MARTIN BROTHERS-GOBBLERS' CHOICE WILD GAME CALLS - by: J.D. "PECK" MARTIN

04/02/2023

For those inquiring about GOBBLERS CHOICE CALLS, due to the Legendary, JD Peck Martin passing away, unfortunately we unfortunately are no longer selling them. Thank you for your past patronage and interest in our calls.
The Martin Family

05/11/2021

Finally got the Mexican Gould’s hunt up on YouTube. Like, subscribe and share.

https://youtu.be/Sm0cEZCZORQ

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04/30/2021

If anyone has questions or concerns about taxidermy or game calls please don’t bother our mother. You can dm this account and someone will get back to you. Feel free to share. Thank you.

04/30/2021

If anyone has any questions or concerns about taxidermy or turkey calls please don’t bother our mother. You can dm this account and someone will get back to you.

04/25/2021

Martin Brothers gettin it done in Mexico

10/19/2020

Son Jay & I had an Awesome Trip this past weekend at Jim & Sandy Jeffries Farm in Greensburg, KY.
It was Kentuckys Annual 2day Muzzleloader Season & we tagged our the 1st Day !!
A Big Thank you to Thurmy & Sandy for inviting us into their Beautiful Home & the Boys Terry & Greg for their help in the hunting
& getting our deer out ! Thank you Mark & Susan Barnes for your permission to hunt your
Little piece of Eden, one of the most Pristine
Woods I've ever hunted !! & to Brian Burress
For helping this ole Hillbilly get my deer out !!
I certainly feel Humbled & Blessed after being
Diagnosed with Mesothelioma in January
& going thru Major Surgery, Chemo & 31 Radiation Treatments !!
Thank you Jay for going with me to look after
The Old Man & to our Lord Jesus Christ for
Giving me these Days to enjoy my Deep & Profound Passion of Hunting !!

04/22/2020

With a busy Hospital Schedule this week was
able to squeeze in a late morning hunt.
Left the house at 10am this morning whimping
to go early & to cold. Have to be careful with a
Compromised immune system.
Made the 15 min drive to one of my favorite late morning Turkey Woods. I was bungled up
Like the Abolminal Snowman & walked to a vantage point to make my 1st call. Nuttin Talkin !! Made a few more series of calls with
a box call, the woods was quiet as a church mouse other than the very cool wind making
the trees sing me a tune !!
Walked to another spot & called into a deep
what I call a canyon, actually hollow, nuttin honey !! It was 10:45am. Walked back to the
Truck, cased my gun, threw my fold out seat
& call bag in the back seat & headed to another area. Arriving at my 2nd stop, it was
11am, still have a hr or so hunt. This is my kind
of the so called "Runnin & Gunning" in my truck, lol Uncased my gun, got my shoulder
bag & seat & walked to a small knoll where I could call into a hollow, no flat ground in this part of WV, ya gotta be part Mountain Goat !!
1st call I made a Gobbler responded with a thundering gobble, it was 11:20. Walked to
a lil clearing & made another call with my fav
mouth call, he lit up & had moved up the ridge
some, guessing he was still 75 yds over the steep ridge. Time to set up. Made a few soft yelps & he was gobbling before I stopped calling closing the distance quickly. Time to
put my gun to the shoulder. Saw his full fan
appear bout 40 yrds over the crest of the ridge
He was now in full view long necking to find his mate. As I squeezed the trigger on my gun,
I was thinking about my boys, grandsons & friends who say I have a lucky Golden Horseshoe stuck in my Butt as the Big Gobbler
now lay motionless on the woodland floor, it was 11:40am !! He certainly was a big Mountain Gobbler, 22lbs, 10.5" Beard, 1 1/2"
& 1 7/16" Spurs ! Treasured Memories & a Gift from God !
When I started my sons & grandsons hunting
many moons ago, I would say to them, "there's an ole Gobbler out there with his claws wrapped around the limb for the last, it was on this day !!

04/20/2020

A very Emotional Turkey & Hunt today !
Wasnt sure if I was going to get out in the Turkey Woods this season or future seasons.
I was Recently diagnosed with Mesothelioma
& the Chemotherapy Treatment that scheduled for 2day was postponed till friday.
Sons & Grandsons had their hunts mapped
out for this morning, old Pap stayed in the fart
sack. I left the house about 9:45 ,drove to a buddy's place 10 mins. from home.
Made a few calls with no response. Packed it
up & drove to my niece Sherri's place, 5 mins
from where I just left. Made a few calls, no gobbles. Made a few tx messages to see if
the boys were having any luck. Quiet morning
in the areas they were hunting. I walked out a point behind my niece's house & called again.
A bird gobbled across a deep hollow from me.
Waited for a few minutes & called again barely
hearing his gobble, it was 11:10. After bout 10 mins. I called again with a box call & he gobbled, he was in the hollow below me,
He was on the move. I was still standing when
I called with a mouth call, he was moving up the ridge. I sat down by a big Wild Cherry tree
& was playing the waiting game now. He knew
where the calls were coming from. I was about to make a call with my mouth call when he let
out a resounding gobble, I made a few soft yelps as I was raising my gun. Saw his white head a few seconds later as he was making his approach ever so cautiously. He walked into my shooting lane as the woods was very
thick with mutafour vegetation. It was 11:55am. As I knelt down, I was overcome with
emotion & Thanked the Good Lord for giving
another day & a Beautiful critter we call the
Wild Turkey !!

