txjourneyman

OK, this weekend I'm going back to the public land I hunted opening weekend. I was also there last week and was working a bird until a thunderstorm started and he shut up. I know the birds are there. I also know they have seen lots of pressure. Anybody have any tips for me? How about it Mr. Longbeards? You seem to be the resident public land expert. Here is what I'm planning. Get there at dark thirty in the morning as usual. Set up my pop-up blind close to a known roost. Make a few soft tree yelps at dawn, simulate a flydown, and then nothing but soft purrs and a few clucks. When he comes in,(if), stick an arrow in him. Any other ideas?

ultimag

sounds like a plan to me

txjourneyman

BTW, I'm thinking of using 1 hen deke at about 10 yds.

txjourneyman

Well, my wife just gave me permission to hunt all weekend. Friday after work until Sunday night. Any tips at all on high pressure birds?

Wingbone

Don't call or call very little. Just a cluck or two. One hen decoy in the right spot will be enticing.

Mr. Longbeard

I wouldn't go that far...OK maybe I wouldI guess if your dead set on hunting with a bow then the ground blind is a must... I'm not a big fan of any kind of blind. Because I never stay in one spot long enough to use one...

I'd say loose the bow and grab the shotgun and get a few under your belt first then try the bow... But I can respect the fact that you hunt with a bow... I my self just cant seem to try it... Maybe after I kill another 20 or 30 Gobblers with the shotgunHell by the time I do that I'll prob be to old to hunt

Your plan sounds good to me. I'd prob put out a decoy or two... Maybe the jake on top of a hen set up with some fishing line to add some movement... I really cant hunt from one spot I have to be mobil...

Good luck with the bow

txjourneyman

Well, I am home and my season is pretty much over. 1 1/2 days with out a sight or sound of a bird. I also didn't see another soul on the public land and no other trucks in the parking areas. I did see a bunch of deer though. I could not roost a bird last night or this morning. I tried all the spots that I have found birds in before and a bunch of other spots as well. I left the bow in the truck today and took the BP shotgun so I could be mobile. It didn't help, the birds just weren't cooperating.

BigBuck28

well just come to MA our opener is tomw LOL

huntnma

sound sliker a good plan to me, good luck getting him

TEmbry

three things suggest MINUMUM or no calling as well as do decoy preferably, maybe one deke.

1. public land
2. high pressure
3. late season

all of those work against you and by now those turkey have seen and heard it all if they are still walking. id change it up or set up on travel routes. just try to use the least normal hunter tactics that you can. try something where the turkey cant know your a hunter or that your even there.

GOOD LUCK, have you stuck any birds yet?