Here are the Ontario Turkey Seminar dates/locations

[John Y Cannuck]

Seminar dates/locations

 

[imntense]

i'm booked in for february 26 in brantford thanks!

 

[fogducker]

im so lucky to annouce...ive been so fu#king lucky to say ive been picked to take the turkey course tomorrow..i hope my attitutude about taking the course will not frig me up
courses/hunting test/pal,s/fac,s /registration/not to mention the thousands i spend a year to hunt/now a fu%king turkey course
is there no end to this???..
if there is life after death im gonna kill it...just to feel better

 

[DarrylDB]

Fog, I bet you you'll think its the best 25 dollar course you've ever taken if you invest the energy in paying attention there.
There is alot of good info available to a novice turkey hunter at the seminar. If you pay attention to the calling etc, its the best 25 bucks you can spend hunting. Alot of guys go, and zone out for the 6 hrs, and honestly, they miss out on alot.

 

[fogducker]

Fog, I bet you you'll think its the best 25 dollar course you've ever taken if you invest the energy in paying attention there.
There is alot of good info available to a novice turkey hunter at the seminar. If you pay attention to the calling etc, its the best 25 bucks you can spend hunting. Alot of guys go, and zone out for the 6 hrs, and honestly, they miss out on alot.

ah crap now you make me feel bad..i guess im one of them guys that knows it all but knows f%%k all..
but coming from you DB ...i will heed your advice

 

[LeePeterson]

imntense do you know if they will let you pay when you go for the test? I wanted to take the brantford course but I don't have a cred card and money order would'nt get there in time.

 

[coltfan]

I did mine 2 years ago...could have been done in one day.....it was dragged out over 2 days and turned into an sales pitch for OFAH and Quaker Boy..

 

[JB]

I did mine 2 years ago...could have been done in one day.....it was dragged out over 2 days and turned into an sales pitch for OFAH and Quaker Boy..

same #### here and at the end of the day the intructor tells us if it got a beard you can shot it hole day sitting there hearing them tell you what calls are best and what camo to use and so on. But guess what we just happen to have eveything here to sell you that you need . just a $$$$$ grab for OFAH

 

[BIGREDD]

A good pal of mine teaches these courses... "Dan".... listen very careful to what he says... he is a very accomplished Turkey Hunter and Caller.
I agree that it could be taught quicker and without the blatant commercialism.

 

[fogducker]

well the course is over..i found it to very interesting and informitive..i,ll be dammed if i did not learn a few thing,s to
i think what was turning me off on the course before i took it ,was all i heard on all the advertisement i was to hear there..
we got there just after 7 am...the course started at 8 am..by 1 pm we were out the door with our certificates..all the time we were there i think about two min were used to spend into the ofah speel..all the rest of the course was info well needed by me..
so next time you hear the course is a waist of time..
neaver believe what you hear till you see for your self..
cheers all
Don

 

[DarrylDB]

it was dragged out over 2 days and turned into an sales pitch for OFAH and Quaker Boy..

Coltfan, you needed to pay more attention to what the quaker boys were selling.
When a guy who's shot a ####load of birds says this call works, and this is how you use it, Pay attention!
You close your mind to the sales pitch, and likely needed a guy to teach you to call after the seminar.
I know, I've had to teach a bunch of guys just like you, when they could have paid attention in the class. There is nothing like free advice from somoene who knows their ####.
You do not become a rep for a call company by bull#### and bafflegarb.
Im not hacking on you Dave, but that sales pitch from Quaker boy has landed more rookies birds when they opened their mind to what was being sold.
Trust me, Im a pretty good caller, but I've learned a ####load in the last two days listening to an excellent caller. (Much better than I) Everyone walking around in the Fishing show has been complaining about these two guys turkey calling across from our booth, but its been music to my ears.

I can tell you that one of the guys Is a Gunnut here, and I can call birds, but NOTHING like this guy. When this guy talks, I've been listening...
And it was likely the same guy, or someone like him selling the calls.

I could have tuned it out, because Im a pretty good caller, but I would have missed a bunch of sounds and pitches I've never heard before, and Learned how to do em.
And this guy is in on more downed birds in a year than most of us do in our life.
Im never to good, or old to learn from someone better.
Hell, his wife is an excellent caller too!

 

[DarrylDB]

ah crap now you make me feel bad..i guess im one of them guys that knows it all but knows f%%k all..
but coming from you DB ...i will heed your advice

Told ya
Fog, Im just a young punk with a big mouth. What do I know

 

[DarrylDB]

same #### here and at the end of the day the intructor tells us if it got a beard you can shot it hole day sitting there hearing them tell you what calls are best and what camo to use and so on. But guess what we just happen to have eveything here to sell you that you need . just a $$$$$ grab for OFAH

John, same thing buddy, read my post above.

My best advice to someone taking the course is
Take a hundred bucks with you, and learn the calls right there with a guy willing to show you how to use it. What better deal than being able to get everything you need right there, and often at a discounted price. (my course, gagnons offered no tax, better than full pop after the fact)
know guys that have gone YEARS without birds, because they overlooked the free advice that comes with the purchase of a good product at the course.
A cassette tape does nothing to teach someone like a live " this is how you do it" demonstration. Buy your call after the fact, and you could be spinning your wheels for years with turkeys laughing at you just outside of range.

 

[410001661]

Turkey

Yes, I am down for Feb 17th at the Sportsman Show!