04/16/2020

🦃🦃ATTENTION
If stopping by to get a call or any correspondence in person,
YOU MUST WEAR A MASK!
Thank you!
🦃

04/12/2020

10/22/2019

Through Lifes journey, you meet folks who become awesome Friends, become Family !
I was blessed 24 years ago to become acquainted with Jim, Sandy, Greg & Terry Jeffries family from Greensburg, Ky..
They truly are God Loving folks who opened
up their home to this WV Hillbilly, given me,
My family & friends who have made the trip to their farm the opportunity to hunt & fish in the Bluegrass State. Jim (Thermy) said to me when I arrived many moons ago, "Peck you know where your bedroom is". Now that's
Southern Hospitality!! This past weekend I made the trip for Ky's Annual 2 day Muzzleloader Season. Terry & I Crappie fished
on Friday, caught some fish & enjoyed the day
on the water with the spectacular foliage giving us a backdrop of the Vivid Fall colors
along the Green River. I was Blessed to take
a decent Whitetail Buck on Sunday morning
with my Encore Muzzleloader. A Big Thank You to my Family in Ky for a great weekend,
You certainly are the Bestis & giving me a
Lifetime of Treasured Memories !!

08/26/2019

As the 2019 South 40 12th Annual Wild Game Feed came to a end, the Martin Family would
like to say THX to all our family, friends & "Rednecks" who helped make this yrs Feed a
Huge success !! Had a tad over 100 folks !!
Folks came from Georgia, Michigan, Virginia,
Ohio & West by God Virginia. Treasured Memories for Sure !!!
Your Friendship & Fellowship mean so much
To Our Family.
A note of Special Interest, Rod Netting & Kenny Isner won the Annual Corn Hole double
Elimination Tourney !!
Our Annual Game Feed Shirts Honored Brother
John "Mutt" Martin this year, an Awesome Tribute to a Great Guy, we certainly miss him !!
See Ya'll & Good Lord Willing, see you next year !! 👍

08/14/2019

Tomorrow August 14th is the last day to order
Our Annual Game Feed Shirts.
As of 2day we have a tad over 100 ordered !!
If you are not on the shirt list, you better hurry,
time is running short.
PM Jay Martin, Scott Martin or the Peckster
ASAP !! The Martin Family cant wait to see you
all on 8/24/19. Safe Travels to All who are coming !! 🦃🦌🐻🐿🐟

08/12/2019

Got in the "Fart Sack" @ 2:30 this morning
Got up feeling the so called Jet Lag & a like "Whipped Puppy" after spending a week in Ketchican, Alaska fishing with my friend Guy
Mickel. To spend time with Sons Scott & Jay
In the North Pacific fishing & seeing the awesome scenery in & around Ketchican was
a dream come true !! The boys scratched that
off their Bucket List !! This trip was my 4th
time there & finally got the so called "Monkey"
Off my back with a once in a lifetime 75lb
Halibut. Thank you Guy & Helen Mickel for
your Gracious Hospitality at the "Mickel Lodge" & affording 3 Redneck WV Hillbilly's
To Live the Dream & make Treasured Memories ! God certainly has Blessed us !!

05/28/2019

Saw our 1st Eagle at the South 40, Shiloh, WV
yesterday having his Breakfast. Freshwater
Drum I reckon ??

05/01/2019

Donating this Custom Box Call to the Upper
Ohio Valley R.M.E.F. Banquet Saturday May 4th 2019 @ the St Jude Hall in Glendale, WV. Come & join in the Auction, Games etc., & Support your Local Chapter !!

04/29/2019

Was Blessed to be apart of & Awakening of Beautiful Very Cool (37degrees) Spring Mornin
& listen to the Birds singing their songs & hearing a few faint gobbles on the distant Mountaintop.
7am I heard a Gobble from up on top of the Mountain. Made a series of calls with the Phantom Cutter MC & got no response.
9am he gobbled on his own again & I called
& he gobbled to my calls.
He was still a long way off. After he got cranked up, he gobbled to every call I made
With the MC & Aluminum call & at 9:35 I threw
Him over my shoulder & headed to the truck
for a free ride back to WV.
An Awesome Morning filled with Treasured Memories !!

04/19/2019

Wild Onion (Ramps) Dip Yummy.!! Better than any French Onion Dip you can buy !! That's all I'm going to say about that !!