Eddie salter biography

After learning turkey-hunting techniques from his father and grandfather, Eddie called in and harvested his first gobbler at the age of In , Salter began participating in competitive turkey calling and amassed an impressive list of state, regional and national titles. Salter, who was named one of the top sportsmen in the U.

If the turkey came in, you shot him. This type of turkey hunting was completely different from the way the old-timers hunted. I was as hot as a firecracker on the fourth of July. I thought this new style of hunting was much more exciting, fun and productive than yelping three times, clucking once or twice and then not calling anymore.

Eddie is an accomplished deer hunter

I could see the bird. Because I was in a hurry to squeeze the trigger, I hit that gobbler with some really-hard cuts and aggressive hen yelps. That turkey stuck his head up, cupped his wings, turned around and walked straight away from me. My aggressive style of hunting had been working up until that morning. I had the same turkey gobbling and coming in again, just like the day before, and I hit him with a really-hard call that made him cup his wings.

But he left again. I called to him with a three- or four-note tree call and waited about 20 minutes while the turkey was still on the roost, but he never responded to me. Finally, I clucked to him one time, and then I put my call up.