 

[fogducker]

can i be the first to eat crow here?
ive always been a # 1 here to rant and rave what ive heard here about the turkey course...
ive alway ,s complaind of what i heard of it



now that ive taken it... and i did not hear or see the buy this or that thingy item to help me out


now im lost as to what i need to have to have a safe and productive hunt

any taker,s out there to help me spend some $$$?

 

[dumbdawg]

imntense do you know if they will let you pay when you go for the test? I wanted to take the brantford course but I don't have a cred card and money order would'nt get there in time.

there was a guy sitting who paid at the door.try giving them a phone call and see if they can help you out

 

[coltfan]

Coltfan, you needed to pay more attention to what the quaker boys were selling.
When a guy who's shot a ####load of birds says this call works, and this is how you use it, Pay attention!

I paid full attention throughout the two days.
It was full of info from people who have valuable field experience

You close your mind to the sales pitch,

It was near impossible to do this...every 10 min, the instructor reminded us of the great deals at the back of the room.

and likely needed a guy to teach you to call after the seminar.

You mean you learned all you need to know about calls during the seminar...you never learned anything after the seminar ?
....I doubt that very much.

I know, I've had to teach a bunch of guys just like you, when they could have paid attention in the class. There is nothing like free advice from somoene who knows their ####.

Impossible to learn it all in class....you think you can master any single call in a room with 80 people in it doing the same thing ?

You do not become a rep for a call company by bull#### and bafflegarb.

Never doubted the credentials of the instructors

Im not hacking on you Dave, but that sales pitch from Quaker boy has landed more rookies birds when they opened their mind to what was being sold.

Quaker may make good gear, and the reps knew their stuff but a sales pitch is not what I signed up for..at times it seemed as though they were filming an infomercial for Quaker Boy, instead of teaching us the basic techniques needed.

Im never to good, or old to learn from someone better.

No one is...but I would have preferred to listen to the instructor explain and demostrate the sounds, pitches, etc and explain what each unique sound does and the reason for making it.....without the sales pitch for Quaker

My beef about the course is plain and simple....teach me what I need to know , but let me choose my own brand of gear.....

 

[imntense]

imntense do you know if they will let you pay when you go for the test? I wanted to take the brantford course but I don't have a cred card and money order would'nt get there in time.

I'm pretty sure they will let ya pay at the door! If ya want to get in touch with them here is the number 705-748-6477 ext 254 or 260! My date is actually the 25 that i am attending ....hope to see ya there!

 

[RobP]

well the course is over..i found it to very interesting and informitive..i,ll be dammed if i did not learn a few thing,s to
i think what was turning me off on the course before i took it ,was all i heard on all the advertisement i was to hear there..
we got there just after 7 am...the course started at 8 am..by 1 pm we were out the door with our certificates..all the time we were there i think about two min were used to spend into the ofah speel..all the rest of the course was info well needed by me..
so next time you hear the course is a waist of time..
neaver believe what you hear till you see for your self..
cheers all
Don

Glad to hear you had a better experience than me. I was fed up with them trying to sell me turkey gear, and I learnt about 3 seconds worth of useful info over the whole day. I think they should be sh!tcanned and replaced with an online or mail in test.

Rob

 

[DarrylDB]

I paid full attention throughout the two days.
It was full of info from people who have valuable field experience

I dont doubt you did at all, but information is taken differently with a closed mind vs an open mind. Like I said, Im not hacking on you, but I think that you might have had a better experience if you had kept a more open mind.
I guess Im a glass half full kind of person

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You mean you learned all you need to know about calls during the seminar...you never learned anything after the seminar ?
....I doubt that very much.....

Thats not what I was saying at all. Lets just say, I used my seminar to get a good start on what I needed, and how I needed to use it.
but my first season, I was medically unable to hunt. Second season, I was dragging birds by everyone.
Im not saying Im great, but I made my 23 bucks count, and didnt look at it as a waste of 6 hrs. Where did you do your course that it took two days anyway... thats weird IMHO

Impossible to learn it all in class....you think you can master any single call in a room with 80 people in it doing the same thing ?

Yes, I think had you bought one ,and spent a few minutes with it, you would have had a good start with it.
you dont become a doctor after one year of medschool.
But if you neglect to pay attention for a year of medschool, or at a daycourse for that matter, your behind however you look at it.

Never doubted the credentials of the instructors

I dont think that you did at all, but i do think that you still missed what was important IMHO about the course.

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Quaker may make good gear, and the reps knew their stuff but a sales pitch is not what I signed up for..at times it seemed as though they were filming an infomercial for Quaker Boy, instead of teaching us the basic techniques needed.

IM sorry you feel that way, but Any course I've been to, and any instructor I've talked to, gave the same info. "this is the call, this is how you use it, and its available for "X" at the back counter". Now whats wrong with that?
Everything you need in once place at a discounted price. Usually guys go nutts for that, not pooh pooh on it.
Did they go through the different types of calls etc?

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I would have preferred to listen to the instructor explain and demostrate the sounds, pitches, etc and explain what each unique sound does and the reason for making it.....without the sales pitch for Quaker

THats what they did at my course, and anyone I've spoken to about the course. They go through the different types of calls and what they're good for. Different types of slate calls, Diaphrams boxcalls etc.
but from what i understand, Quaker boy has vested interest in the course as well as the OFAH.



Fog, PM at you.