RE: Passive or aggressive philosophy?
I guess I'm aggressive. I try to roost a bird the night before and go for him. If not I start where I've seen birds and start making some noise at first light. If I raise a bird I go for him. If NOT,... then I start running and gunning. I like to cover ground. I usually start out with a plan or big circle to cover in mind. To me, it isn't turkey hunting sitting in a blind on the edge of a field where they are seen scratching and strutting every afternoon. Sitting there for as long as it takes or doesn't. I just don't like to hunt turkeys that way, but that's me. We can only hunt until noon so I prefer to cover the whole woods. I do have an umbrella blind that screws on where my stabilizer goes. Mostly public ground.