The last leg

[C.Kimzey95]

What do you guys change about your approach as season wears on into its last leg? We've got just under two weeks left here in Tennessee and I've got two tags left that I'd love to punch. Been close 4-5 times since number 2 but no cigar. Me personally I haven't changed my tactics at all. I've actually had a lot better luck with a number of different birds working and responding well in the last little bit than I did the earlier part of season. I've been a part of more turkey kills this year than I ever have so I can't complain at all!

[Greg Massey]

I'm in West Tenn and still pretty much hunting the same way. Yesterday hunting in the rain i saw 3 jakes and 4 hens and one of the jakes could gobble as good as any 2 year old bird. I've had more hens come to call this year more so than any other year. I'm going to finish out this week hunting pretty hard and then it's time to get the rest of my garden planted..

[Bill Cooksey]

Only certain change is foliage making it easy to get close. Otherwise it depends. Gobblers were just about to get  real lonesome where I hunt in West  TN. The last storm washed out a lot of nests, and now there are more breeding hens back in the woods.

[Happy]

Cover ground and call hard. Try to fire up a bird and keep him hot all the way to the gun. I like to only call as much as necessary but sometimes you have to call till their ears bleed to keep them coming. If he seems hot enough on his own then I back it down and work him normally.

[tha bugman]

Listen more call less move slower


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[mgm1955]

Definitely move slower. He's closer than you think!

[maytom]

I like to set up and stay put in an area that has produced in the past. I cold call softly and wait 20 minutes+ between calls while scanning the woods for movement. Usually after the third series of calls, I get a response. Pays to keep in one spot.....rather than trounching all over the woods. Let the bird come to you. Patience is your best friend now!!

[Spurs]

By that point of the season, my hair is longer, facial hair scruffy, eyes are half open, but still sharp.  I try to remind myself that "it's only a turkey, who cares if I get him".  But then he gobbles. 

I have a love/hate relationship with a gobble.  I enjoy it, but it keeps me up at night. 

Now, as far as drumming, that drives me crazy. 

Late season drumming is different you see.  Taunting, monotone, and simply horrid.  Something that must stop before I eye begins to twitch.  I will sit as long as it takes to make this almost ceremonial beat stop....It becomes a necessity.


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[catman529]

I don't change tactics except wearing less clothing and not being able to see as far


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