Chasing the first few birds you hear

[ilbucksndux]

Those of you who move a lot, do you use decoys?

No, never, don't own any.  I hunt timber and they are pretty much useless in timber.  I let the bird walk in looking for the hen he thinks must be around the next tree or bush.

The only titme a decoy is good in the woods is in a very open area where a Tom can see that there is not a hen there from far off.

[DirtNap647]

im a run n gunner

[Huntaholic]

 If Im hunting country with several gobbling birds. I let em gobble a few minutes and pick the one I want to go after. After a while, you will develope a "sixth sense" for which birds are killable. Its not 100%, not even close, but with enough time, you can tell. As you are fooling with one bird, always try to make a mental note of where some others are and what they are doing and saying. IF the first one you go after doesnt work, or you kill him and have a buddy hunting with you,  you know where to try for number 2! In the country I typically hunt, a decoy isnt needed very often simply because the terrain will allow you to get in a position that when he could see a decoy you can kill him.

[Huntaholic]

 To give you an example of that "sixth sense", my sone and I took a trip to NE and KS with a buddy of mine that lives in MI. We drove to MI and met him and left on our western journey from his house. When we returned to MI we got tags and having never set foot in the turkey woods there before, we walked to the back of my buddys place and waited for em to gobble. Keep in mind my MI buddy was kinda new to turkey hunting then. When the birds got fired up and we were deciding which one to try for, another bird gobbled that we hadnt heard before. I looked at my son, he looked at me and simultaneously we both said "we can kill that one!" We moved, sat up on him, and 10 minutes later he was doing the death flop. MI buddy looked at us both and said "HTH di you BOTH know you could kill that turkey!?" LOL I still cant explain it, but sometimes you just know!

[RutnNStrutn]

I always prefer to "go to the gobble". But if for any series of circumstances I cannot do that, I find a good spot, set up and wait.

[mikejd]

General consensus here is Most of is hunt the same way.

I move and I move fast. For the last 10 yrs or so the birds in my area shut up
Just a few gobbles after hitting ground. So if im not right on them im in trouble.
I pretty much know a birds plan after just a few answers. Usually when they are willing
they close some distance after your first call. If he is in the same spot after his 3rd answer im up and going.
I want to be right under his beak when he decides to shut up. Then I can sit and be patient
knowing he is close. Then I start to listen for woods movement because I know he's close just quiet.


Ahhhh, gotta love it.

[trkehunr93]

I find a good listening spot and make my moves from there.  If I know I am the only person hunting a spot I will move a lot.  If other hunters are in the area I usually wait until 9:30-10 o'clock and go to where they were.  Most have usually called it a day by then and sometimes those birds they couldn't call in are usually on the prowl again.  If I don't here anything I usually go to a spot that has produced and do some blind calling for and hour or two before I move on.


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[surehuntsalot]

Those of you who move a lot, do you use decoys?

No, never, don't own any.  I hunt timber and they are pretty much useless in timber.  I let the bird walk in looking for the hen he thinks must be around the next tree or bush.

exactly,decoys are basically worthless in the woods.
you can kill a bird without a flock of decoys in front of you

[turkey buster]

Those of you who move a lot, do you use decoys?

No, never, don't own any.  I hunt timber and they are pretty much useless in timber.  I let the bird walk in looking for the hen he thinks must be around the next tree or bush.

  I do own 2 that I use if I hunt a logging road or something similar but 99% I'm hunting birds in the woods and shooting 30 yards and in