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Old 02-25-2003 | 08:14 AM
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Hooks
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Default RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait

Well, I guess I lean more to the aggressive approach and move a good bit if the gobblers aren' t being very vocal. My favorite way to hunt under these conditions is to move through an area for a couple of miles and stop about every 300 yards and try to make one gobble. I do this using locator calls and then hen sounds on different calls,i.e. yelper, box, diaphragm, tube,& slate. I hang around about 15 minutes at each location. If I make to end of my route without raising a gobble I then retrace my steps and stop about 100 yards short of the original calling spots and start the process over. This has been a most effective method and I have taken many toms on the return trip.
If the weather is bad(very windy) I usually set-up in a place I know turkeys are using and call about every 15 minutes. I stay about an hour and a half and then move a quarter mile or so and start over.
I' ll never sit in a place all day and wait. However, If I get some gobbles I can wait it out with the best of ' em. I' ve taken a about a dozen gobblers hanging with them for over 4 hours. You gotta do what you gotta do.
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