how do you hunt turkey
 

how ecatcly do you hunt turkey

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You sneek up on them from behind and grab 'em by the tailfeathers!
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Seriously, This subject has been hashed and re-hashed by some of the best turkey hunters you'll ever come across right here on this board. Just do a couple of searches (look in the black section at the top of the page) and you should find volumes on the fine points of turkey hunting.

If you don't have any luck, come on back here and we'll gang-teach another fledgling turkey hunter.:)

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What exactly would you like to know?

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Depends on which season your talking about...If it's fall hunting your best bet is to bust up a flock, park your butt next to a tree and call them back using lost poult calls like thekee kee and kee kee run.

If it's spring hunting you imitate a hen and call a gobbler in...No it's not that easy...and it's a prettydeep subject to get into in one post...Read as much as you can on the subject and ask questions.

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[&o]thanks for the advice ill try to read up on turkey hunting




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GOOD LUCK

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Hey! get rid of that sad smiley!

The question seems like it would be easy to asnwer, but the subject is far more broad than you can imagine. It can be as general as TPHunter's reply or a very detailed, pages long reply. Those pages have already been written. here are a couple of threads that popped up in a quick search:

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.a...e&#2115733

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.a...e&#2018661

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.a...e&#1820261

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.a...e&#1434747

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.a...ie&#971322

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.a...s&#2152421

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.a...s&#2153490

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.a...s&#2135458

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.a...s&#2128246

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.a...s&#2122936





As you read through these threads, try top pick up on key words like tracks, loads, droppings, roost, calls, or calling and search those terms. Some of us have been storing up this knowledge for a long long time. Ask us specific questions and you'll be surprised at the wealth of information you get back.

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You stalk the turkeys.[8D]

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In very rough terms...find where they are roosting and where they are going. Get setup between the two and do some light calling. Bird will come in and pull the trigger:)

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Illegal in most places. Dangerous everywhere else.

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J/W, how is stalking a turkey "dangerous/illegal"?:eek:

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because you never know who is setup already on that bird. You might accidentally shoot at them or visa versa(in their general direction). Plus the tom your stalking could even be a decoy. with as many hunters out as there are today, if your not careful, you could end up in a tight situation. This is the main reasoning on why alot of states dont allow it. if you do it in one of the other states, just be really careful[&:]

plus, who would wanna neak up on a turk when it is so much fun calling him in to your feet.:D Thstd what turkey huntin is all about.

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Turkey Hunting is really one Turkey calling another especially in spring! :)

Seriously - go back and read as much as you have time here and then follow the upcoming threads that will happen! There are many tactics form runnning and gunning (locating a bird and then going after it) to patterning where the birds want to be and then set up a blind or just trust your camo.

As said there are many many very good turkey hutners where who each year bag a nice ole tom.

JW

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Agreed. Come January or February, you can literally stay in the turkey hunting forum all day with all the posts that are happening. There will be a post on just about every single topic you can think of and several more posts on topics that you didn't think of.

If you are new to turkey hunting, what I would start doing right now is get on the internet and find some example sounds that a turkey makes and start trying to mimic them. Start practicing on a mouth call. A mouth call provides a huge advantage because you can be calling without a lot of movement. Mouth call takes quite a while to learn, but is by far one of the best, most versitile calls you can use. Also practice on other calls such as a slate call and a box call.

Just my two cents...

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In a perfect world!!!!;):D

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Great reply!!!!
Gear,calling,and all that comes along with the sport/art of turkey hunting is fun stuff, but it starts with having a place to put all that "stuff"to work!Having a place to go that you have scouted out and has huntable birds will give you a realistic place to start"huntin turks"!Lot of places have birds,but come season are severely overhunted and can ruin alot of that preseason enthusiasm.A good piece of ground that possibly is on a road less traveled or even a piece of private ground is a good place to start class on understanding how to hunt wild turkeys.Maybe you know someone who's a seasoned hunter and who will let you tag along.Even a hunt with a good outfitter can teach a newbie even a novice alot about huntin turks.....Those of us who've hunted these birds for awhile are still to the day learning and open to what works in the turkey woods!!!Keep havin fun...Bob..

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After my experience this year, I would STRONGLY recommend a blind (if legal in your area). Unlike deer, they will not "wind" you and they don't give a crap about the blind as long as they don't see movement.

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True, but I'm more of a run and gun guy. Not that I'll knock hunting out of a blind because I know they have their place in the woods, but it just doesn't appeal to me.

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I start scouting about a month before seasonstarts and I figure out exactly where there going after they fly down everyday, well almost everyday. I try and figure out as many birds as possible so if Im not successful with the first one I move to the next bird and this usually works for me. Other wise, if I cant get any to come in I will go set up close to there roost in the evening and wait for them to come back