Pre season PA turkey tactics!!!
The last 2 years i have been hunting our flock on private land in SW PA, and they have eluded me for the time being ..... It seems that the gobbler is call shy , he will gobble his head off until you start to call , he will then go silent until almost nightfall , when i go to put him to bed for the next morning , then he will scream his head off at an owl hoot or crow call if early enough , but if i touch the hen call , he may gobble a few times , but then tends to shut up..... What is wrong with this bird , i think i have him patterned by now , he roosts in the same spot , and will either fly up hill , straight down , or across the valley onto another hill , but it is different every single time..... I have been able to get him into sight before , but i just cant close the deal on this guy ....... and to ice the cake , if im out taking a walk on say a sunday or our groudnhog hunting after noon in no camo or jsut a camo shirt and jeans , dont you know he will be standing within shotgun range , and not seem to give a care in the world that im there , so what can be done to fool this old gobbler , a teacher of mine hunted him a bit last spring , and agrees that they r the hardest birds he has ever went after ........ maybe i should jsut hunt him in street clothes and no calls? ANY INPUT?