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Old 09-18-2006 | 08:55 AM
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chiefks
 
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I've been hunting turkeys for about 14 years now and just the last few years I have hunted in the fall. I am from kansas and I hunt farm land with some timber. I take a slightly different approach in the fall than most people do. What works good for me is a cross between deer hunting tactics and spring turkey hunting tactics. What I mean by this is... Turkeys will often do the same thing day after day in the fall, the feed in the same location (or general area), some flocks roost in the same tree's every evening. They fly down from the roost and go the same direction every morning. There are some turkeys that I hunt every fall and even if I have not been on the property in a year I know exactly where those turkeys will be roosted. That gives me2 options, set up on them going to roost (if afternoon hunting is legal in your state) orset up where they feed and try to work them within range. Bascially you will be a lot more sucessful in the fall if you are where the turkeys want to be.Some times if turkeys are in the fields they might be moveing in a certain direction, get in front of them without being seen and your in business. If the condions are right you can go to them. I've done that more times than I can count. People don't understand how I can do it, but its a simple tactic. You move quietly and stay out of sight until your ready to shoot. Most of the time I'm ready to shoot when the turkey steps into the open where I can see them.Theydon't have a clue that they are being hunted.Snow and rain will put the turkeys in the fields, excellent condions to stalk them. Walking into the woods, setting up and calling to turkeys blind has got to be the hardest way to shoot a turkey in the fall there is. Especially if you want a big tom. Young turkeys and hens are more likely to come to a call. All that being said, turkeys will always be turkeys...
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