RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait
 

If I can sit in a treestand from before dawn until dusk waiting for a whitetail to appear then I can surely wait out a turkey until noon.

Sit-n-wait all the way.

RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait
 

MOturkeytamer is right.

However;

Cut and run is more fun, I stay put and shoot my gun !

RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait
 

It depends on the area im hunting. If the birds arntt very spread out,
i will sit in a small area. Ocassionally i will get up and move a few yards and re setup. If the birds seem very spread out i will cutt and run and cover as much ground as i can. Then again if the birds arnt very vocal i will cutt-run-and sit and wait. The land I mostly hunt is a 40 acre field surrounding by ridges-creeks 0n three sides. The turkeys use the field for a travel route, feeding area, and strut zone so I usually sit on a point just off the field and if there are any turkeys in the
area they will come by me. On the Public land I hunt the turkeys are very spread out so I do alot more cutting and running.[8D]

RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait
 

I move often, when working birds different setups may work , so if the bird will not play the game as I want , I start again...BT

RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait
 

When I started hunting turkeys I would sit and wait. I think it took
me two years to kill my first bird. But since that time I have learned
to be more versatile, I sit when the turkey wants me to sit but when
he wants to move I move with him.
I started turkey hunting in 1985 ,since I started moving a little more
I have taken my share of birds.

RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait
 

I tend to sit & wait more than cut & run.

RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait
 

Well, I guess I lean more to the aggressive approach and move a good bit if the gobblers aren' t being very vocal. My favorite way to hunt under these conditions is to move through an area for a couple of miles and stop about every 300 yards and try to make one gobble. I do this using locator calls and then hen sounds on different calls,i.e. yelper, box, diaphragm, tube,& slate. I hang around about 15 minutes at each location. If I make to end of my route without raising a gobble I then retrace my steps and stop about 100 yards short of the original calling spots and start the process over. This has been a most effective method and I have taken many toms on the return trip.
If the weather is bad(very windy) I usually set-up in a place I know turkeys are using and call about every 15 minutes. I stay about an hour and a half and then move a quarter mile or so and start over.
I' ll never sit in a place all day and wait. However, If I get some gobbles I can wait it out with the best of ' em. I' ve taken a about a dozen gobblers hanging with them for over 4 hours. You gotta do what you gotta do.:D

RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait
 

It depends. If I' m hunting small woodlots in an agricultural area I tend to sit it out. Just not enough land to cut and run. More likelihood of getting busted too.

When I hunt out west I have thousands of acres of public land to hunt. There it' s pure cutting and running till I find a hot bird. If I happen to bump one, no big deal. There' s a lot more oout there.

RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait
 

I hunt public land, so it sometimes depends on what other hunters are doing. I start the morning concentrating an a small area. If there is gobbling activity or if I have roosted birds, I will stay put. Later in the day I like to spread out and hit different areas. Here in Oregon we can hunt all day.:)

RE: Cut & Run vs. Sit & Wait
 

I sit and wait more.