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Old 05-13-2009 | 05:33 AM
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Default RE: Wisconsin Spring Turkey Season a bust?

Go get a box call - IMO easiest to use to cluck and yelp.

Really don't need a decoy but a hen decoy may help. A Strutting Tom has been disatourous for me in all the WI seasons I have been out so I leave that in the truck.

Be ready to move if need be and start close to where Ole Tom gobbles fromt he roost. An Owl hooter will get them going early if you want to shock gobble. Use it only to locate so you can sneak in much earlier in the low twilight. I try to get less than 100 yds. and try to pick an areayou have seen Toms come to. Most birds have shut-up 4th season by 7:00 AM -

Sitting late at night till 7:30 PM or later you should see birds come back out to the field to feed before fly-up. And then you know about where to be the next morning. Spend a night or two before the start of the 6th and you will learn a ton! Now in scouting I do not call at all - I just sit and watch and listen. that blind would be a good option to sit and learn from.

Be mobil - Trust your camo and sneak in close to where they flew-up. Now birds are going to roost /fly-up from 8:00 Pm to a bit later....but I have been seeing birds from 5:00 PM on more so that early morning in WI.this late at night I know where to be in the morning and gives me a bit more sleep time too.

If you find a constant area you see a hen,then wait that area out. Note that area well!A singlehen now has a nest and is visitiing it regularly. They have been coming out several times during the day to evening. She comes out to feed and go back to the nest. Ole Tom knows that area also and will stop and visit from time to time just in case he gets lucky with that hen.
Spend your time - and learn how the birds are using your area. The more pre-scouting you can do the better chance you can score a nice Tom!

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