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Turkey hunting tips
Posted on 2/21/20 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 2/21/20 at 6:08 pm
Never seriously turkey hunted in my life, and have 0 gear other than the gun and camo. I drove around in the boat once with a friend of mine trying to hear one gobble and that’s about the extent of my turkey hunting. A buddy got into a club this year and we saw a bunch of turkeys while deer hunting. Figured we would give it a try and see if we can get one or two this season.
What kind of gear should I buy? Also, any tips would be appreciated. I’ve deer hunted public land my whole life so I know how to be still and quiet and whatnot. Just know nothing about hunting turkeys. Thanks.
What kind of gear should I buy? Also, any tips would be appreciated. I’ve deer hunted public land my whole life so I know how to be still and quiet and whatnot. Just know nothing about hunting turkeys. Thanks.
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Posted on 2/21/20 at 6:18 pm to A_bear
Head Net
Gloves
Thermocell
Low turkey chair or good cushion
Turkey choke for gun
Gloves
Thermocell
Low turkey chair or good cushion
Turkey choke for gun
Posted on 2/21/20 at 6:26 pm to A_bear
Get someone who knows what they’re doing to go with you. It’s not rocket science but if you can go 4-5 times with someone who knows what they’re doing you’ll be ahead of where you would be after 2 years of trying to hunt alone and figure it out
Posted on 2/21/20 at 6:53 pm to Woodbird
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Get someone who knows what they’re doing to go with you. It’s not rocket science but if you can go 4-5 times with someone who knows what they’re doing you’ll be ahead of where you would be after 2 years of trying to hunt alone and figure it out
I walked all over the place scaring turkeys for years until I had someone to show me, you can't be an internet expert with them, you need practical experience.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 7:58 pm to A_bear
Agreed. I learned by going for years with my uncle. Then lots of trial and error.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 8:09 pm to Woodbird
That’s not really an option since I’m a guest on this place. I know there’s 1 guy in the club that turkey hunts but I don’t know if he’d be willing to let us tag along with him.
Posted on 2/21/20 at 8:31 pm to A_bear
Shoot them in the face.
Call softly and be patient
Call softly and be patient
Posted on 2/21/20 at 9:32 pm to A_bear
When I was a complete novice to turkey hunting 20+ years ago I read every book, magazine and watched every video I could get my hands on. I pretty much had to teach myself. This was/is my favorite book LINK - order a used copy from AbeBooks for $3.50 + free shipping.
Get a few basic calls - pot and peg, box and mouth diaphragms. Practice, and use them all on your hunts, never know what a turkey might like on any single day, and you don’t need to be an expert caller to call in turkeys. Pair of compact binoculars for glassing food plots and pipelines as you move around. Get a couple decoys, hen and jake, I usually use decoys on food plots and pipelines. Locator calls - owl call to locate at day break, crow call to locate the remainder of the day.
I hunt woods early morning and move to food plots/pipelines, late morning and afternoons. Not all turkeys come in to calls gobbling, I’ve killed my share that come in to my calls silent, particularly in the afternoon. When cold calling to birds, don’t call continuously, take a 10 to 15 minute breaks between calling sequences.
When you think you stayed in one location long enough, stay another 30 to 45 minutes. I usually try to remain in a location a hour or 2 if birds aren’t gobbling and I’ve busted (scared) my fair share of gobbling birds by moving to them, so be careful. If a bird is responding to your calls it knows where you are.
Key to success - patience and persistence. Good luck, it’s a lot of fun, particularly on days when the Toms are gobbling good.
Get a few basic calls - pot and peg, box and mouth diaphragms. Practice, and use them all on your hunts, never know what a turkey might like on any single day, and you don’t need to be an expert caller to call in turkeys. Pair of compact binoculars for glassing food plots and pipelines as you move around. Get a couple decoys, hen and jake, I usually use decoys on food plots and pipelines. Locator calls - owl call to locate at day break, crow call to locate the remainder of the day.
I hunt woods early morning and move to food plots/pipelines, late morning and afternoons. Not all turkeys come in to calls gobbling, I’ve killed my share that come in to my calls silent, particularly in the afternoon. When cold calling to birds, don’t call continuously, take a 10 to 15 minute breaks between calling sequences.
When you think you stayed in one location long enough, stay another 30 to 45 minutes. I usually try to remain in a location a hour or 2 if birds aren’t gobbling and I’ve busted (scared) my fair share of gobbling birds by moving to them, so be careful. If a bird is responding to your calls it knows where you are.
Key to success - patience and persistence. Good luck, it’s a lot of fun, particularly on days when the Toms are gobbling good.
This post was edited on 2/22/20 at 10:59 am
Posted on 2/22/20 at 12:59 am to A_bear
A guy I work with introduced me to his hunting club president at my request last week. The president's first question was if I wanted to get in before turkey season(I'm just trying to get in so I can scout for some climbing spots for next year/ get a slot early). I get the impression they take turkey close to as seriously as they take deer here in Alabama.
Bookmarked for tips. May try my hand at some thunder chickens if I get freed up.
Bookmarked for tips. May try my hand at some thunder chickens if I get freed up.
Posted on 2/22/20 at 6:46 am to HerkFlyer
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they take turkey close to as seriously as they take deer
Although I haven’t hunted them yet, I can already tell you they take turkey hunting more seriously than deer in Mississippi. We discussed this at my friends camp one day. They have a sign posted on their gate about turkeys. I believe they said the fine for shooting a hen was like $5-10k. Also said you never see game wardens in deer season, but you can bet if you take a shot in turkey season, you’ll get paid a visit.
Posted on 2/22/20 at 10:17 am to A_bear
Stealthy ingress and egress.... if your woodsmanship skills are limited to thinking camo helps you in a box stand or you’ve aren’t confident deer hunting without bait..... better have a lot of turkeys and hope for a lovesick Jake
Posted on 2/22/20 at 10:23 am to HerkFlyer
Don't do it if you're not prepared to get ate up with it. Heard five or six gobble from the stand this morning, made it real hard to focus on deer.
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