Technique for locating toms
#12
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Pasco, Fl
Posts: 272
Ya i learned that the hard way last season. There was a tom in his roost gobbling his head off. No clue why. It was pitch black out. I tried sneakin by him to set up close to him and he saw my hatlight and flew off!
#13
You learned a good lesson........................
Most lessons I've learned (ONLY ONCE) was because I learned it the hard way !!!
#14
Once you have an idea where he roosts, go in one morning and try to learn where he and his harem meet up and travel to.Hunt him where he wants to be.
Good luck.
And when scouting on public land, before heading to your spot, you may want to walk in a bit before in some other direction.
Good luck.
And when scouting on public land, before heading to your spot, you may want to walk in a bit before in some other direction.
#15
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Pasco, Fl
Posts: 272
Once you have an idea where he roosts, go in one morning and try to learn where he and his harem meet up and travel to.Hunt him where he wants to be.
Good luck.
And when scouting on public land, before heading to your spot, you may want to walk in a bit before in some other direction.
Good luck.
And when scouting on public land, before heading to your spot, you may want to walk in a bit before in some other direction.
#16
If they don't gobble try something different. Here in Mo the birds hear hoots and crows from march till may. If I roost one in the evening now I use a coyote howler. Its louder and they gobble good at something different and loud.
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern wv
Posts: 3,650
in any given area, only 10-15% of the gobblers are aggressive enough to gobble, so your best bet is find an area with a good turkey population and go out and listen, kill the aggressive gobbler, when he's gone, the rest will lose the fear of being put in their place and the next gobbler in the pecking order will start to show his dominance.
The main point here is a good place for turkeys, is a good place for a reason, it will continue to be a good place unless something drasticly changes. kill every gobbler there this year, next year there will be more, because, its a good place.
RR
#19
Locating technique
That will work great if you hear nothing try the coyote call if they are there they will answer. To get the best possible odds of getting a bird I would locate them the week before then get close enough to here them just before light. Stay quite and when you hear them fly down Mark the landing site,roost area,travel routs and follow them to the strut area, then sneak out. You now have multiple set up locations, the best way in and if you spooked them they have a week to settle.
Last edited by RockyMtnGobblers; 01-18-2017 at 02:25 AM.
#20
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1
I am brand new to the turkey world and have a question for yall experienced turkey gunners. I plan on hunting public land next spring and theres a spot i deer hunted this year, its surrounded by water on 3 sides. I call it a lil hardwood peninsula. I saw a few turkeys in there in the evenings. Its about 3 hrs away from my home. So my plan is to go out to the spot the day before the season opens in the dark am and call out a few owl hoots and pray i hear one gobble back at me so i can get an idea of where to setup the next mornin. Is this a good tactic ? Does the owl call actually work?