By Preston Pittman

Good binoculars, like Alpen's, are like a second pair of eyes, especially when you're hunting in open areas like fields, pastures, farmlands and agricultural regions. One of my favorite tactics when trying to spot deer and turkey is to climb a tree while carrying my Alpen binoculars, get the lay of the land, determine the size of the turkey or the deer out in the open and study the terrain to identify the best way to approach the animal without spooking it. These are the "gimme" situations. Most people don't realize that
One of the most-difficult turkey-hunting situations is when you have a gobbler with hens. The best way to take this bird is to determine his route of travel and then try and get out in front of the turkey and let the gobbler and his hens walk to you. With your binoculars, you can see the direction the turkeys are walking, identify the boss hen who leads the flock, determine the length of the gobbler's beard and study the terrain you'll have to cross or go around to get in front of that flock of turkeys. During turkey season, you also can use your Alpen binoculars to read the turkey's body language. Every creature God has put on the face of the earth speaks not only with its voice, but also with its body.

One of the most-critical moves a turkey makes that a hunter needs to know is when the turkey comes to attention and double stacks its wings. When a turkey sees something he doesn't understand, his neck goes up and almost every feather on his body acts as though super glue is sticking it down. The bird will be as slick and shiny as a new penny. When one wing comes up and lays on that turkey's back, if you don't take that bird before the next wing comes up and lays on his back, you'll get nothing because that turkey will be out of there. With your
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About Preston Pittman
Preston Pittman of Petal, Mississippi, the founder of Preston Pittman Game Calls, is the only person to win five divisions of the World Turkey Calling Championship: the World Open, the World Two-Man Team, the World Champion of Champions, the World Gobbling Championship and the World Natural Voice Championship. Pittman also holds other world, national, regional and state championships. Over his career, he's won over 150-plus World Turkey Calling Championships.
About Alpen:
Alpen Optics is known for its line of binoculars, spotting scopes, rifle scopes and accessories. Alpen's objective is to provide superior quality optical products at affordable prices while providing features and benefits normally found only on products priced much higher.

Alpen offers more than 70 products and accessories, and all are backed up by a limited lifetime factory warranty.

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