LOL, Heres The ADVANCED stuff lol Whelen36

[turkeyhunter_15]

The More Advanced Stuff Would Be,

Look around for food conditions and possible locate a turkey flock, you have increased your chances of finding turkeys when season opens. If it' s your first day of hunting, plan on taking a long walk through the woods to locate turkey sign such as droppings, feathers, scratching and tracks. If you discover a scratched up area, take the time to see what direction they may have been traveling and check the freshness of the scratching. Direction can be determined by which way the leaves are piled. Turkeys scratch leaves backward so it' s not difficult to slowly track scratched areas through the woods. If the scratching is dry and no leaves have blown into the bare spots, generally the sign is pretty fresh-- a day or so old. Following old scratching may lead you to fresh scratching. Fresh scratching will usually show damp and wet leaves piled on top of dry leaves. If this is what you find, the flock is nearby and may still be feeding. If the dampness and wetness of the leaves is drying out, chances are the turkeys fed through the area a few hours earlier. Very loose scratching on a rainy day indicates fresh scratching.

If you find fresh scratching, walk slowly in the direction it goes. Stop and call to see if you can hear a bird, especially during the early morning and again in the late afternoon. Very often a bird or so will answer in a flock and it will give you a good idea of the flock' s location. Also, a lone turkey may respond if the flock was broken earlier in the day.

Shooting a turkey Allow the turkey to approach within 35 yards. Do not raise your shotgun quickly. Very often, quick movements will alarm the bird and it will flush leaving you with a hurry-up shot. Bring the shotgun up slowly and smoothly and take aim for the turkey' s head or the eye. Body shots often results in a wounded bird. Be sure of your target.

Bring along some pruning shears and before you start the hunt cut some small branches and make yourself a blind to breakup your outline


Take a wing from a turkey and hit it on a tree first thing in the morning. It will sound just like turkeys coming off the roost

Well That Should Do,For now Im Tired of typing i think my hand is gona fall off lol
That Should Do!!!!!! lol

[halcon]

So thats how its done . Thanks

[whelen36]

thanks , however i' m not using a shotgun , i' m using a .22 hornet as i want to get the bird mounted as well as get the meat . i' ve heard that you should not shoot them in the breast which makes a lot of sense in keeping the meat so , where would anybody here recomend shooting them ( i would like to have it mounted so i don' t really want to try a headshot , especially with a .22 hornet on a small moving target like it' s head ) thanks guys

[Ridge Runner]

A shot to The butt of the wing will anchor them fast.another good rifle shot is just behind where the legs hooks on, this one is pretty messy but doesn' t shoot up any edible meat.
RR

[bigcat fhsu]

whelen you might want to check my reply on your original post