Your #1 turkey hunting weakness

[kdsberman]

Hey guys just out of curiosity, what do you consider you number one turkey hunting weakness? Something keeping you from being that much better of a turkey hunter.

I'll start it off.  Over the years I've learned an absolute TON about these birds and have really polished my game.  But every year I feel what's keeping me from being "elite" is my mouth calling - specifically purrs and kee kee.    Also transitioning from an aggressive series of cutts to a Yelp and back and forth.  I am well aware that u don't have to be a championship caller to be a good hunter, but I sure would like to step that part of my game up.

How about you?


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[tomstopper]

Mine is trying to limit my movements (I don't use a mouth call so I am constantly trying to call and not get busted when using my pot or box calls).

[Happy]

To aggressive. I like to get in tight to birds before working them. Working on calling a little less also. Have also learned it's best not to call to a bird until I am trying to kill him.

[silvestris]

Not being as good a student of the flora as I could have been.  Find the preferred flora and you find the birds.

[perrytrails]

Patience. I need a lot of work there. I say it over and over. Be patience ...still doesn't work. : )

[Strick9]

I am my biggest weakness always and once I remember this and relax birds die.

[Swampchickin234]

Second guessing myself and lack of patience


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[codym]

I cant use a mouth call and never setting up right on a roosted bird, and not striking birds mid day, and getting busted when walking, damn I suck. Maybe this list should be what am I good at..... Hmmm I can pick up heavy stuff and I look good in camo!

[Marc]

Patience...  I need more of it...

I also work too hard to make things happen instead of just letting them happen sometimes.

[paboxcall]

#1 weakness:  Thinking that if they don't gobble they're not there.

[Spurs]

Confidence/over thinking

I loose confidence in my setups and calling too easily.  Sometimes I move to 3-4 different trees before I finally get settled in. 

My calling skills in practice are good, but I often get the jitters when I have a working bird and I sound like a hen that has been smoking cowboy killers her whole life.


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[wmn2]

The main thing for me, being new, is my lack of experience. I've gotten a lot of help here over the past few months, but really want to get my first bird to help the confidence level. Not really knowing how to work a bird or have a good setup or approach a roosted bird to setup has me second guessing myself a lot. With time this will get better though.

[dejake]

Over calling

[turkaholic]

Believing my own ears. So many times I'll say to myself or someone I'm with "did you hear that?" I have learned, I think, that if I think I herd a gobble ,I most likely did. Follow it up every time 100%, amazing how many times a little investigating pays off big.

[wvmntnhick]

To aggressive. I like to get in tight to birds before working them. Working on calling a little less also. Have also learned it's best not to call to a bird until I am trying to kill him.

Ditto. I like to hear a bird gobble and often go at him entirely too hard.

My calling skills in practice are good, but I often get the jitters when I have a working bird and I sound like a hen that has been smoking cowboy killers her whole life.

I'll second this as well. Diaphragms have gotten tons better for me over the years. Probably my most consistent producer when the time is near. Seems that my pot calls and box calling sounds sweet as all get out until my adrenaline gets running hard. Then it all goes out the window. Gotta go back to the mouth call until I get calmed down. Heck, the other day I called in the two for my niece and couldn't have asked for a better calling situation IMHO. Tried to call for myself a few days later and couldn't hardly grasp the striker because of the adrenaline in my system.