And then: "Squeak, yok, yok, yok! Squeak ...