Turkey Hunter's

[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."