ORIGINAL: mouthcaller

Respectfully, I must agree with BuckAlley here and discourage you from still hunting turkeys. That's a great way to get accidently shot.Plus you can't sneak upon a bird in relatively open woods withoutgetting busted.Unless you have one of those invisible cloaks fromthe Harry Potter movies it ain't happening.

Its' one thing to sneak around and try to ambush one by getting in front of him or cutting him off at a narrow gap or creek crossing or fence opening. I move all the time on gobbling turkeys trying to find the best place to call from, but that is well out of their sight and away from them. But slipping through the woods in close proximity to a gobbling bird in full camo is, in my opinion, a bad idea. Someone else may be set-up close to the bird and see "movement" and get all excited let one fly. It happens multiple times every turkey season across America, private and public land. In fact, most shooting accidents in turkey season involve people from the same hunting party. Unfortunately you can't rule out the possibility of poachers on your land, and poachers typically have little regard for ethical hunting.


The other point is valid about educating the bird and making him hard to call he he associates your calling with you.

Just free advice, respectfully given, from someone with 29 seasons of turkey experience. And BTW, I know personally people that have been shot turkey hunting. It ain't very fun.

Mouthcaller