Need help..wet fields??

kdsberman · 04-06-2008, 08:32 PM

Guys, I need your help. My season starts on April 21st, and I hunt around a lot of fields. The fields are not tiled so they are real wet and muddy. On top of the already wet and muddy fields, theyre calling for a real wet week again. Im extremely afraid these fields wont dry up by season opener. I really dont have a choice to hunt somewhere other than these fields either. Will turkeys walk in these wet fields? I mean, will a turkey actually walk in the puddles and mud to come to my calls? This is a horrible feeling guys and I need your help. Thanks in advance.

hoosierHUNTER76 · 04-06-2008, 08:37 PM

when i killed my bird last year he was standing in about 2 inches of water now if the whole field is underwater then that might be a different story

kdsberman · 04-06-2008, 08:47 PM

Hoosier, that makes me feel a little better hearing that. The field isnt ALL under water, jut real big puddles and real muddy. Its not a wet hay field or grassy field, but a worked up dirt field if that makes any difference.

mohunter82 · 04-06-2008, 09:46 PM

you should be good to go. if that tom want to get some he will do some amazing stuff. i had one flyacross a creek and walk through a mud pit of a cut corn field here in missouri last year.

Turkey Fife · 04-06-2008, 10:42 PM

IBEEN FEEDING SOME GOBBLERS AT MY HOUSE. WE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF RAIN IN MO. THEIR IS A SMALL RUN OFF A FEW FEET AWAY FROM WHERE I FEED THEM. 2 FEET WIDE BY 5-6" DEEP. I SEEN THE TURKEYS COMMING I THOUGHT I WILL GET TO SEE THEM FLY OVER THE WATER[:@]THEY WALKED THRU IT. SO YOU GOT NO WORRIES

BuckRogers · 04-07-2008, 03:11 PM

Ive seen pictures of turkeys swimming! The biggest problem will be muddy boots for you. Ialways get a kick watching turkeys out in muddy fields because it looks like they are wearing shoes. The poor birds have to stop and rest sometimes.

kdsberman · 04-07-2008, 04:15 PM

Thanks guys. You have no idea how much better im feeling hearing all of this.

Simp · 04-07-2008, 04:20 PM

A couple of days ago it rained really hard here and when I went to scout my spot I followed a turkeys tracks right through a mud puddle that was probably 5 inches deep. I'd hunt those fields!

kdsberman · 04-07-2008, 08:55 PM

Awesome. Im still hoping it dries up a little, but if it doesnt I guess I dont have much to worry about. Gonna be a mess if I shoot one and he flops around in that mud. Thanks again guys.

mohunter82 · 04-07-2008, 10:04 PM

oh yea i had to pull one out of a creek once. talk about wet and muddy.