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Started by Greg Massey, February 22, 2022, 11:04:53 AM

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springtime_overland

What I rely on most - Time afield and patience..

I feel like calling is over rated.. I used to stress about my calling being perfect until I heard enough real hens and realized they sound terrible.. I call soft and scratch in the leaves 98% of the time.. If you are in the right place, it shouldn't take any more than that..

I try and set up to where when I can see the turkey, he is at or around 30yds.. I miss out on the excitement of watching them come from afar, but it cuts down on misses (nightmare fuel).. Also, a well maintained and patterned gun is a priority..

I usually get my calls out a month before season and run through them a time or two and that is it.. As stated before, calling is a tiny fraction of being successful in the turkey woods IMO.. I feel the physical ability to get in a better position in a timely manner is much more important..

turkeyfool

Two things. 1. Ears 2. Not moving when I feel like I'm in the money and moving will do more harm than good. This one's a struggle but gets it done

rstewart8706

Woodsmanship and patience are the keys to being successful hunting turkeys.    Calling is very overrated for killing turkeys.  Cadence is way more important that making the perfect sound. 

ChesterCopperpot

Everything that's been said will surely help kill a turkey and I've killed my share. There ain't many days out of the year that I don't pick up a call and play it for a little while. They're on about every flat surface in the house. But if I'm being completely honest I get as much enjoyment out of being beaten by those birds as I do winning the game. That's what makes them such a fun quarry to me. I don't get that out of any other thing I hunt. Big bucks win all the time but when they do you rarely get to witness it; a lot of times you never even know they're there. But turkeys you usually know when they whoop you. They tend to rub your nose in it. I love that!


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silvestris

Calling is everything; the other decisions, in time, should be automatic.  As Charles Jordan said, "I have put my call in and the turkey understands it."
"[T]he changing environment will someday be totally and irrevocably unsuitable for the wild turkey.  Unless mankind precedes the birds in extinction, we probably will not be hunting turkeys for too much longer."  Ken Morgan, "Turkey Hunting, A One Man Game