Turkey Hunting/ success & failure
02-07-2009, 06:09 AM
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 214
RE: Turkey Hunting/ success & failure
Success: My success is just being in the woods and getting a turkey to respond to my ridiculously poor calling...grantedI do practice I still think its terrible! I also think my success isthe time spent in the woods scouting and enjoying what thegood Lord has given us! I also think that success is learning from my mistakes... last year I was busted 2 times due to me being stupid! 1 time forplain not beingreadyand the other just because I could not sit still.
I have yet to score but that is because of my errors... Shooting at a bird from a bad position, Shooting at a bird that was outside my guns effective range, allowing myself to get "turkey fever", poor shooting form/skill sets ie jerking the trigger, not focusing on my sights, and last but not least tons of impatience
In response to SwampCollie: When I do go out I can say that I do expect to harvet a bird everytime... Granted the odds of that happening are small but I still believe that I will kill a bird! When I get to the point where I believe I wont kill a bird... Well that day will never come so I have nothing to worry about!
I have yet to score but that is because of my errors... Shooting at a bird from a bad position, Shooting at a bird that was outside my guns effective range, allowing myself to get "turkey fever", poor shooting form/skill sets ie jerking the trigger, not focusing on my sights, and last but not least tons of impatience
In response to SwampCollie: When I do go out I can say that I do expect to harvet a bird everytime... Granted the odds of that happening are small but I still believe that I will kill a bird! When I get to the point where I believe I wont kill a bird... Well that day will never come so I have nothing to worry about!
02-07-2009, 07:50 PM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Arkansas Ozarks
Posts: 325
RE: Turkey Hunting/ success & failure
When I strike out I figure I did not set up close enough.
When I score I figure I was in a place a turkey was comfortable going.
I don't think my calling is anything special, but I manage to kill 1 to 2 gobblers every year on public land, so I don't think calling is a very big factor.
When I score I figure I was in a place a turkey was comfortable going.
I don't think my calling is anything special, but I manage to kill 1 to 2 gobblers every year on public land, so I don't think calling is a very big factor.
02-07-2009, 08:35 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,558
RE: Turkey Hunting/ success & failure
Success: The first gobble I hear each morning of the spring season marks my success.
Failure: SET-UP!!!! IMO a poor set-up will hurt you more than live hens. I've called several birds off of hens, but never have I ever made a bird go somewhere he didn't feel comfortable going.
Failure: SET-UP!!!! IMO a poor set-up will hurt you more than live hens. I've called several birds off of hens, but never have I ever made a bird go somewhere he didn't feel comfortable going.
02-17-2009, 12:43 PM
#15
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 56
RE: Turkey Hunting/ success & failure
Success-would have to be a little callin', a little patience, and a whole lotta luck...
Failure- mostly has been me getting so tore up when one is 15-20 yards gobblin i just flat out miss...but thats the thrill of hunting...
Failure- mostly has been me getting so tore up when one is 15-20 yards gobblin i just flat out miss...but thats the thrill of hunting...
02-18-2009, 08:48 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Lake County, Il
Posts: 2,205
RE: Turkey Hunting/ success & failure
ORIGINAL: MOhunter46
I was gonna say the say the same thing. I agree 100%
ORIGINAL: Mr. Longbeard
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