Would you set up in a block of timber turkeys are in or on the edge with decoys in the field butting up to the block of timber?
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I would choose to hunt the woods if the turkeys would cooperate. I have found Ag field eastern turkeys have got to be one of the most aggravating critters in the world to figure out....
My personal taste would lean towards the timber turkeys. However if I have to hunt them in a field then field it would be. I personally wouldn't use decoys in either situation.
Timber. Set up on path they're using to enter field. Once they're in the field they tend to get squirrelly some times.
If I have a choice? Timber. Field turkeys will lead a man to drink (more). But sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
EDIT: Unless it is raining or threatening or just done raining. Then I look for fields.
I hunt Timber with small fields a lot with decoys. Some of the area I hunt you can get by with hunting in the timber early in the spring,but it's hard to see anything when it greens up so more than not its fields and decoys for me.Try one way and if that doesn't work don't be afraid to try the other.
Quote from: mullet dredge on April 19, 2018, 08:56:24 AM
I would choose to hunt the woods if the turkeys would cooperate. I have found Ag field eastern turkeys have got to be one of the most aggravating critters in the world to figure out....
You can say that again! Bout all you can do with them is sit and wait.
Get where the birds want to go and call soft once he comes down
imo timber makes it easier to move around w/o being seen, but you can't see either. They both have their pros and cons. In my experience its easier to call a bird w/o decoys in the timber. Field turkeys will make you feel dumb and useless from time to time.