RE: Turks won' t come in close enough
IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE' S ROOSTING, AND HE STRUTS IN THE SAME PLACE EACH MORNING, LEAVE THE DECOYS AND THE CALLS AT HOME AND JUST SET UP AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD OR CLEARING ABOUT A HALF HOUR BEFORE DAYLIGHT AND WHEN HE FLYS DOWN TO STRUT NAIL HIM!!
I HAD TO DO THIS FOR BOTH OF MY TOMS THIS YEAR. THEY WOULD FLY DOWN AND PUT ON A SHOW FOR 1 1/2 TO 2 HOURS THEN LEAVE. THEY NEVER GOT CLOSER THAN 70 YARDS. WHEN I SET UP IN THE MOURNING, THE FIRST BIRD FLEW BY ABOUT FIVE FEET TO MY RIGHT AND LANDED IN FRONT OF ME. THE SECOND FLEW DIRECTLY OVER MY HEAD ABOUT TEN FEET AND LANDED IN FRONT OF ME. I DIDN' T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE ROOSTED BUT I HAD SEEN THEM IN THE FIELD STRUTTING EVERYDAY. THEY WOULD STRUT IN A CIRCLE ABOUT 40 YARDS IN DIA. SO I SET UP IN THE BRUSH WITHIN RANGE OF THE CIRCLE. ONE 20 YARD SHOT AND ONE 30 YARD SHOT.
PREVIOUSLY THESE TOMS WOULD GO THE OTHER WAY IF THEY SAW A DECOY OR HEARD A CALL. BOTH TOMS HAD TWO TO FOUR HENS WITH THEM EVERY DAY. THE HENS NEVER CALLED AND THE TOMS GOBBLED THEIR HEADS OFF.
I SHOT THESE TOMS OUT OF THE SAME FIELD NOT 50 YARDS APART!
SOMETIMES SCOUTING WORKS BETTER THAN ANY CALL OR DECOY!