You need to forget your deer hunting strategies. That will only drive the turkeys off your property.

The whole point of turkey hunting is getting out there with the birds and trying to call them to shotgun range. That is where the challenge and excitement lies. Using your knowledge of the woods, the lay of the land, and realistic hen sounds to fool a gobbler into thinking you are the real thing. There is no other form of hunting that is personally more fulfilling and exciting to me than accomplishing that. I get a rusheach and every time.

Driving them to other hunters to me is no different than shooting them off the roost. I would get no thrill out of that. You may be able to kill one that way (I doubt it) but it ain't for me.

MC