Some 60,000 turkey hunters are expected to head out into farms, fields and woods across Minnesota starting this week in the hopes of hearing the scratchy, echoing cry of a tom and calling one in.

What will $2,500 get you these days? Well, a pretty nice custom rifle for one. Or an over/under Browning shotgun. A used 4-wheeler that runs most of the time. About a month’s rent in Queens, New York.

I hope all of my faithful readers of "Guns & Cornbread" would agree that we don't deal with sensationalism around these parts. Those in the hunting, fishing and shooting world generally like things ...