Some friendsare headed to Tripp County to hunt the end of April. Any additional tips or tricks would be appreciated! What I have learned for them so far:
1) Quite a few hybrids so they'll have for a white bird
2)Birds cover a longdistance
3) Head em off at the pass
4) They like the open
5) They have a strong roost affinity
6) Make sure to bring a box call
From my experience with them if you can hear them gobble be careful b/c he is getting pretty close. I have hunted easterns and they rattle the woods, it was an adjustment that I had to make when I went.
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I can attest to that. In Colorado a few years back my buddy and me found some roost trees that had droppings about six inces deep and about six feet in diameter. Here is one of the trees.
I have seen many such roost trees in Colorado, they almost always come back to the same tree, even if heavy hunting pressure exists, maybe not every day but they will come back even if spooked in that area.
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