Late afternoon hunting.......
04-16-2007 | 06:08 AM
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Dominant Buck
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Late afternoon hunting.......
With turkey season "in", now.....I still have to work!!...lol
What's the chances of getting one to come in.......late in the evening.....and what's a good strategy? I know where they're roosting.....but I'm afraid to go in there at a late hour (5:30) for fear I might muck up a future spot.
Any help?
Should I just stay awayfrom their known roosting spot and try some other areas......maybe get a lone bird out on the prowl?
What's the chances of getting one to come in.......late in the evening.....and what's a good strategy? I know where they're roosting.....but I'm afraid to go in there at a late hour (5:30) for fear I might muck up a future spot.
Any help?
Should I just stay awayfrom their known roosting spot and try some other areas......maybe get a lone bird out on the prowl?
04-16-2007 | 07:49 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: North Louisiana
RE: Late afternoon hunting.......
Some of my best hunting has occured after 4:00 p.m. I killed one of my birds this year at 5:20. You can bump birds anytime you enter the woods during the day. I wouldn't try setting up under the roost just yet. You may be able to call in a love sick gobbler before he goes to roost. You may want to set up a couple hundred yards off the roost. That way if the bird doesn't come by you on his way to roost you can slip out without spooking him.
04-16-2007 | 07:58 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Abilene, Texas
RE: Late afternoon hunting.......
ORIGINAL: superstrutter
Some of my best hunting has occured after 4:00 p.m. I killed one of my birds this year at 5:20. You can bump birds anytime you enter the woods during the day. I wouldn't try setting up under the roost just yet. You may be able to call in a love sick gobbler before he goes to roost. You may want to set up a couple hundred yards off the roost. That way if the bird doesn't come by you on his way to roost you can slip out without spooking him.
Some of my best hunting has occured after 4:00 p.m. I killed one of my birds this year at 5:20. You can bump birds anytime you enter the woods during the day. I wouldn't try setting up under the roost just yet. You may be able to call in a love sick gobbler before he goes to roost. You may want to set up a couple hundred yards off the roost. That way if the bird doesn't come by you on his way to roost you can slip out without spooking him.
04-16-2007 | 09:47 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: North Central Kansas
RE: Late afternoon hunting.......
I don't know where you are from, but I am from KS, and my brother got one yesterday at 5:30pm. Here in KS, the sun isn't setting until about 8:00pm right now, sowe can hunt until 8:30 (30 minutes after sundown) so 5:30 was just about the prime time.
04-16-2007 | 08:33 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: Late afternoon hunting.......
You can get a bird very easy in the afternoon. When they are looking for a hen they will come in. I have had better luck in the afternoon then any other time. Some ststes close hunting in the afternoon and it is for a reason the one reason is they are easy to get if you are in the right spot.
